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Dear Asha Patron,
Education is the most valuable asset that any human being can have and everyone, whether male or female, has a right to be educated. As Mahatma Gandhi once said, 'educate one man, you educate one person, but educate a woman and you educate a whole civilisation'.
Poverty, illiteracy and gender disparity are engrained in the Indian society. Key indicators of social development such as health and education are below average. On the education front the figures are even more discouraging. This is even more alarming in case of girls!
Work an Hour 2011 features many projects that work towards protecting and educating girls in India. Please join us in supporting these important efforts.
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Aadarana Girls Orphanage
Aadarana has provided a safe harbor for children aged 5 to 15. One of these children recently passed her 10th grade exams with flying colors and is now on a scholarship to study further. Aadarana wants to accommodate an additional 100 children and provide them with food, clothes, books, medicine, access to
tutors, and a stable home.
All Bengal Women's Union
ABWU serves the most vulnerable section of society - girls who have been sexually abused and abandoned. They rehabilitate these young women and provide them with a safe home, education, vocational training and counseling services. This organization also runs a primary school and shelter for children from weak socioeconomic backgrounds.
Nishtha
As children of sex workers, Alo and Akanksha never imagined that they would complete their secondary education and go on to college. They owe it all to the night shelter run by Nishtha, which sheltered them while their mothers worked nights in a red light district in West Bengal. The organization ensured that these girls were educated in the same school meant for children from privileged families and gave them a chance to be accepted into mainstream society. Nishtha is working to provide more girls with an opportunity to live a dignified life.
Mahila Vikas
Over the past 4 years close to 900 children have passed through Mahila Vikas's bridge schools and close to 60% of them were mainstreamed. These children live in remote villages, miles away from traditional schools. Volunteers from this organization conduct bridge courses for the children, run a library, organize cultural and sports meets, provide healthcare and primary education for girls.
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With every penny you donate, you can change a little angel's fate.
Educate Girls. Empower Girls.
Empower India!
With Warm Regards,
Asha for Education
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Mail Checks to: 'Asha for Education', PO Box 1287, Princeton, NJ 08542.
Please mention 'WAH 2011donation' on the memo
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Dear Asha Patron,
Education is the movement from darkness to light
~ Allan Bloom (Philosopher and Academic)
Don't we often find ourselves engaged in stimulating conversations with our friends about the woes of India, and how we wish things were better? Haven't we all dreamed that we had the power to alleviate poverty and illiteracy, eradicate child labor, and create a reality where everyone can reap the benefits of India's enormous growth? Well, here's our opportunity to make that happen.
Work An Hour! Donate an hour's worth or more of your earnings towards these grassroots efforts in India that conscientiously tackle those very issues that directly impact the underprivileged among us.
Today we bring to you 6 projects which are dedicated to the cause of helping and educating the neediest children of India.
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20 Projects
4,415 Students
Funds required: $248,000
Raised so far: $8,453
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14 year old Pappu and his parents live in a Mushar (rat eaters) ghetto in Bihar. His father, a landless laborer, earns a meager wage. Pappu joined Shoshit Samadhan Kendra 4 years ago, exuded remarkable aptitude and has shown excellent academic performance ever since. Help other Mushar children get similar opportunities.
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Sukrupa
Since Sukrupa's (a project educating children in Bangalore's slums) inception in 2002, the literacy rate in the local community has risen more than 20%. Two first generation learners are undergoing graduation in Accountancy and Animation respectively, while two others are exchange students in Salt Lake City, USA. With your donations, Sukrupa can serve more needy children.
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Prerana
Children in the red light areas of Mumbai have no escape from a life of constant sexual exploitation, economic deprivation and ostracism. Prerana provides a safe haven to such children. This organization runs a shelter home for girls, helps facilitate recovery and social reintegration for the victims of sex trafficking, and supports their education and vocational training.
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Society for Women in Rural Development (SWIRD)
Since Asha's involvement, the annual enrollment at SWIRD pre-primary schools has increased from 340 to 411 students. SWIRD counsels parents living in impoverished communities to educate their children (especially girls), prepares children for admission in primary schools, and also provides them medical care.
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Aralu Belaku
Remote Karnataka has hundreds of orphans and destitute children, many forced into child labor to feed themselves. Aralu Belaku, an orphanage, provides these children a home as well as pre- primary education with emphasis on IT. The organization needs your support to give these children a chance in the world.
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Siragu Montessori School
Murugan was unaware of a life beyond begging in Chennai's streets, until Siragu happened in 2003. He is now a science whiz eloquent in 3 languages, with dreams of becoming a doctor. With WAH's support, Siragu can cater to over 400 Murugans by constructing stable classrooms and functional science labs.
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Mail Checks to: 'Asha for Education', PO Box 1287, Princeton, NJ 08542.
Please mention 'WAH 2011donation' on the memo
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From the comfort of your swivel chair... You can bring your labor’s fruits in touch... Of a famished child, and heal despair! Just an hour from you can count so much!
What to you seems a tiny amount... Does not to the needy seem as such! Timely aid's worth is beyond account! Just an hour from you can count so much!
One pencil's gift can be hope's anchor... For an adrift child to eagerly clutch! A child's thrill to learn, your gift will spur! Just an hour from you can count so much!
A child led by the hand towards learning... Never again needs charity's crutch! Will you lend a hand with an hour's earning? Just an hour from you can count so much!
-Arvind Iyer (19th July 2011) Graduate Student Department of Biomedical Engineering University of Southern California
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Dear Asha Patron,
Most of us look for real meaning in our jobs. We aspire that our daily work product makes a lasting and positive impact on the world. The Work an Hour program (popularly known as WAH) from Asha for Education provides us with exactly that opportunity. Given the pressures of navigating through our hectic lives, it is often difficult to volunteer our time for charity. The WAH program allows us to symbolically volunteer an hour of our time by donating an hour's worth (or more) of our salary. These donations directly empower underprivileged Indians by providing a much needed education and vocational training, and give them a fair chance at changing their lives for the better.
Following 13 successful campaigns, Asha for Education is proud to present the 14th Work An Hour (WAH) campaign. Last year WAH received terrific support from patrons like you. We raised over $135,000 to support 13 projects that aided children's education all over India. For a recap of WAH 2010's fund utilization, please, click here.
This year, we have carefully evaluated and selected 20 projects for funding through the WAH campaign. These projects require a total funding of about $250,000 and will support 4415 students spread across 70 schools. These projects serve the most vulnerable sections of India including orphaned girls, tribal women, disabled children, and children of landless laborers, sex-workers, and slum dwellers. Please keep in mind that such projects rely heavily on funding from patrons like you. The campaign will run from July 15th to September 15th 2011.
For more information on these projects, please, click here.
Asha for Education has been rated as a 4-star charity per Charity Navigator, America's premier independent charity evaluator. Asha for Education has a zero overhead policy, where the less than 2% administrative expenses are covered with bank interest. As such, any inhibitions about your money being used inefficiently or wastefully can be laid to rest. Every last cent you donate will count, and be used directly towards the project(s) you support. Please see Charity Navigator.
Warm regards,
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Empower Underprivileged India.
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Mail Checks to: 'Asha for Education', PO Box 1287, Princeton, NJ 08542.
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