Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter1 Asha for Education – An overview

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter2 Agenda Education in India – A need for action Asha for Education Asha for Education – Detroit Chapter Raising Awareness How YOU can get involved

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter3 Agenda Education in India – A need for action Asha for Education – What is Asha ? Asha for Education – Detroit Chapter Raising Awareness How YOU can get involved

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter4 Literacy Rates Worldwide Source: UNICEF 1999 Adult literacy rates

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter5 India’s Progress in Literacy Source: Calculated from census data

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter6 Education Expenditure/GNP Source: Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, Education at a Glance 1996

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter7 But There is Hope – HP Example Source: PROBE 1999

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter8 Agenda Education in India – A need for action Asha for Education – What is Asha ? Asha for Education – Detroit Chapter Raising Awareness How YOU can get involved

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter9 Our Mission To catalyze socio-economic change through education for the underprivileged children in India

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter10 What is Asha? Asha supports socio-economic change via education for under- privileged children in India Every dollar raised by Asha goes directly to support education Asha for education is a non-profit organization It is run entirely by volunteers

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter11 Asha: Some Facts Started in UC Berkeley in chapters worldwide 300+ Active volunteers 130+ projects Total disbursements until now - over $1.5 million

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter12 Asha - Funds Raised

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter13 Unique Projects By Year Excludes double-counting of projects supported by multiple chapters

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter14 Asha Projects: Basic Criteria Must improve the general welfare of the community with basic education as a major component Non-sectarian groups which do not have any political or religious agenda Do not discriminate on the basis of caste, religion or sex Small, yet, deserving projects that find it difficult to obtain funds from elsewhere

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter15 Project Monitoring Projects provide periodic finance statements, progress reports, correspond on management issues etc. Projects are monitored through visits either by Asha volunteers or the various groups Asha works with, such as AID, CRY etc. Projects are monitored for reduction in dropout rate commitment to socio-economic change in the region increase in number of students improvement in facilities

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter16 Agenda Education in India – A need for action Asha for Education – What is Asha ? Asha for Education – Detroit Chapter Raising Awareness How YOU can get involved

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter17 Detroit Chapter Projects – A snapshot Seva Bharati Project, Tamil Nadu ($980). In this project, Asha supports the educational needs of the children including uniforms and text books Muskaan – Bhopal, MP. ($6300) Purna Pragna Trust – Mysore district, Karnataka ($4500). The focus of this project is an alternative education school. Shanti Sadhana Ashram – Guwahati, Assam ($5000). The focus here is to prepare the children in the tribal areas for government schools. Irula, Bharati Trust – Tamil Nadu ($1000). This was a $63,000 project supported by various chapters and national events. The focus of this project is alternative education for tribal/dalit children and also provide some vocational training.

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter18 Seva Bharati Project, Tamil Nadu 17 boys and 15 girls from single parent families are supported full-time Asha supports the educational needs of the children including uniforms and text books Additional support for introducing sewing machines for teaching tailoring

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter19 Muskaan (Bhopal, M.P.) The reason for Muskaan 162 slums have been identified in Bhopal town. Estimates of number of children not in schools vary from 75,000 to 2,00,000. Kotra Sultanabad, with a radius of 2 kilometres has five prominent slum colonies with an estimated population of 60,000. Adult literacy is not more than 15%, and children going to schools would be % in the whole area. In Ganga Nagar, the population is estimated at 2,500. Average income of a family is Rs. 1500/- per month, with 90% of the men being employed at daily wages. Child enrolment in schools is less than 20% for this area. What is Muskaan ? Muskaan is an organization working for education of slum children in Bhopal. At present it is working for children in a particular slum (Ganganagar) where falimies of 'gond' tribe reside. Muskaan was started 2 years ago by Shivani Taneja after she completed her Masters in Social Work. Goals: To promote meaningful education amongst children To restore the rights of food, shelter, education and health to deprived children To promote economic independence by providing opportunities for learning basic skills to youth and women To promote awareness of social problems

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter20 Muskaan Project, Bhopal Education for 80 children from the Ganga Nagar slum Enrollment in regular schools less than 20% in Ganga Nagar Muskaan provides non-formal education and prepares children for admission to formal schools Over 50 children admitted in last two years Asha provides support for teachers salaries, educational supplies and running expenses Bablu NaaniHeena Ishwar Baali

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter21 Purna Pragna Trust (Mysore, Karnataka) The Purnapragna Shishu Vihar at Alanahalli in Mysore is better known as Tarakka's school. Tara Gopinath, her sister, Malathi, and a friend pooled in their resources and started a school to cater to the needs of needy children in their neighbourhood. Tarakka’s school follows its own syllabus. The students range in age from four to fifteen and all study in groups. Each study group is comprised of seven to eight students. The regular government syllabus is introduced only when the student is mentally prepared. Even then the subjects are treated as simple stories. There are a total of 31 students and 4 teachers.

