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Projects form the backbone of Asha for Education. Through direct communication with and funding of a myriad of grassroots organizations in India, Asha seeks to realize its vision of Universal Primary Education by the centenary in 2047. Find below a listing of the most recently funded projects at Asha Berkeley, Silicon Valley and Stanford. Project names link to the respective chapter-specific project pages with detailed documentation regarding the project, its history with Asha and its present and future goals. For further information regarding funding criteria and philosophies, visit the relevant chapter projects page and|or contact a projects coordinator.... Asha Berkeley Projects Page Foster Gonsalves Chirag Wighe Asha Silicon Valley Projects Page Pradeep Das Asha Stanford Projects Page Mamta Sinha Manoneet Singh Asha Berkeley Projects - Q1 2004 information unavailable Asha Silicon Valley Projects - Q1 2004 project       steward       location       total past funding       initial year of funding month approved amount funded description Asha Fellowship       Anand Raghavan       Karnataka       ~$5,000       2002 February $2,963 Hameed Manjreshwar, an Asha fellow, has worked for the last nine years with 100 government primary schools indroducing resource centers as a forum for interaction between teachers and parents and empowering government schools and communities. Irulas (Bharathi Trust)       Sundar Kumar Iyer       Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu       ~$50,000       2000 February $12,357 Irulas is a bridge-school initiative for Irula tribal chidren and community empowerment. Pathri (Friends of Doon Society)       Durgam Vahia       Haridwar, Uttaranchal       ~$35,000       2000     summary article February $8,330 Pathri provides formal schooling for medium one to seven in the vernacular medium to nomadic and illiterate children of Gujjars, a nomadic tribe which resides in the proposed Rajaji National Park area. Center for Development of Disadvantaged People (CDDP)       Jay Swaminathan       Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu       ~$60,000       1997 March $9,1850.50 CDDP is a successful bridge-school program that has enabled hundreds of socially deprived children to prepare for primary- and middle-school examinations and transition to government high schools. SET-WIN       Sripriya Sundarrajan       Dindigul, Tamil Nadu       ~$15,000       2002 March $2,817 SET-WIN provides non-formal educational support for primary-school Dalit dropouts to motivate them to return to school with the help of community involvement and intervention. Sowbhagya Educational Trust       Subhashree Rajagopal       Chennai, Tamil Nadu       ~$25,000       2001 April $7,707 The Trust offers concentrated support for a handful of select children, providing them formal education and employment. Kuno (Samrakshan Trust)       Shanthi Kalpat       Sheopur Kalan, Madhya Pradesh       ~$17,000       2001 April $3,764 Kuno is a bridge school initiative for Irula tribal chidren and community empowerment. Ruchika       P Arulchandran       Bhubaneswar, Orissa       ~$22,000       2001 April $8,755 Ruchika supports 15 of the 100 non-formal schools run by the Ruchika Social Service Organisation for slum communities in and around Bhubaneswar. These schools provide primary education to children who may otherwise have no access to education. Asha Stanford Projects - Q1 2004 no projects were funded this quarter

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