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The World Today
If earth’s population was 100, there would be:
• 52 females and 48 males• 6 people would possess 59% of the entire
world's wealth – all 6 would be from the US• 80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read• 50 would suffer from malnutrition
1 (yes, only one) would have a college education
• 1 would own a computer
Literacy Rates Worldwide
Source: UNICEF 1999
Literacy – Where Does India Stand ?
Source: Calculated from census data
Total Population vs. Illiterate Population
8 times the population of Canada
Social Disparity
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Source: Indian 2001 Census data
Variation in Literacy Rates
The Vicious Cycle
Lack of Educatio
nDependence
Poverty
Why Education ?
• Awareness of Rights• Ability to Exercise Civic Rights• Improved Access to
Opportunities• Economic Mobility• Improve Gender Equality• Overall Development
Is there hope
?
Can We do something……to make a DIFFERENCE ? HOW ? ?HOW ? ?
Asha in Hindi and in many regional languages means
‘Hope’ The hope that we want to bring into
the life of every child
What Does Asha Mean ?
“To catalyze socio-economic change through education for the underprivileged children in India”
Our Mission
Asha – An Introduction
• ‘Asha for Education’ is a non-profit organization
• Asha hopes to provide education for under-privileged children in India
• Run entirely by volunteers
• Contributions go entirely to beneficiaries, since Asha has no operational overheads
Asha supports socio-economic change
• Projects have sustainable performance
• Use of alternate teaching methods
• Projects visited on a regular basis
• Has no political or religious affiliations
• Social, political or national development – starts with education of children
• Money raised through fundraisers to help groups involved in children's education
Asha – An Introduction
Asha supports socio-economic change
Evolving vision of Asha
Implications
Every child in 700,000 villages of India to be in school and learning before India's 100 year independence day mark.
Calls for constructive cooperation at a very large scale between NGOs, Govt, Corporations, and Individuals.
Connecting to the peaceful independence movement of the past is a unique strategy to inspire and unite people across diverse boundaries.
Every Independence day becomes a checkpoint to measure against that goal.
Requires use of Technology as a key lever.
GovtNutritionEmpoweringInaccessibleBonded
Tech supportSustainableViolence tornChild labor
Curriculum Devt
Special EdMetrosSpecial Needs
Non-secular groups
Teacher Training
Value basedSlumsIssue sensitive
Religious groups
ClothesTechnology enabled
StreetSex workers
Lone ranging heros
Teaching aidsMobileUrbanMigrant
Secular NGOsTeacher SalaryNon formalRuralLandless
Established NGOs
InfrastructFormalHillyGender
DriversSupported Items
Education TypeAreaSegment
Education Matrix
A unique perspective through collective learning in Asha from over 200 Asha projects
Asha – Some Facts
• Started in the USA in UC Berkeley in 1991
• 68 chapters in India, USA, Canada, Europe and Australia with 1200+ active volunteers
• 400 projects in 24 states in India sponsored by total disbursements of over US$5 million to date
• In 2003 Asha chapters raised and disbursed close to $1.3 million to over 200 projects
Asha – Our Achievements
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Number of projects financed and percentage of funds disbursed to funds raised is on the rise
Recognition
Asha received 4 Star Rating (69.8/70) from Charity Navigator (USA)
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/topten.list.htm
2002 Magsaysay Award
Emergent Leadership
Sandeep Pandey, co-founder of Asha for Education, was awarded the 2002 Ramon Magsaysay Award for the "empowering example of his commitment to the transformation of India's marginalized poor".
Asha for EducationCanada Chapter
“To catalyze socio-economic change through education for the underprivileged children in India”
Our Mission
• Canada Chapter of ‘Asha for Education’ was founded in July 2004 by a group of highly motivated Indo-Canadian professionals
• It has since grown to include 55 active members in Toronto, Montreal, Kingston, Ottawa, Edmonton and Vancouver
• Objectives: Raise funds through Indo-Canadian cultural exchanges, fundraising events, corporate partnership and voluntary donations
Project Monitoring
• Monitoring done by Asha volunteers
• Projects provide detailed funding proposals, finance statements, progress reports and correspond on management issues
• Projects monitored for
– reduction in dropout rate– commitment to socio-economic change in the
region– increase in number of students– improvement in facilities
Asha Canada - Prospective Projects
Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM)
Viveka Tribal Center (Location: Saragur, KARNATAKA)
• Established in 1984 by a group of young medical doctors
• Main initiatives - Health and Education for marginalized rural and tribal children and youth
• Provides free education, medical and community services
• Helping tribal youth fit into the mainstream while retaining pride in, and contact with, their tribal heritage
• Actively seeking new teaching staff and training methods to improve quality of education and outcome of success among students
Asha Canada - Prospective Projects
Society for the Educational and Economic Development (SEED)
(Location: Sriperumbudur, TAMIL NADU)
• This project aims to educate children of prisoners, terminally-ill patients, murder victims, and prostitutes
• SEED provides board, lodging, clothing and education of 271 children of ages 3-18 years
• They provide both standard education and vocational training
Asha Canada - Prospective Projects
Project SANGAMAM
(Location: Thiruvallur district, TAMIL NADU)
• The project would impact about 400 children at three Primary schools
Goals
• To provide an acceptable educational environment that is conducive to and promotes learning
• To provide a motivated and trained group of teachers that cater to these children
• To provide uniforms, notebooks, textbooks, slates, stationery for students
Asha Canada - Prospective Projects
SUPPORT- A- CHILD
• This program makes it possible for an individual to sponsor the cost of
education or total living expense for one underprivileged child in India
• The aim is to support this child financially till he/she completes college or
vocational education and is able to support himself/herself
• Asha's role is to find a suitable education project run by a non-profit
organization in India which targets children who are unable to pursue
education due to lack of funds
• Asha endeavors to find sponsors for the children in this project and facilitates
linking sponsors with individual children
• Asha follows through by disbursing and monitoring the sponsors' funds by
working with both sponsors and the projects in India to obtain regular progress
reports of the children and build strong sponsor-child communication
Pictures from Past ASHA Projects
Before Asha After Asha
When we dream aloneit is only a dreamWhen we dream together it is no longer a dreamIt is the beginning of a Reality
Instead of this
Instead of this
more of thismore of this
The HopeThe Hope
Asha Canada - Contact Details
More Information:• Asha for Education: www.ashanet.org• Asha Canada:
www.ashanet.org/canada• Corporate Relations :
Vijay SappaniTel: (416) 716-1522Email: [email protected]
www.ashanet.org