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter22 Shanti Sadhana Ashram (Guwahati, Assam) Goals: To make all the children in the tribal villages go to the government schools after attending the pre- primary level of study through non-formal education. What is Shanti Sadhana ? Shanti Sadhana Ashram is one of the pioneer organisations in championing the cause of literacy in the backward districts of Assam, which it started as a "Literacy As a Movement of the People (LAMP)" in Since the beginning of the literacy movement the Ashram had an ardent desire to start some innovative schools for deprived children scattered in the remote areas of many districts. Location The Jeevan Sadhana Bidya Niketans of Shanti Sadhana Ashram have been running in 4 districts of Assam in 4 Development Blocks. The four blocks are - Dimoria Development Block, Pachim Abhaypur Development Block, Narayanpur Development Block and Tamulpur Development Block, of Kamrup, Sibsagar, Lakhimpur and Nalbari districts respectively of Assam. A school has also been running in Durgapur, West Bengal. All the schools are located in rural backward areas and cover children from at least 3-4 nearby villages.

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter23 Agenda Education in India – A need for action Asha for Education – What is Asha ? Asha for Education – Detroit Chapter Raising Awareness How YOU can get involved

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter24 Raising Awareness... Presentations to Corporations and Universities Participation in India Day Parade Newsletters Distribution of fliers at events Word-of-mouth

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter25 Raising Funds... Concerts Events (chapter events) Writing grants for corporate funding Asha Stars (Project supported by direct financial contribution from individuals) Individual and corporate tax-exempt donations Sale of merchandise - T-shirts, Asha diyas, greeting cards etc.

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter26 Agenda Education in India – A need for action Asha for Education – What is Asha ? Asha for Education – Detroit Chapter Raising Awareness How YOU can get involved

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter27 How You Can Get Involved YOU and Asha Learn More About Issues Publicize Volunteer Support a Project

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter28 Asha Wide participation Stay up-to-date in world-wide Asha activities - Visit Participate and volunteer for Asha wide activities - Work-an-hour: Donate one hour of your salary for Education Support a child Raise awareness of Asha. Help us market Asha merchandise Talented in graphics or typesetting? Help out in Calendar Preparation/web development Want to be personally involved in a project? Become an Asha Star Asha in India - The next time you visit India, stop by our projects or our chapters all over India like Bombay, Chennai, Delhi, Bangalore etc.

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter29 The Asha Stars Program A program where you, along with a group of like-minded individuals (typ. 5-10), take responsibility for a specific project Asha Stars get first-hand understanding of issues related to development and see a project grow over time With a secure source of long-term support, the project is able to strike roots and move towards self-sufficiency Get approval of the project by a registered Asha for Education chapter Site visit - Prior to the start of the project and once a year after that Maintain a web page for the project -- use Asha Projects template

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter30 Tarangini – An Evening of Indian Dance & Music Tarangini an evening of Indian Dance and Music In support of educating the underprivileged children in India Featuring: Mrinalini & Anil Arkatkar w/ Jay Antani “JHANKAAR” (Urmila, Yogesh, Rajiv & Mohar) Dance Troupes featuring disciples of Sandhya Athmakuri & Bhavani Murthy Sat April 26, 5:30pm Troy High School Theater 4777 Northfield Parkway Troy, MI 48098

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter31 A Volleyball-Fund Raising Event When: Sunday, August 3, 2002 (9 AM) (Rain Day: Sun. Aug 10) Where:Firefighters Park, Troy (between Crooks and Coolidge, on Square Lake Rd) How:Donation: $10/person or 40$ /team (6) Have fun and help a kid go to school!!

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter32 Hope for the Future Today children are India’s future citizens and leaders. Asha for Education is a step towards securing a healthy and progressive future.

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter33 Join us in our efforts and be part of the solution... Asha for Education P.O. Box Troy, MI (248) All donations to Asha for Education are tax deductible under IRS code 501 (c ) 3.

Asha for Education - Detroit Chapter34 Asha for Education To catalyze socio-economic change in India through education of underprivileged children.