| History:
Asha was started in 1991 at University of California, Berkley by three graduate students Sandeep Pandey, Deepak Gupta and Late V.J.P. Srivatsavoy.The three students had strong desires to give back to their mother nation.They got together to think of different ways they could help towards the development and empowerment of India. Basic education became the agenda for the action group that emerged from this gathering. The group was named 'Asha' to represent the 'hope' that had brought these individuals together and today their hope and aim has helped the volunteers of Asha to bring in 'hope'into the lives of children in India. |
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| Today Asha for Education (AFE) has over 73 chapters and ~1500 volunteers worldwide. AFE has disbursed more than 17 million USD since its inceptionand it is rated as a 4-star not-for-profit organization and was ranked #1 among "Top 10 Slam-dunk Charities" by Charity Navigator in 2005 and 2007. | |||
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Asha Portland: Asha-Portland chapter was formed in the fall of 1999 by a diverse group of professionals and students from the Portland area. It is a non-profit voluntary organization dedicated to socio-economic change in India mainly using the medium of education. Our goal is to also address whenever possible other development and human issues such as women's issues and related issues. |
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Objectives: • Mobilize the communities and corporations in Portland to collectively support and provide financial assistance to grass-roots level educational movements in India. • Maximize effectiveness of our efforts by seeking and working with support groups in rural and economically poor areas. • Form close partnerships with groups in India and maintain regular contact and visit the groups we work with to form a stable long term relationship. • Provide assistance in multiple ways such as financial, material and technological support to the groups in India. • Learn about and disseminate information on different social issues faced by the affected people in India. |
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Volunteers: We always welcome new volunteers. If you are interested in joining our steadily growing team of enthusiastic volunteers, please email us at asha_pdx@yahoo.com. You can also attend our meetings to find out about volunteer opportunities within Asha-Portland. Click here for more information on how you can help. |
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Asha-Wiki For more information and particpation on Asha for Education please visit Asha Wiki. |
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| Mission Statement |
| To catalyze socio-economic change in India focusing on basic education of underprivileged children in India |