Tuka Mhane...

Kolambi bhat

2017-03-17T12:49:00.003-04:00

Prepare rice with little salt keep aside. Add ginger garlic paste Haldi to prawns marinate In a vessel add oil bay leaf 2 to 3peppercorns add long cut onions fry little ginger garlic paste add cut tomatoes fry little Haldi chili pwdr garam masala make little thick gravy type put little water if u want add rice birayani masala adjust salt 1tsp lime juice

Buzne recipe

2017-03-17T11:45:00.001-04:00

Add Haldi chili pwdr to paplate pieces little salt.
Take 1spoon oil add crushed garlic ginger green chilly (optional)
add paplate pieces toss add 1cup water 2 to 3 sola
cook for 5 min adjust salt
add cilantro

Tere Sur Aur Mere Geet - A tribute

2016-02-18T08:31:00.001-05:00

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Give the gift of hope to a child this Giving Tuesday

2015-12-01T10:36:00.000-05:00

Dear Asha Patron,

Today is no ordinary Tuesday. Its #GivingTuesday - a worldwide movement that celebrates your power to make a difference. In 2015 your donations helped Asha for Education, Boston keep over 12,000 children in school. Your support means a lot to us. It means a lot more to the children whose life you've helped change. Forever.

On this Giving Tuesday we ask that you help us once again. Our goal is simple - keep these children in schools for another year. Donate for our Work-an-Hour campaign. Help us keep these children in schools - where they belong.

One hour is all it takes.

For more info, please visit
Asha for Education, Boston/MIT Chapter
Asha for Education worldwide

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Amazon Smile Program contributes a percentage of your order to Asha.
Use this link to do your Holiday shopping today!

This Diwali, light the 'diya' of hope in a child's life

2015-11-11T10:43:00.000-05:00

Dear Asha Patron,

On a day filled with joy and happiness for most of us, let us take a moment to remember the not so fortunate, those who struggle to get access to even the most basic education.

If finding qualified science teachers is hard in rural Karnataka, finding a school with a functional science laboratory is even harder. The Asha Boston supported Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement - Mobile Science Van project is a traveling laboratory which supports government schools with the necessary staff, raw materials and equipment to demonstrate and facilitate experiential learning of Science.

Celebrate Diwali with us by contributing a single hour's worth of your earnings towards Asha's Work-an-Hour campaign. Help us expand the reach of our Mobile Science Van initiative to even more schools.

For more info, please visit
Asha for Education, Boston/MIT Chapter
Asha for Education worldwide

Did you know?

Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement has been an Asha for Education partner since2001.
Mobile Science Van has been functional since 2008.
40% of the schools in the area don't have Biology teachers,25% don't have a Physics, Chemistry or Math teachers.

Mobile Science Van on one of its visits

Phonetics

2015-03-23T14:17:00.000-04:00

Dudhi/Lauki Soup

2014-10-10T13:17:00.000-04:00

Ingredients:
Dudhi/ Lauki
Onions
Potatoes
Bay Leaves
Whole Peppercorns
Oil

Recipe:
Heat oil
Add 8 peppercorns, 2-3 Bay leaves
Fry chopped onions

Add chopped potatoes

Add chopped dudhi/lauki

Fry for 5 minutes

Add water and boil for 20 minutes on medium flame covered with lid
Switch off the cooking and allow it to cool

Take bay leaves out and grind the entire mixture
Heat the ground mixture in a non-stick pan for few minutes until boil

One Final appeal - Work an Hour 2014 ending this week!

2014-09-26T11:20:00.001-04:00

Together We can make a difference, One Final appeal from Asha for Education WAH 2014 Team!

Thank you for all of your outpouring support thus far, we have received about $60,000 out of our target of $132,000, and our goal is to help 11 projects who have been striving hard to provide much needed education to about 3,686 children.

It had been a great campaign thus far, we have come across with variety of generous donors & volunteers who are able to contribute to this much needed cause. Work an Hour 2014 will close on October 30th, and our projects and children thank you for generous support. Together we are making a difference today, everyday. Your support gives us and our projects strength!

Just to recap, Work An Hour is a summer-long, global, online fundraising campaign based on a simple concept: If each one of us works ONE hour towards the education of our children who need us most, the result will be nothing short of miraculous! We just ask that consider contributing an hour's worth or more of your salary towards the education of India's future!

