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The Atlanta & Georgia Tech Chapters of
WHAT WE DO
• Support education of underprivileged children in India
with finances, materials, logistics, and leadership
• Raise awareness of the plight of children’s education
in India on a global level
• Address issues involving women’s welfare, the
environment, health care, and socio-economic
conditions
FUND-RAISING EVENTS
5k Run
Marathon Training
WHO WE ARE
• An organization dedicated to
improving basic education for
underprivileged children in India
• Not-for-profit, secular, global group
• 100% of donations distributed for
intended use (what you donate is what
we send)
Music
concerts
Poker
night
• Rated as a the #1 “Slam Dunk” charity
organization by Charity Navigator
(www.charitynavigator.org)
Cultural Festivals
HOW YOU CAN HELP
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Volunteer at local fundraising events
Join a chapter – Atlanta & Georgia Tech
Start a new chapter
Donate
- to the general organization
- to a specific project in India
• Create new projects
• Asha internships in India
• Improve awareness about world issues
For more information or to contact us visit:
www.ashanet.org/atlanta
MILESTONES
• Over 600 projects funded to
date
• $4 million in donations disbursed
to date
• $1.6 million raised from 2002 to
2003
• Presently over 1000 active
volunteers
• Several thousand additional
supporters
Project 1: Rehab. Center for Blind Women
Project 3: Door Step School, Pune
Project Name: Rehabilitation Center for Blind Women
Location: Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu
Sponsoring Chapters: Atlanta, New Jersey
Project Name: Door Step School
Location: Mumbai District, Maharashtra
Sponsoring Chapters: Seattle, NYC/NJ, Atlanta (soon)
This first-of-its-kind
institution in southern India
provides rehabilitation and
vocational training for blind
women in poverty. These
women are integrated into
society in a self-fulfilling
and meaningful manner.
Asha financed the
purchase of Braille
equipment and food
supplies.
Door Step School is a registered
non-profit organization working in
Mumbai and Pune, India. They
conduct non-formal education
classes for out of school and
working children (7 to 18 years of
age) residing in slums, on
pavements, docks etc. With the
introduction of the "School on
Wheels" bus, Door Step has come
closer to fulfilling one of its major
objectives - making basic education
easily accessible to a larger number
of children.
Project 2: Sahyog, Mumbai
ASHA LOCATIONS AND CHAPTERS
• Over 66 chapters world-wide
Project Name: Sahyog
Location: Mumbai
Sponsoring Chapters:
Atlanta, Berkeley
Sahyog is a school for girls
in the Jari Mari Basti in
Mumbai. It caters to the
needs of adolescent girls
who have had to drop out
of school due to various
societal pressures. Asha
funds have gone towards
supporting a formal school,
an informal school, teacher
training, workshops and
fellowship programs at the
school.
• Local: Georgia Tech and Atlanta chapters
• Can’t find one near you? Start a new one!