Asha-Stars Projects

	Project name	Location (district & State)	Approving Chapter	Brief Description
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1	Rise and Shine	Amritsar, Punjab	Los Angeles	Provides educational stipends to children in Amritsar, whose parent(s) were killed by the violence in the area.
2	Sadbhav Mission	Delhi	Colorado	The mission has been running a teaching program in a slum colony, Kuli Camp, near JNU, in Delhi. The teaching program augments the regular schooling provided by the Delhi Government.
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3	Gyanganga	Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan	Yale	Improve the quality of primary and secondary education in Jherli Gram Panchayat and Impart professional education to the needy and interested children.
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4	Rural Development Institute (RDI)	Garhwal, Uttaranchal	Washington DC	Sustainable development in the hilly district of Garhwal through education and health care.
5	Navjyoti	Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh	Chicago	Provide education and vocational training for children in the villages.
6	Rural Education and Development (ReaD)	Fatehpur , Uttar Pradesh	NYCNJ	Facilitate continuation of education of the girls in Deomai block of the district.
7	Mahila Swarozgaar Samiti (MSS)	Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh	U Penn	Run schools and some vocational training with women�s self help groups.
8	Manaviya Siksha Sanskar Sanstha (MS3)	Kanpur (rural), Uttar Pradesh	NYCNJ	Alternative stream of education for children of migrant laborers to help them move towards self-sufficiency.
9	Jeevan Daan Samithi (JDS)	Ghazipur District, Uttar Pradesh	Colorado	Basic and continuing education for the children of migrant brick kiln workers.
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10	Muskaan	Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh	Michigan State University	T o promote meaningful education amongst the children of Bhopal's slums, to raise social awareness and to provide basic necessities and opportunities for learning basic skills to help youth and women achieve economic independence.
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11	Jyotirgamaya	Katihar, Bihar	Berkeley	Dedicated to improving the state of primary education among underprivileged children of Adivasi Tola and Gotoli of Katihar district.
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12	Youth Dreams	Bhadrak, Orissa	Los Angeles	To improve the educational conditions in four schools in rural Orissa
13	Baikunthapur Tarun Sangha (BTS)	South 24 Parganas, West Bengal	Seattle	Provide education opportunities in remote Sundarbans island.
14	Samaj O Sanskriti Unnayan Parishad (SSUP)	Malda, West Bengal	Silicon Valley	Provides education opportunities to children of many village communities in which SSUP is involved in development work.
15	Street to School	Kolkata, West Bengal	Los Angeles	Offers formal schooling and vocational training opportunities to street children in Kalighat area
16	Uthnau	Birbhum, West Bengal	Silicon Valley	Provide/improve education opportunities for children of Adivasis in the area.
17	Vivekananda Education Society for Children (VESC)	South 24 Parganas, West Bengal	NYCNJ	Eradicate child labour and help children attend schools in Sonarpur and Jagaddal.
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18	Nalbari	Nalbari, Assam	Silicon Valley	Run primary school in conjunction with women self-help groups in the villages.
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19	Bridge the Gap	Mumbai, Maharashtra	Los Angeles	Facilitate children to continue schooling after 8^th grade in a slum area.
20	Yuvagram, Maharogi Sewa Samiti, Anandwan	Anandwan, Warora, Distt. Chandrapur, Maharashtra	Saint Louis	Vocational training imparted to physically challenged children, children of leprosy patients, and tribal boys and girls. Goal is to make them economically independent and socially accepted, and disseminate knowledge and means of livelihood to villages in adjoining districts.
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21	Bhagavatula Charitable Trust (BCT)	Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh	Houston	Replicate successful villages schools across the district.
22	Abilities	Bangalore, Karnataka	Berkeley	Offers many services free of cost to children/persons with disabilities, to ensure accessibility to those deepest in need.� Works on furthering the organisation's Braille program
23	Right Livelihood	Mysore, Karnataka	Los Angeles	Supports children belonging to the Soliga tribe and aims for progress in the areas of health, community development and education
24	Sumangali Seva Ashram (SSA)	Bangalore, Karnataka	NYCNJ	Introduce computer education for underprivileged children and destitute women to help them economically.
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25	Bharat Vidyalayam	Pasum Pon, Tamil Nadu	Stanford	Provide quality education for underprivileged children in Karaikudi.
26	Community Action for Social Transformation (CAST)	Tirunelvelli, Tamil Nadu	Berkeley	Run cr�che for small children of poor working parents and works for women empowerment
27	Helping Hands	Chennai, Tamil Nadu	Los Angeles	Focuses on supporting computer education to orphaned children.� A pioneering effort is in progress.
28	Irula	Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu	Silicon Valley	Run motivational centers to enable the Irula children to join the government schools in the area.
29	Nalamdana	Chennai, Tamil Nadu	Princeton	Nalamdana's mission is to create a cohesive group of the brightest and most socially committed students from the low income group and empower them through education
30	People�s Association for Community Health Education (PACHE)	Madurai, Tamil Nadu	Arizona	To provide literacy and life-oriented education to children in the age group of 6-14 in the project area
31	Pride	Chennai, Tamil Nadu	Silicon Valley	To improving, a virtually non-existent, school environment in the pre-schools in the area.
32	SAADOW	Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu	Colorado	This project provides supplementary education for children. The project has 10 centers in Natham (Dindugal District of Tamil Nadu). To improving, a virtually non-existent, school environment in the pre-schools in the area.
33	Auroville Educational Research Center	Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu	Yale	Create infrastructure to train teachers from private and govt. schools on some of the effective, but non-traditional education methods and techniques.

Current Asha Stars Projects

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