Asha

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Asha Hyderabad Chapter
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The World Today

• If the earths population was 100 people, there
  would be
• 52 females and 48 males
• 6 people would possess 59 of the entire world's
  wealth
• 80 would live in substandard housing
• 70 would be unable to read
• 50 would suffer from malnutrition
• 1 would be near death 1 would be near birth
• 1 (yes, only one) would have a college degree
• 1 would own a computer

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The Vicious Cycle
Lack of Education
Poverty
Child Labor
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Why Education?
Lack of it?
Child Exploitation Child labor Population
explosion Unsanitary conditions Lower standard of
living

• Awareness of Rights
• Ability to Exercise Civic Rights
• Improved Access to Opportunities
• Economic Mobility
• Improve Gender Equality
• Overall Development

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Our Mission

To catalyze socio-economic change through
education for the underprivileged children in
India
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Introduction

• Asha supports socio-economic change through
  education for under-privileged children in India
• Asha is a registered non-profit organization
• It is run entirely by volunteers
• All profits and donations going directly to
  support education while almost all the
  administrative costs are borne by the volunteers
  (zero overhead)
• 1000 active volunteers worldwide
• Hyderabad chapter started in Jan 03, currently
  has 15-20 active volunteers (and needs more!)

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Asha Some Facts

Started in University of California, Berkeley in
1991 65 chapters worldwide 1500 Active
volunteers 150 projects Total disbursements
until now - over 3.6 million
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65 Chapters Worldwide

• In many major universities and large cities in
  the US
• 11 active groups in India
• European chapters (6) have taken roots

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Funds raised and Funds disbursed
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Asha Projects Basic Criteria

• Must improve the general welfare of the community
  with basic education as a major component
• Work with 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

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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.
• Projects are monitored for
• reduction in dropout rate
• commitment to socio-economic change in the region
• increase in number of students
• improvement in facilities

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Asha Hyderabad - Projects Overview

• 1. Needy Illiterate Children Education School for
  Orphans, single parent and child laborers
  Mynempadu, Guntur dist, AP (NICE)
• 2. Yellamma Banda School for children of Quarry
  workers, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, AP
• 3. Shraddha School for Slow Learners, Banjara
  Hills, Hyderabad, AP

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Projects Overview Needy Illiterate Children
Education (NICE), Guntur Dist

• Project Description
• Build and operate a residential school for
  children who drop out of the 5th standard from
  the nearby villages. The residential school will
  provide basic literacy and training with a
  vocational bent. There is no fee collected from
  the children. As a part of this effort NICE
  started their first free residential school
  facility during 2003-2004, at Mynampadu village
  in Guntur District, AP, India.
• Project Type Residential Formal School (CBSE)
• Primary Focus Orphans, single parent, child
  laborers
• Area Rural
• Number of Children 65
• Boy/Girl Ratio 1 0
• Student/Teacher Ratio 15 1
• Funds Disbursed 2004 - 5000, 2005 - 5232
• Contact Pavan (pjayavarapu_at_avineonindia.com)

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Asha Hyd Projects - NICE

• Needy Illiterate Children Education is a
  residential school for boys in Guntur Dt.
• Serves orphans, semi-orphans, child laborers and
  other needy children
• Provides CBSE education and vocational training

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Projects Overview Ramakrishna Upper primary
School, Yellamma Bunda, Hyderabad

• Project Description
• Ramakrishna Educational and Medical Society
  Kukatpally, Hyderabad is trying help the poor
  children's education and health of downtrodden
  people near Kukatpally slum areas. Most of the
  children are children of quarry working laborers
  and 1st generation literates. Asha Hyderabad is
  trying to do fund raising, monitoring and help in
  administration of the school if necessary.
• Project Type Formal School
• Primary Focus Slum children, children of quarry
  workers
• Area Urban
• Number of Children 200
• Boy/Girl Ratio 2 1
• Student/Teacher Ratio 10 1
• Funds Disbursed 2005 40,000.00
• Contact Anuj Kadyan (anuj_kadyan_at_yahoo.co.in)

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Projects Overview Shraddha School for Slow
Learners, Hyderabad

• Project Description
• 1. To educate slow learners in all aspects of
  life.
• 2. To rehabilitative them in open employment
  through systematic training.
• 3. To give therapeutic services to disabled with
  multi disciplinary team to overcome the degree of
  disability.
• Project Type Remedial Education
• Primary Focus children with disabilities
• Area Urban
• Number of Children 100
• Boy/Girl Ratio 2 1
• Student/Teacher Ratio 10 1
• Funds Disbursed 2005 Rs. 40,000.00
• Contact Keerthi (tckeerthi_at_yahoo.com)

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How You Can Get Involved
Raise Awareness About Issues
Contribute
You and Asha
Publicize and Organize Events
Volunteer at a Project
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Raise Awareness...

• Make Presentations to Corporations and
  Universities
• Word-of-mouth
• Use Asha merchandize made at our supported
  projects
• Join discussions regarding social issues

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Publicize and Organize..

Suggest and implement fundraising ideas Get
corporate sponsorships Write grant applications
to foundations
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Volunteer...

Use your skills to teach the kids Offer
professional help to projects such as accounting,
auditing, counseling, legal help etc. Translate
project proposals, site visit reports, etc into
English and other Indian languages Come to our
meetings
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Contribute...

• Support our projects through monthly pledge
  scheme and get tax deduction
• Make tax deductible donation to Asha
• Buy Asha merchandise such as Calendars and caps
• Attend our fun events

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Contacting Asha-Hyderabad
Visit us on the web at www.ashanet.org/hyderabad
Email us About Asha Anuj Kadyan
(anuj_kadyan_at_yahoo.com) Projects Pavan
(pjayavarapu_at_avineonindia.com) Fundraising
Keerthi T.C (tckeerthi_at_yahoo.com) Publicity
Srilatha (srilatha.k_at_polaris.co.in) General
enquiry hyderabad_at_ashanet.org
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Asha - The Hope
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