About the Program

FAQ

Asha Seattle

What is SAC?

The Asha Support A Child program makes it possible for an individual to sponsor the cost of education or total living expense for one underprivileged child in India.

Asha's role is to find a suitable education project run by a non profit organization in India which targets children who are unable to pursue education due to lack of funds. Then Asha endeavors to find sponsors for the children in this project and facilitates matching sponsors with individual children. Asha follows through by disbursing and monitoring the sponsors' funds. It works with both sponsors and the projects in India to obtain regular progress reports of the children and build strong sponsor-child communication.

The sponsor has the opportunity to become a mentor and friend to his sponsored child by writing letters. The sponsor can also arrange a visit with his child through Asha and the project coordinators in India.

The NGOs/organizations/projects for this program are selected by Asha after careful site visits by Asha members and after analyzing the track records and overhead costs.

What about a Scholarship?

Donation for a SAC program only can be converted to a Scholarship to support individual children. However to be considered as a Scholarship:

• The total funds for the entire duration of the Scholarship has to be donated up front. The Scholarship has to be for minimum 5 years.
• If the child discontinues the program, then the scholarship will get transferred to another children with similar needs for the remaining time.
• If Asha discontinues the underlying SAC program, then the remaining Scholarship funds will be absorbed in the general funds of Asha.

Asha will acknowledge the Scholarship by creating a website with the details and linking it to the relevant SAC project page. The donor has to send the necessary information s/he wants to be mentioned on the web.

Also the donor will get annual update on of the each child supported through the Scholarship for the duration of the same.