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Asha for Education - Providing Hope for Tomorrow. Current Projects . Ongoing: BCT (Bhagavathula Charitable Trust ) Gram Vikas Trust - Balwadi project Hijli INSPIRATION : Bridging the Divide INSEED - Muktangan Trinita Society For Social & Health Research - Cross Stitch (GSU funding)
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Asha for Education - Providing Hope for Tomorrow Asha Atlanta
Current Projects • Ongoing: • BCT (Bhagavathula Charitable Trust ) • Gram Vikas Trust - Balwadi project • Hijli INSPIRATION : Bridging the Divide • INSEED - Muktangan • Trinita Society For Social & Health Research - Cross Stitch (GSU funding) • Trinita Society For Social & Health Research - Education Centers + SAC • Nishtha Night Shelter + Jagaran (Birmingham + Shortfall) • Asha Wide • Jayaprakash Narayan Memorial Trust - Vidya and Child • Kalyania - Prayas Centre (ShortFall) • On Hold • Prayas (Vocational Institute for Mentally Handicapped) • Jeevan Gnanodaya (ShortFall) • Incoming : Viklang Vidyalaya (Bihar) & Ashraya (Kerala) Asha Atlanta
2011 Fund-Raising Status • Donations ($10K) • Project Specific : $6K • General : $4K • Wide ($10.5K) • General Funds : $3K • Vidya & Child : $1.2K • Nishtha WAH 2011 : $6.5K • Events (>$5K) • Marathon : $4K +.. • Restaurant Week : $1K => Available funds not earmarked : $20K Asha Atlanta
2011 Project Status • 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 • Pending ($5.2K out of $20K non-EM) • Nishtha Night Shelter: $3.5K • Nishtha Jagaran : $2K (earmarked from Birmingham) • INSPIRATION : $1.7K Asha Atlanta
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 Atlanta
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 Asha Atlanta
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 Asha Atlanta
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 Asha Atlanta
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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 Asha Atlanta
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 Asha Atlanta
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