The Support A Child (SAC) program at Asha-Silicon Valley was started in early 2002 as a means to involve sponsors directly with the welfare of a child. Our mission is to connect sponsors with selected projects in India to provide for an underprivileged child's education and living expenses. Depending on the project's needs, contributions may also be used to cover healthcare, nutrition and other basic necessities. Sponsors will receive regular updates on their child. They will also be able to engage in one-on-one correspondence with the child and to be a mentor.

Our goal is to keep the child in the program until he or she completes schooling or training in the project. In cases where the child is pursuing higher (college) education, our goal is to assist them through graduation. Currently there are about 350 children in the program. We anticipate expanding and teaming up with more projects in the coming months.

We at SAC believe that we are part of something remarkable and enduring. We hope that you enjoy learning about our program and look forward to welcoming you into our community of sponsors. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Asha for Education is a secular, non-profit organization dedicated to driving socio-economic change in India through the education of underprivileged children. With over 65 chapters worldwide, Asha is focused on providing grassroots organizations the resources to bring basic education to the underprivileged. We are part of the Silicon Valley chapter that supports more than 30 projects across India.

A number of other Asha chapters also run similar Support A Child programs.