Asha Yale Projects

Current Projects

#ProjectChapter(s) FundingState
1 Anandan
A school for slum children...ages from kindergarten upto 4th grade. Vocational training for slum women.		 Yale WEST BENGAL
2 Mukti - Coaching Program
Remedial Coaching centers to improve performance in school		 Yale WEST BENGAL
3 Shamayita Convent School
Shamayita Convent School is an English medium school for girls. The school educates poor girls of the villages in the locality and girls from the towns. Asha will provide money for free lunch for the poor students and salary for three teachers.		 CentralNJ, Yale WEST BENGAL
4 TSUNAMI: Kancheepuram District
In Kancheepuram district, nearly 44 kuppams in 30 revenue villages were affected leaving a population of nearly one lakh stranded. The destruction was so severe that several pucca houses were flattened and fishing boats smashed. The East Coast Road...		 Chicago, Cleveland, Portland, Yale TAMIL NADU
5 TSUNAMI: Villupuram District
Tsunami Relief work in Villupuram District		 Chicago, General Funds, Yale TAMIL NADU



 

Projects Under Consideration

Some of the projects we are currently considering being a part of are:

 

Past Projects

#ProjectChapter(s) FundingState
1 Auroville
This project is intended to support the construction of two classroom in New Creation in Auroville, Pondicherry. This school caters to the a few surrounding villages and has over 250 children.		 Indiana, NYC/NJ, Yale PONDICHERRY
2 Fellowship: N.Raj Jeba Durai
N. Raj Jeba Durai have proven their committment to social change and to Asha's mission for a long time. They are engaged in running and overseeing many Asha projects at any given time. Thus it has become their full-time occupation. In order to enable		 Yale TAMIL NADU
3 Fellowship: R.K.Chandravelchamy
Chandravel is one of the long time volunteers of Asha since 1996. He has attended all the Asha India conferences since then and is recognized as an expert in his field.		 Yale TAMIL NADU
4 Girls Bicycle Project
Innovative scheme through a partner bank to provide bicycles to girls to allow them to attend school.		 Yale MAHARASHTRA
5 Gyanganga
The project aims to improve the total education environment in the panchayat through the implementation of Community Based Education model and Self-Governance		 Colorado, Work an Hour, Yale RAJASTHAN
6 Livelihood equipment for Tsunami affected villages
Needs identified by AHA ground volunteers during visits to tsunami affected villages. Seeking Asha-wide tsunami funds.		 Yale TAMIL NADU
7 Lok Mitra
Lok Mitra is a rural development center operating from Dhedhuki village. The component being funded is a non-formal school, Killol, run by Lok Mitra.		 Yale GUJARAT
8 Mukti
Charitable and socio-economic development trust MUKTI was established in 2003. Their book bank project caters text books to students from Grade 5 and above who currently attend local government schools in Purbasridharpur region in West Bengal.		 NYC/NJ, Yale WEST BENGAL
9 National Association for the Blind, Visnagar
NAB-Visnagar is a school for blind children in Visnagar, Gujarat. The children receive both traditional and vocational training. Asha funded this project funded towards new equipment.		 Yale GUJARAT
10 Orissa School - Juanga
The trust works on development of villages in rural Orissa.Started with hospital construction project in 1996. After the cyclone of 1999, expanded to cover education for village children.		 Silicon Valley, Work an Hour, Yale ORISSA
11 Pride
Urur Kuppam is one of 4 villages located in South Chennai along the coastline. About 550 children reside in these 4 villages. Urur kuppam middle school has upto 8th Standard.		 Berkeley, General Funds, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Stanford, Yale TAMIL NADU
12 Saath
Saath is an organization committed to bring about long lasting changes in slums of Ahmedabad. NFEP is a unique program that requires the beneficiaries to pay a non-token amount of money for the services they receive.		 Cornell, Dallas, DC, Los Angeles, Yale GUJARAT
13 Sarada Kalyan Bhandar
School providing remedial education and health camps to children in rural communities of landless farmers, daily laborers, coolies and brickfield workers. Asha focuses on higher education of girls and helped fund building of an educational center.		 General Funds, Los Angeles, NYC/NJ, Yale WEST BENGAL
14 Saurashtra Education Foundation
Initial contact Hitten Zaveri. Zia is following up with Ashwin Shah from NJ. Funds for this was not raised by Asha Yale. It was raised by the SEF members in the US. The project was for educational activities in Saurashtra.		 Yale GUJARAT
15 School for Tribal Children
School run by a group of women for about 50 tribal children.		 Yale JHARKHAND
16 SEWA - Self Employed Women's Association
Large scale computer usage for poverty alleviation		 Yale GUJARAT
17 Sikshana
Sikshana is all about improving the quality of education in the state-run schools so as to provide an opportunity for children from the lower strata of the society to raise their living standards.		 Boston/MIT, Seattle, Yale KARNATAKA
18 Suyam Charitable trust Van
Suyam Charitable Trust has been working on education for marginalized children. Asha Yale has provided funds for a van for daily use.		 Yale TAMIL NADU
19 TSUNAMI : Kanyakumari District
Kaniyakumari District is situated at the Southern most tip of Indian Peninsula. The coastline extends over 68km and is almost regular except for some points and land projecting into the sea at Kaniyakumari. As Kanniyakumari occupies unique plac...		 Cleveland, Toledo, Yale TAMIL NADU
20 TSUNAMI: Chennai District
Tsunami relief work in Chennai district		 Yale TAMIL NADU
21 TSUNAMI: Nagapattinam District
Tsunami relief work in Nagapattinam District		 Austin, Chicago, Cleveland, Toledo, Yale TAMIL NADU
22 Village Competition
Annual competition for the village which achieves the highest enrollment of girls		 Yale MAHARASHTRA



 
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