What is Work An Hour?

Welcome to Work An Hour, the largest worldwide Asha event where we focus on 1-3 villages annually and work together to make a dramatic impact on education overnight. Each year during the time of India's Independence day, volunteers from around the world come together in a show of great human spirit, and contribute their one hour's pay towards educating underprivileged children in India.

     Work An Hour '98 generated awareness about economically challenged children in Ballia, migrant child laborers in Kanpur, and physically challenged children in the outskirts of Delhi. A total of $32,000 was raised to improve the condition of the children in these projects.

     This year we received a total of 6 project proposals for Work An Hour '99 support from 5 states covering Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. The Work An Hour projects working group ensured that all proposals met exacting guidelines before they were sent for Asha wide review. Nineteen chapters participated in the selection process to choose the following three projects:

Project #1
Building a school for child laborers in West Bengal.
Vivekananda Education Society (VESC).
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Project #2
Supporting a shelter for homeless girl students in Tamil Nadu.
Seva Nilayam.
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Project #3
Educating the landless in Uttar Pradesh.
Bhoomi Heen Sewa Samiti.
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     It must be noted that the Asha volunteer community is personally involved in leading these projects.

     The financial goal for Work An Hour '99 is to raise $40,000 or more by August 16th. Thank you for joining the efforts and contributing to the success.