We sincerely thank you!

Work An Hour 20014 Team

Asha for Education

Learn More @ workanhour.org

This Independence day, give a gift of education!

2014-09-10T09:49:00.003-04:00

This Independence Day, give a gift of education to a child.

Freedom is a celebration, Independence is a Challenge! Asha for Education is proud to have been confronting this challenge of making a difference in the lives of thousands of children all across India by giving them their best shot at rising above poverty and lack of opportunities -

By proving them access to quality education!

There's no better celebration of Independence than joining hands in helping your children achieve their potential and lift them out of poverty.

Let's root out illiteracy from India!

After 67 years of independence, millions are still without any access to education. And the situation is particularly worst for girl child. This independence day lets pledge to stamp out illiteracy from India. We invite you to lean more about our projects, and lend a helping hand by donating an hour or more worth of your salary! Together we can change lives of millions of children!

Donate An Hour

Asha For Education Event

2014-09-10T09:49:00.001-04:00

According to the World Bank and Harvard University study, on any given day, 25% of teachers in India are absent in schools, with the rate being as high as 42% in poorer states. As India prepares to celebrate another Teacher's Day on September 5th, it should serve as a reminder to all of us who had the opportunity to be educated that 43% primary schools in India have a teacher-student ratio of 1:40 or worst.

An important aspect in getting children to school is to first get teachers to attend school. For more than 20 years now, Asha for Education has not only strived to put the underprivileged children in schools, but has also constantly supported the teachers by providing them with adequate training, innovative teaching material and salaries so they are motivated to attend school and educate children in our projects.

Most teachers in primary schools earn $50 or less per month. On September 5th this year, celebrate the nobility of teachers and repay your teachers for their hard work by supporting the teachers!

	"Sandnya Sanwardhan Sanstha provides service to 93 children who fall under 5 levels of mental disability - ranging from borderline to profound. 41 teachers (21teaching and 20 non-teaching/support staff) work in very challenging environment to make a difference in lives of these special children"
On teacher's day, let's come together and celebrate these amazing teachers that work dedicatedly in bringing quality education to children who without them night have none. Your support will help our teachers continue their great work!

Our success depends on your support. We are in last weeks of Work an Hour 2014, and we are far from achieving our targets. But, we have a strong belief in you! We believe you will help our projects and children we support reach their potential. We believe you will will help us change the future of our society

together we can make a difference

	"Manasa is a non-profit organization located in Hyderabad, India working for the welfare and integration of intellectually challenged by implementing various programs for their development. 63 children with special needs get critical life sustaining skills by tireless efforts of their teachers ..."

Learn More @ workanhour.org

Take A Minute. Donate An Hour. Change A Life.

2014-07-29T11:30:00.001-04:00

TAKE A MINUTE \ DONATE AN HOUR \ CHANGE A LIFE

Dear Asha Patrons,

Have you given thought to the Work An Hour slogan: "Take A Minute. Donate An Hour. CHANGE A LIFE."? The story of how lives of two brothers from a village near Bhopal changed with help of an Asha for Education project will give you an insight.

AWANTIKA VIDYA BHAWAN, Madhya Pradesh

Alok and Ankit Dube couldn't go to school because their parents went to jail over a family dispute. Their father died in jail, and when the mother tried to enroll them into local schools, she found herself short of being able to afford school fees. Read about how Awantika Vidya Bhawan brought hope into their lives and what the brothers went on to achieve.

Asha for Education's Work an Hour 2014

2014-07-18T08:29:00.001-04:00

Dear Asha Patron,

Each year, people like you, from around the world come together in a demonstration of great human spirit, to help educate underprivileged children in India. Work-An-Hour is Asha for Education's summer-long global, online fundraising campaign based on a simple concept: "Donors are requested to symbolically Work An Hour towards the cause of children's education by donating an hour's worth or more of their salary."

This year we bring 11 projects reaching over 3500 children spanning across Indiaaddressing issues such as caste-based discrimination, rural and tribal education, girl empowerment, sheltering children of sex workers, educating children of migrant laborers, and special education for differently-abled children. Over the next 8 weeks, with your generous help, our goal is to raise at-least $133,000 on behalf of these projects.

