The Year 2009

Anuradha BulusuChapter CoordinatorAsha for Education, Atlantawww.ashanet.org/atlanta

Asha for Educationwww.ashanet.orgEducation and Income Poverty76% of the population of India lives below on less than $2 a day* Net enrollment rates in primary education 1991-2009 = 78%Why does the majority of the population live below the poverty line ??www.ashanet.org/atlanta2009 UNESCO Institute of Statistics Report@ PostElementary Education, Poverty and Development in India, J. B. G. Tilak, Beyond the basiics: Education and Poverty, The Contribution of Post-Basic Education and Training (PBET) to Poverty Reduction: Evidence from South Asia and Sub - Saharan Africa , November 200516% of the population of tertiary age are in tertiary education*

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The ProblemMost boys drop out between 7th- 8th grade to work as child laborers.Those who stay in school have trouble maintaining grades as parents are illiterate. www.ashanet.org/atlanta* 2010 UNICEF report on India

Most girls from the slums are forced to drop out of school once they reach puberty. Forced to work as domestic help to supplement family income.

Percentage married by 18 years (2000-2010) = 47%*

Asha for Education4A secular organization dedicated to change in India by focusing on basic education.MISSION To catalyze socio-economic change in India through education of underprivileged children

Guiding Principles100% Volunteer RunNo HierarchyNon-Political and Non-ReligiousZero OverheadCredibility is the Main Focus

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Asha for Education in USAAsha Atlanta www.ashanet.org/atlanta566 chapters worldwide

1000+ volunteers

310 active projects

$20 million disbursed from 2001 to 2011$2.33 million disbursed in 2011

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Asha Atlanta Projects

Jeevan GnanodayaVidyarambam Rehabilitation CenterVivekananda KendraASHRAYAVanavasi AshramDoorstepSahyog Gram MangalINSEEDNISHTHANISHTHA JAGRANTRINITARN BasuBook BankAnandadharaKALYANIAPrayas BCT34 projects supported since 20048 Active Projects in GREENParijat AcademyPrajnalayaTotal funds sent as of 2011 $219, 000HumanaGVT VIKLANG VIDYALAYAwww.ashanet.org/atlantaVidya and Child

Asha Projects How it WorksSite visit by Asha volunteer to scrutinize NGOCall for/Receive Proposals from NGOsFinalize project through chapter voteTransfer initial fundsTransfer remainder funds and follow-up site visitFollow-up site visits, conference calls, reports etcVote to cancel projectwww.ashanet.org/atlanta

Nishtha Night Shelter for Children of Sex Workers in West BengalANNUAL BUDGET: $5000BACKGROUND: Extreme poverty and starvation forces women to take up prostitution. The women lack basic human rights. Children born to sex workers grow up amidst extreme poverty, squalor and crime in the brothels. Most do not go to school.Children are physically and sexually abused frequently by the clients. Exposed to crime, alcohol and drugs at a very early age. Significant majority of boys succumb to a life of crime.

Almost 100% of the girls take up or are kidnapped and forced into prostitutionwww.ashanet.org/atlanta

Nishtha Night Shelter for Children of Sex Workers in West BengalACTION: Since 2006, NISHTHA and ASHA Atlanta have been running a day and night shelter for the children of the sex workers. The shelter is open year round.32 children of ages 2.5 to 14 years come to the shelter every night.The night shelter provides Safety and emotional supportFood and clothingEducation and recreational activities Many of the children have been accepted to local schools through Nishthas help.

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For the first time in the history of Baruipur, two girl children of sex workers from the shelter have been accepted into the local college

Asha Atlanta Projects for 2012Nishtha: Night shelter, food and health facilities for children of sex workers in the Baruipur red light districut in West Bengal. $5000Nishtha Jagran: Education to kids at risk from 4 villages in South 24 Paraganas district, West Bengal. $3000Nishtha After School Program: After school education support for children of sex workers to coach students from 6th to 10th grades. $1500 BCT (Bhagavathula Charitable Trust): Vocational training programs to 400 youths in Vizag district, Andhra Pradesh. $1500Trinita Society for Children: Education, vocation training and alternate educational support to child laborers and children of sex-workers living in slums of Kolkota, West Bengal. $6200Inseed: Alternate literacy centre, toy and book library for children who do not have access to formal education in Muktangan village near Nashik, Maharashtra. $2000GVT (Gram Vikas Trust): Provide bicycles to high school girl students in remote villages in Gujarat, India to decrease female to male school dropout ratio. $1500Viklang Vidyalaya: Provides education, food and shelter for physically challenged children in Sitamarhi dist. Bihar. $3000www.ashanet.org/atlanta

Asha Fundraising ActivitiesPublicizeSocial events Sanskriti 2009, Mohana Krishna 2010, Asha Restaurant Week 2011Registry of Hope Donations to Asha in lieu of gifts. We setup the webpage for parties (birthdays, graduation, engagement etc)Team Asha We train, you run a 10K or half-marathon or a full marathonSupport-a-child

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