Project Description
Asha Darshan is a registered non-governmental organization that was established in 2000 in the Nalbari district of Assam. It focuses on community development in this insurgency-ridden area through education and organized Self-Help groups (SHGs). The project runs 10 balwadis around Tamulpur and Kumarikata areas and has 170 (at present count) SHGs under its wing. The balwadis provide a crucial source of schooling to the children in this area, since there are no schools close by. Children in the age group 3-6 and even as old as 10 years attend them. The SHGs provide income-generation activities to the women in the surrounding communities, such as candle, agarbatti, soap making; mushroom cultivation; food processing; vegetable and cattle farming etc. Project organisers and assistants regularly attend training programs on public awareness, health and staff training, which they pass on to the workers in the community.
Goal of WAH 2005 Proposal
Work An Hour 2005 will support the construction of the school building.
