Asha Samajik Vidyalaya, Lucknow Project Steward: Caroline/Ullas May 6 th, More information available at Funded: $5300

Asha Samajik Vidyalaya, Charbagh (Railway Station, Lucknow): Teachers ˆ Chunnilal, Sonia Singh Students ˆ 18 boys + 2 girls Timing: 10 am - 12 noon Activities: The children are taught the basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic. Asha Samajik Vidyalaya, Springdale College, Lucknow: Teachers ˆ Amit, Ankit, Leena, Ram Lakhan, Sonia Singh, Sanket Upadhyay (a student of MBA comes once a week on Saturdays) Students ˆ 50 (30 boys + 20 girls) Timing: 3 to 5 pm. Asha Samajik Vidyalaya, Gomti river bank, (opp. Nadwa College) Lucknow: Teachers ˆ Chunnilal, Manoj, Atma Ram (not regular), Sonia Singh Students- 70 Timing: 3- 6pm. Activities: The students are taught basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic. They are taught both English and Hindi. Asha Samajik Vidyalaya, Village Lala Mau Mawai, Dist. Hardoi Teachers ˆ Ram Naresh, Fakire Lal Students ˆ 70 Timing: 9 am to 1 pm and 7 pm to 9 pm. Activities: The center runs in two shifts. In the morning smaller children come to the center and in the evening regular school-going children come to seek additional help. Asha Samajik Vidyalaya, Village Gutayya, Dist. Hardoi Teachers ˆ Puttan Lal Students ˆ 35 Timing: 12 noon to 4 pm. Activities: The children coming here do not go to any school. They are being taught basic literacy skills.

Goals The objective of this project is to dramatically improve the quality of education at Asha run or Asha supported centers near Lucknow and Varanasi over a period of four years. The quality of education at the 32 centers in the Lucknow and Varanasi areas leaves a lot to be desired. The teachers are generally volunteers with little training in teaching. Most of them have a 10th grade education and employ the methods they saw in their education. This proposal aims to provide teachers training to 65 teachers running 32 centers and will touch over 10,000 children over the four-year period. This includes children from about 50 villages in the districts of Lucknow, Hardoi, Varanasi, Gazipur, Chandauli and Ballia.

Sonia Singh Nadwa Slum View

Nadwa Slum School Children Springdale class in session

Springdale College Site for Slum school in Indira Nagar Assistants Children Dispersal time