Assam Center for Rural Development (ACRD):
Contact : projects@ashanet.org

• Help with organizing or investigating teacher training workshops - networking with other orgs/resources.
  
• Investigate possible distance education programs - for e.g. sattellite TV in assamese.
  

• Help with recognition of LTTO school as a board certified school.
  
• Help with getting government support for the noon meals program that Asha currently supports.
  
• Help with Teacher training and learning materials in Bengali.
  

• Personal visits, organized field trips and career counselling would be of great help.
  
• Help by spending time in the weekend to teach vocational or computer skills.
  
• Support in kind - books (for a library), furniture (study tables, book shelves, cupboards) and emergency lights.
  

• Volunteer at an Asha for Education chapter closest to you
  
• Intern at one of Asha for Education's projects through our Internship Program. Send email to wah@ashanet.org for more details.
  
• Volunteer as a teacher with a grassroots organization in India. Share your acquired knowledge. We would be glad to point you to our projects in regions close to you.
  
• Best way to retain children in school is to implement universal compulsory education of children. Join campaigns to ratify Right to Education bill.
  
• You can use tools such as Right to Information to expose corruption and irregularities in functioning of government bodies for e.g. the mid-day-meals program, Department of Education etc. (RTI campaign) The US Embassy in Washington DC now accepts these applications from all Indian Nationals in the US for $0.24 per application!
• Join the WAH publicity team and spread the word!
• Work An Hour @ a restaurant, local store, etc. and donate the proceeds to Asha for Education