1. Asha Atlanta1 Asha for Education - Providing Hope for Tomorrow

2. Current Projects Ongoing: 1.BCT (Bhagavathula Charitable Trust ) 2.Gram Vikas Trust - Balwadi project 3.Hijli INSPIRATION : Bridging the Divide 4.INSEED - Muktangan 5.Trinita Society For Social & Health Research - Cross Stitch (GSU funding) 6.Trinita Society For Social & Health Research - Education Centers + SAC 7.Nishtha Night Shelter + Jagaran (Birmingham + Shortfall) Asha Wide 1.Jayaprakash Narayan Memorial Trust - Vidya and Child 2.Kalyania - Prayas Centre (ShortFall) On Hold 1.Prayas (Vocational Institute for Mentally Handicapped) 2.Jeevan Gnanodaya (ShortFall) Incoming : Viklang Vidyalaya (Bihar) & Ashraya (Kerala) Asha Atlanta2

3. 2011 Fund-Raising Status 1.Donations ($10K) Project Specific : $6K General : $4K 2.Wide ($10.5K) General Funds : $3K Vidya & Child : $1.2K Nishtha WAH 2011 : $6.5K 3.Events (>$5K) Marathon : $4K +.. Restaurant Week : $1K => Available funds not earmarked : $20K Asha Atlanta3

4. 2011 Project Status 1.Funds Sent ($19K from Chapter funds, $8.5K Wide Initiatives) Trinita (SAC -EM + Educational Center + Cross-Stitch - EM) Nishtha Infrastructure (via WAH 19.2K) INSEED ($1K) GVT ($1K) -EM BCT ($1.6K) –EM Jeevan Gnanodaya ($4K) – Urgent requirement Vidya & Child via QED INSPIRATION – 1 Quarter 2.Pending ($5.2K out of $20K non-EM) Nishtha Night Shelter: $3.5K Nishtha Jagaran : $2K (earmarked from Birmingham) INSPIRATION : $1.7K Asha Atlanta4

5. Site Visits in October (Padmanava) Trinita Detailed discussions with Shampadi, Anthony regarding status of each projects Their take on RTE and what is possible Nishtha Visited the night shelter, their homes Discussed about any self-sustainable solutions INSPIRATION Visited all Asha-supported centers Discussed the improvements in Child marriages, human trafficking Asha Atlanta5

6. 6 What Project Stewards can Do  Project Survey Completed to understand what PP needs  Commitment  Annual budgeting is a must  1 yr advance notice in case fundraising goes bad  Detailed discussions with the Chapter to understand the possibility of self-sustainability  Main Goals/Challenges in next 2 yrs  RTE compliance and work with the PP  Maintain our commitment for projects like Nishtha  Generate Project-specific donations  Give regular updates to project-specific donors and Sustain  Join Wiki and understand the evolving situation

7. Asha Atlanta7 About Nishtha  25 Years in service (Currently 2 Crores in Expenditures)  Beneficiaries  Direct : 5000 students + 5000 women  Indirect: 2.4 Lakh (~250 Villages; 75 in 2006)  Main Challenges  Acceptance of the kids by rest of the society  Continue their studies against all negative influence in the locality (language, drugs, anti-socials, abuse & other)  Protecting the young girls  Goals  0% Drop out from formal schools  A normal life for the kids

8. Asha Atlanta8 Nishtha - Our Involvement  Started Supporting in 2006  $20K till date + $19K during WAH campaign  Not self-sustainable  Extremely Marginalized Kids  Government involvement Or Corporate funding very Difficult  Support a Night Shelter with 30-40 Kids  WAH funding for a permanent shelter’  We support the meal, partial salary, education materials and some infrastructural support  A day shelter is supported by DC/Birmingham  5/6 Site Visits + I visited in October

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10. Asha Atlanta10 About INSPIRATION  10 years in service  Many Government-supported Studies  Rapid Accelerated Training  NREGA  Main Challenges  Work with very marginalized Kids  Goals  Admit the kids to the school and follow up with backup coaching

11. Asha Atlanta11 INSPIRATION - Our Involvement  INSPIRATION secretary visited Atlanta Chapter and presented their work  I visited Thrice  Atlanta supports 4 centers with 25 kids each  To reduce the costs, 4 centers are merged eventually in two bigger areas  Direct involvement in the community via Social workers  Total $2-2.5K support  Mostly donor supported project

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