We invite you to visit WorkAnHour.org to find out more about the projects WAH 2014 is supporting and to donate an hour of your salary towards the education and well-being of children who need our help the most. Your one hour goes a long way in bringing hope into a child's future.

Asha for Education is proud to have been making a difference in the lives of thousands of children all across India by giving them their best shot at rising above poverty and lack of opportunities. In our endeavor, we immensely appreciate your continued support.

Every contribution counts. Take a minute. Make a gesture..

2014-07-18T08:26:00.000-04:00

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Take A Minute Donate An Hour Change A Life

Jul 15 - Sep 30, 2012

Dear Asha Patrons,

On July 15, as we embarked on 'Work an Hour' campaign for the 15th time, we made a promise to 4,300 underprivileged children in India, to keep them in school. When deprived of an opportunity to be in school, in the absence of a minimum wage policy and lack of enforcement of the Child Labor policy, such children shoulder burden, earn less than $1 (~Rs.30) per day, and are abused by society.

At Asha, we believe that we have a responsibility to protect and educate girls; support children with special needs, and bring opportunities to children in urban slums. As our campaign draws to a close in two weeks, we have raised more than $60,000 from 400+ donors. But to reach our target of $150,000, we need your active support.

One hour of your salary in 2012 is all we ask from you. Give them their childhood they rightfully deserve today, so they can contribute positively to society tomorrow. Please support Today!

Visit www.workanhour.org to find out more about our featured 2012 'Work an hour' projects.

Quick Links:

US Credit-Card Donation Link:

https://www.ashanet.org/workanhour/current/donate/us.php

Other donation options (Paypal, Check, international donations, NEFT in India) available at :

http://www.ashanet.org/workanhour/current/donate/donate.php

Warm Regards

Work-An-Hour Team @ Asha for Education

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Work-an-Hour and Change a Life!

2014-07-18T08:24:00.000-04:00

August 1 - October 15, 2013

"When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms.

When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates.

When thinking emanates, knowledge is fully lit.

When knowledge is lit, economy flourishes."

- Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam

Dear Asha Patrons:

On August 1st, as we embarked on our 'Work an Hour' campaign for the 16th time, we made a promise to 4,300 underprivileged children in India, to keep them in school. As our campaign draws to a close in less than a month, we have raised more than

$40,000 from 240+ donors. But to reach our target of $145,000, we need your active support.

In the last week's email, we brought to you some testimonials from our project partners in India. Continuing with the same theme this email brings to you some more testimonials. All our project partners thank you for generously supporting their projects. We only have three weeks before this campaign comes to an end.

Below are a few testimonials from our project partners in India:

Asha Purdue Chapter is a major donor for the KHEL Patna Center of Diksha Foundation and Alok Charitable trust. Volunteers from the Asha team are also involved with the center and they are exploring the usage of ICT tools to enhance the quality of education. We have established a computer lab with the help of Asha - access to computer and other ICT tools have broadened the world view of the children. - Diksha KHEL (Patna, Bihar, India)

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Asha's support for the construction of Non Formal Education and vocational training centres at Varanasi red light area have been very critical in Guria's fight against human trafficking and forced prostitution. These centres were the backbone in evolving our strategy to end child prostitution, minimize second generation prostitution and prevent trafficking and re-trafficking.

- Ajeet Singh, Founder/Director, Guriya Swyam Sevi Sansthan (Varanasi, U.P., India)

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Asha for Education has been funding Chehak Trust since 2002, a time when Sahyog was merely an idea. It has stood by us in our most challenging times, such as when the community was being relocated, and the floods of July 2005. It has always appreciated our choice to build Sahyog organically, rooted in the community's life, even at the cost of scale.

- Neha Madhiwalla, Sahyog Trustee and a Social Researcher

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Help us give the under-privileged children in India a better future. Donate now during our "Work an Hour" campaign. On an average one hour of your salary is all it takes to keep a child in school!

These are just a few of the WAH Projects. Please learn more by visiting our website: www.workanhour.org

Send Checks to (for US) : Email: wah@ashanet.org

Asha for Education, WAH 2013 Campaign,

PO Box 407

Church Street Station

New York, NY 10008

Every contribution counts. Take a minute. Make a gesture...

