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Asha and Income Generation Activities

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. Asha & Income generation activities.

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Asha and Income Generation Activities

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  1. 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

  2. Asha & Income generation activities. When Education is coupled with Income generation activities, the potential for accelerated socio-economic change is realized

  3. 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

  4. 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)

  5. Kuvempu project / Detroit • 1. Funding for vocational training • 2. Income Generation • 3. Leading to self sufficiency oflearning centers. Funding for production of Bag making Agarbhatthi Chalk piece Soap Candle Making

  6. Self Help Group proposal by Irula Project Asha Stars Stimulating economic activity in Irula community 1. Honey Gathering. 2. Fishing net rentals

  7. Extending Micro Credit for socio-economic change An increase in income of a poor family Is an increase in the child’s motivation to learn

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