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Asha and Income Generation Activities Sundar Kumar Iyer on behalf of Kadirvelu Sundaram sskiyer@yahoo.com Asha 12 Year Conference May 24-26, 2003 New York, NY
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Asha & Income generation activities. When Education is coupled with Income generation activities, the potential for accelerated socio-economic change is realized
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Examples of Income generation activities. 1. IOI / Anawim Trust Micro credit 2. Kaithi/ Bee keeping seed money 3. Kuvempu / vocational training seed money 4. CMS / dairy cows/proposal ( review) 5. Irula project/microcredit/ proposal
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IOI (INDIA)/ANAWIM Trust Linking micro credit to education “For us the breakthrough came with the Idea of Linking Micro-credit to women with the running of the Asha Centre” Excerpt from Status report by Dr. R.Rajagopalan, IOI (India)
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Kuvempu project / Detroit 1. Funding for vocational training 2. Income Generation 3. Leading to self sufficiency of learning centers. Funding for production of Bag making Agarbhatthi Chalk piece Soap Candle Making
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Self Help Group proposal by Irula Project Asha Stars Stimulating economic activity in Irula community 1. Honey Gathering. 2. Fishing net rentals
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An increase in income of a poor family Is an increase in the child’s motivation to learn Extending Micro Credit for socio-economic change
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