About Gators for Asha
Asha-UFlorida, founded in the Fall semester of 2003, is an action group formed by professionals and students at the University of Florida and the surrounding Gainesville-Ocala region. We intend to mobilize the local community to collectively support this effort. The focus of the group is to raise awareness among the students, the faculty and the local community about the need for promoting basic education in India.
The objectives of this group are:
1. To provide education to underprivileged children in India.
2. To support and cooperate with persons and groups already engaged in similar activities.
3. To raise the required human and other resources to achieve the group objectives.
4. To provide opportunity to individuals based in the U.S. who wish to participate in Asha activities in India.
5. To address, whenever possible, other issues affecting human life such as health care, environment, socio-economic aspects and women's issues.
The group will fund a number of educational projects in rural India and maintain a close personal involvement with them. 100% of the funds collected will be used to support projects in India, all administrative costs are borne by volunteers of Asha.
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Asha for Education receives top 4 star rating by independent charity evaluation agency ranking # 1 in the slam dunk category |
Mission: Shiksha Construccion – An Awareness Week
When: February 8th, 2010 to February 12th, 2010
Where: University of Florida Campus, Gainesville, FL
Free entry!!
About the Event: Gators for ASHA and Children Beyond our Borders are excited to present Mission: Shiksha Construccion – an awareness week to promote and facilitate education for under-privileged children. This educational awareness week includes several fun and inspiring events, including movie screenings, a photography exhibition, panel discussions and edifying talks by eminent personalities.
The week long event begins Feb. 8th 2010 with an activity each day until the 12th. The activities will make an attempt to create awareness among the local community about the lack of educational facilities in developing nations and to motivate them to rise up to the situation and contribute to the cause.
So please come out and help make this event a success! Your participation and support will go a long way in transforming the hope of education for these children into a reality.
Facebook link : http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=319137544391&ref=nf
Orkut link: http://www.orkut.com/Main#Event?cid=17254606693100808193&ect=1264874673836247000
Event in Highlight - Work An Hour 2009
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Work An Hour, or WAH, as it is popularly known, is a simple concept. We ask you to symbolically contribute one hour of your time towards the cause of children's education by donating an hour's worth of your salary or more.
If you wish to donate by check please send checks drawn in favor of 'Asha for Education' to
Gators for Asha,
300-9, J Wayne Reitz Union,
PO Box 118505,
Gainesville, FL 32611-8505.
For donation by checks, please put "Work an Hour" in the memo field.
Contact uflorida@ashanet.org if you need more information and one of our volunteers will promptly get back to you.
Event in HighLight- PRAHARSHA 09
BECOME ENCHANTED WITH ASHA MAGIC
When:August 29th 2009, 6:00 p.m.
Where:Grand Ball room,Reitz Union,UF
Free entry!!
About the Event: PRAHARSHA is the annual cultural Fest conducted every year by the Asha UFlorida chapter-Gators for ASHA.The aim of this cutural fest is to raise awareness among the community members about the cause supported by ASHA aimed at providing education to under-privileged children in India.It is a festival of HOPE AND HAPPINESS.This year,let us make it special and drown ourselves in Asha Magic-the magic of hope.Let us unlock the doors to new world where the sparkle in eyes and brightness of smiles outshine every other light!!
Team Asha UFlorida
Team Asha is a fundraising branch of Asha for Education and helps raise funds for Asha projects by running a marathon, half marathon or a relay marathon (5 members). More than 500 men and women have successfully completed various marathons and collectively raised more than $800,000 over the past five years helping educate hundreds of young children.
Running for Team Asha and raising funds for supporting education is an experience that you will cherish for a lifetime. To help you with this momentous journey, Asha UFlorida will provide free professional training and logistics support to all registered participants. Team Asha UFlorida will also help you with publicizing your participation and raising funds. In return, you must commit to the training program (which is quite flexible) and to raise a minimum contribution of $300. Click 'Read More' to know more about participating and becoming a part of Team Asha.
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