Work an Hour - 2011 by Asha for Education

WAH 2011 campaign is now closed.
Thanks for all your support in making this campaign a success.

Empower Underprivileged India

Even after 60+ years of independence, 37% of Indians live below poverty line. 77% of Indians still live on less than Rs. 20 ($0.50) per day. Every proud Indian should be appalled at these numbers. Every proud Indian should be offended that so many of our brothers and sisters have to struggle everyday for basic necessities of life.

Want to make a difference? Want to give underprivileged Indians a fighting chance to change their lives for the better? Join us and work an hour!

The Work An Hour campaign features 20 projects that serve the most vulnerable sections of India including orphaned girls, tribal women, disabled children, and children of landless laborers, sex-workers, and slum dwellers. Some projects also bring much needed opportunities to remote and rural parts of India.

Everyone deserves a fair chance at getting an education and moving beyond a life of mere subsistence. Help us make a difference to these underprivileged Indians! Work an hour and empower them to chase their dreams!

Project Highlights

ABWU: Rehabilitating trafficked and abandoned child victims of the Bengal Famine.
Aralu: Develop children as independent self confident individuals.
Asha Deepa: Provide education, rehabilitation, life skills & vocation training skills for the visually challenged.
Asha Trust - TEP: Educating underprivileged children to free them from poverty.
Astha: Outreach project providing rehabilitation services and support.
BTS: Inspiring children in creative and scientific temperament.
FORWORD: Realizing the dream of self-sustenance in an education project.
KWS: Helping the mentally disabled children lead a life of dignity
Mahila Vikas: Educating tribal communities to utilize govt programs like MGNREGA and RTI.
Nishtha: Encouraging female empowerment and raising awareness of social issues.
Prerana: Empowering education of children born in red light districts.
Reward: Strengthening rural government schools - one teacher at a time.
Samata GVS : Build a model school to provide good quality of free education.
Sandnya Sanwardhan: Making room to accomodate more mentally challenged students.
Siragu: Providing quality education to the poorest of the poor.
Shoshit Seva: Providing quality education and rehabilitation for poor children free of cost.
Sukrupa: Transforming slums into educated communities.
SWIRD: Uplifting the quality of life of the disadvantaged women and children in a remote rural belt in West Bengal.
Timbaktu Collective: Providing 350 children resources beyond schooling.
Aadarana: The Home for Orphaned and Needy Children.

Work an Hour Campaign 2011

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Every year, people from around the world symbolically donate one or more hours� worth of salary towards the projects featured in the Work An Hour campaign. These projects provide the much needed educational, and sometimes vocational, assistance that helps underprivileged children get an education and have a chance at a better life. The Work An Hour campaign goes a long way towards raising these much needed funds for these deserving projects. Please join us by working an hour and making a difference!

WAH 2011 campaign is now closed. Thanks for all your support in making this campaign a success.

WAH 2011 campaign is now closed.
Thanks for all your support in making this campaign a success.