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Asha for Education

Asha for Education. Empowerment through education. Overview. External view Organizational view Projects view Conclusions. Disclaimers. Personal opinion, not Asha policy Been stated by others in past Motivate introspection and action No personal agenda. External view.

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Asha for Education

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  1. Asha for Education Empowerment through education

  2. Overview • External view • Organizational view • Projects view • Conclusions

  3. Disclaimers • Personal opinion, not Asha policy • Been stated by others in past • Motivate introspection and action • No personal agenda

  4. External view • 65 chapters in US, India, Europe, Canada • Active volunteer base of over 1500 • Annual support to 250 project partners • Annual fundraising over $3.5 million • Potential reach to over 20,000 donors • Impact lives of 0.7-1 million children

  5. External View • Exponential growth in fundraising • #1 CharityNavigator rating • Partnership opportunities • Growing marathon program • Several new chapters • Decentralized decision making • Minimal overhead • Easy accessibility to information

  6. Organizational view • Financials and good accounting • Website revamp and maintenance • Criticality of local accountability • Asha India projects and fellowships • Admin funds and zero overhead • Common project guidelines • Streamlining of branded events • IP, IR and legal help • Conflict resolution and arbitration board

  7. Organizational view • Chapter and volunteer professionalism • Lack of ashawide participation • Projects decision making, ARC review • Receipts from project partners • Update of project pages and monitoring • Regional coordination among chapters • Code of conduct, arbitration and volunteerism • Long term solution for general funds

  8. Projects view • Few islands of success • Community empowerment rare • Support rare for curriculum development • Linear input/output model of operation • Breaking at seams in monitoring/updates • Unable to expand to disburse all funds • Single point of failure at most chapters • Non-existent inter-chapter learning

  9. Directions for growth • Mission crystallized to “empowerment through education” • Policy level focus – RTE • Empowerment through livelihood education and monitoring through RTI/NREG support • Larger scale teacher training and similar support in Govt schools • Larger scale reading/math/science skill enhancement • Focus on what is taught and how and not just providing means to teach/learn

  10. EQUIP TAMILNADU PROJECT • Community Learning Initiatives • Eureka Village Library • Children’s Learning Clubs • Teachers and Children’s Network • Learning Quality in Schools • Reading Campaign • Math Campaign • Science Campaign • Pre-primary Skills Campaign 1500 schools per district 1000 villages per district 300,000 children in a district impacted Cost per District = $ 100,000 Cost per Block = $7000 Cost per School/Village = $70 Cost per Child = $0.35 (Rs. 15) 10 districts in TN = 15000 schools = 3 million children learning well Systemic Change Bottom Up

  11. Shikshana Vahini, Bijapur • Teacher training • SDMC training and empowerment • 7000 teachers • 3000 GP members • 7000 SDMC members • 350,000 children in 1566 schools • 5 year plan

  12. RTE bill • Review draft bill and comment • Petition for adoption of modified draft bill with comments • Petition for central legislation and notification • Identify partners in India and US to collaborate on same platform

  13. RTI/NREG • Using public spending info and RTI, analyze govt expenditures in education, suggest changes • Through support for social audits etc, ensure NREG works so employment is guaranteed • Support key individuals involved in this work that impacts at a much larger scale

  14. Content and method of teaching • Review textbooks and learning materials • Invite educationists to partner with us • Learn from Learning Networks etc. • Invite more speakers and panels • Collaborate with university departments • Prepare additional content

  15. Empowerment through education • Catalyze through education leaves it at initial phase of empowerment • Empowerment should be goal, education just the means • Focus on livelihoods and understand interlinkages

  16. What can you do? • Listen to all the ideas presented • Contribute your own ideas • Volunteer to take up action items and lead them towards timely closure • Be open-minded and engage in a continuous dialogue with everyone • Interact with our keynote speakers and see how their ideas fit in the larger picture • Share these with your chapter and encourage ashawide participation

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