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Asha Stanford tries to provide financial aid to grass-root educational movements in India. Every year we select diverse projects. We get proposals from various sources - NGOs working in India, other Asha chapters and direct contact.

The project evaluation and funding process involves the following:
Pictorial Timeline

  1. Project Proposal
    This is a detailed form which asks several questions about the organization and the project.

  2. Project Stewards
    Once we get a project proposal we assign two Asha Stanford volunteers to server as the primary and secondary stewards for the project. They will be the main point of contact with the project.

  3. Site Visit
    For all projects funded we require a site visit to be done by an Asha volunteer. You can read about the general site visit guidelines by accessing this document - doc, pdf.

  4. Project Evaluation
    In the monthly projects meeting the stewards present the proposal and based on the site visit and other reports we decide if we can fund the project. We have a general set of selection guidelines - doc, pdf.

  5. Voting
    All project funding decisions are resolved by the second projects meeting in which they are discussed. The general rule is a quorum of 5 and 2/3rd majority. We vote to fund or decline. If we are funding then we vote to fund in full or part. It is expected that those who vote be familiar with both the particular project in question and the general funding philosphy of Asha Stanford.

  6. Funding
    Once we decide to fund a project, the project stewards must complete the Project Funding Checklist and send it to the Treasurer and Project Coordinator. The funding is usually sent in two six-month installments.

Active Projects

#ProjectChapter(s) FundingState
1 After Schhol Program - GRSV Sevakendra
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM:
Stanford WEST BENGAL
2 GDOHWA - Ganjam District Orthopaedically Handicapped Welfare Association
Specific Intervention for Facilitating Devlopment of Children with Disablity
Stanford ORISSA
3 Health Education and Alternative Development Service - NFE centers
This project which is run by HEALDS in Mohanur focuses on dropouts in 25 villages. NFE centers are instituted for these children where they get an opportunity to study along side school going children and keep up with the curriculum.
Stanford TAMIL NADU
4 IRDMS: Primary Education for Tribal People in Orissa
IRDMS - Primary Education for Tribal Peole in Orissa
Stanford ORISSA
5 Mahila Vikas - Tribal Children’s Education Project
Leraning centers from std. 1 to 3 for saura tribal children who don't go to school due to lack of enough seats in government schools
Stanford ORISSA
6 Mandra Lions Clubs - Purulia
"SCHOOL IN BAG" project
Silicon Valley, Stanford, Work an Hour WEST BENGAL
7 Nav Jagriti Collective (Nizamuddin Railway Project)
 
Stanford DELHI
8 Navjagriti
Providing formal education for street children through informal technique so that they are better equipped to pursue the schooling.
NYC/NJ, Stanford DELHI
9 Peoples Action for Transformation (PAT)
PAT works among the children in the slums of Thiruchirapalli (Trichy), Tamil Nadu. Asha's involvement began in Aug 2005.
Canada, Stanford TAMIL NADU
10 Sarva Vidya Trust
Sarva Vidya Trust supports deserving high school students (with a focus on girl children) with scholarships and orients them with options in the paramedical field. The students who get average marks are encouraged to take up one year certification or
Dallas, Stanford TAMIL NADU
11 Train and Educate Adolescents with Community Help (TEACH) run by ABHAS
Project aims to empower girls in the urban slum community of Kacchi Colony, Tughlakabad. Adolescent girls in the age of 14-18 years will be provided with either basic literacy, computer training or vocational training.
Silicon Valley, Stanford DELHI



Asha for Education is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization.