Asha for Education is a secular organization dedicated to socio - economic change in India by focusing on basic education. Asha is a 100% volunteer driven non-profit organization. A diverse group of highly-committed volunteers from each of the chapters take personal interest in researching and identifying education-related projects in India, mobilizing the necessary funds and nurturing them right from inception to when it is fully functional. Although the primary focus is on education, Asha also addresses issues affecting human life such as health care, environmental concerns and women's issues. Over the years, Asha has succeeded in touching the lives of thousands of children through its various educational initiatives and projects. Asha will continue to evolve in keeping with the needs of the hour and the needs of our country.
At a glance
Asha's Vision This year the marathon program would like to showcase two projects that Asha-Seattle has been involved with. Project WHY - Based in New Delhi, project WHY started with the aim
to provide after school education to children from disadvantaged
sections of society. Today they have 14 centers that vary in
objective - some provide primary or secondary school education, some
provide care to disabled children and one center is a creche. Teachers
work hard to ensure that students don't drop out and that the
community feels invested in the educational programs for their
children. To learn more visit: Rural Development Trust - Based in Kancheepuram district of Tamil
Nadu, RDT is a partner organization that has worked in the area of
human rights - emancipation of women, dalits and Irular tribals. Asha-
Seattle supports a school run by RDT since it's inception in 1995. The
school provides education to children of migrant workers who come from
Andhra Pradesh. To learn more visit:
Visit us at http://www.ashanet.org or http://www.ashanet.org/seattle
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