2014-07-18T08:23:00.000-04:00

August 1 - October 15, 2013

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." -

Nelson Mandela

Dear Asha Patrons

The 'Right to Education' Act is here. Yet, there are an estimated 50 million child laborers in India, based on a statement from a child rights protection group in August 2013. These children toil everywhere from stone quarries and carpet factories to rice mills. In addition, children are bought and sold into bonded slavery for the sex trade or to work as domestic servants.

You liked our Facebook page. You helped us increase our fans from 1,200 last year to 12,000+ this year. Deep down in your hearts you believe in our cause and efforts, and know that a change is possible if each of us did something about illiteracy in India.

Today, our campaign has less than 300 donors. The team at 'Work an Hour' is looking to add 100 donors by the end of this week, to be able to call this campaign a success, as with our previous campaigns.

We really need your help NOW to give our children hope for a better future. This campaign has no meaning without You.

Please visit our website to learn more. To Donate, please click here.

Best Regards,

Work-An-Hour Team @ Asha for Education

Send Checks to (for US) : Email: wah@ashanet.org

Asha for Education, WAH 2013 Campaign,

PO Box 407

Church Street Station

New York, NY 10008

Celebrate this 'Joy of Giving' week with WAH

2014-07-18T08:22:00.000-04:00

August 1 - October 15, 2013

Dear Asha Patrons

Over the last couple of months, you have been receiving our emails, sharing information on the Work an Hour campaign. For 16 years now, we come back to generous donors like you with a hope that you will support us once again, and do this just once a year. Your donation is utilized in our projects towards infrastructural enhancement, teachers' salaries, midday meals, and childrens' uniforms among others. We have a reputation for sending more than 98% of donations to our projects.

It is with the same hope that we are sending this email to you in the last leg of our campaign as we haven't yet met our target. No amount is big or small. It is the fact that you donate that will mean a lot to us. So, please spare a moment NOW and be a part of our campaign again this year.

To donate, click here.

Experience the joy of changing a life with your donation in the Joy of Giving week.

Thanks,

The Team at Work an Hour

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Asha for Education, WAH 2013 Campaign,

PO Box 407

Church Street Station

New York, NY 10008

Work an Hour Campaign in its Last Week!

2014-07-18T08:20:00.001-04:00

August 1 - October 15, 2013

"There is only one success-to be able to spend your life in your own way"

- Christopher Morley

Dear Asha Patrons

Here's what success looks like to children in our projects -

Sundar was a school dropout at the age of 16. His father abandoned him when he was 8 years old and his mother was a commercial sex worker. Sundar was fortunate to find his home at Pneuma Trust in Madurai, Tamil Nadu - An Asha for Education supported project. He graduated from Grade 10 at the age of 18.

It is only because of your generosity in our Work An Hour (WAH) campaign in 2012 that Sundar was enrolled into a 'Four-Wheeler Driving Training Program' offered by the Industrial Training Institute in Madurai . Today, Sundar works for a travel agency and earns ~$150 per month. Sundar motivated his mother to quit the commercial sex business. She has engaged herself in a respectable profession of tailoring, with assistance from Pneuma Trust. Thank You, donors! This is how You help us change communities when you donate to WAH.

"Work An Hour" is all about a number of small contributions coming together to make a large impact. 4000 children are counting on the success of this year's Work an Hour campaign. We want to help create more stories like Sundar's and we cannot do it without your help. We have a long way to go to meet our goal in this campaign and are hoping you will support us once again this time. We request each of you to please donate an hour of your salary towards our projects in the last leg of our campaign and help us call this campaign a success. One hour of your salary is all it takes. Campaign ends on October 15th.

Thanks,

The Team at Work an Hour

Send Checks to (for US) : Email: wah@ashanet.org

Asha for Education, WAH 2013 Campaign,

PO Box 407

Church Street Station

New York, NY 10008

Today is last day of Work An Hour campaign

2014-07-18T08:20:00.000-04:00

August 1 - October 15, 2013

"Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home"

Mother Teresa

Dear Asha Patrons,

The 'Work An Hour' campaign is about our children and you. We had set ourselves a target to seek 800 donors in this year's campaign, as in previous years. Today is the last day of our campaign....

We are hoping that you will be one of 100 donors in the next 24 hours who will help us move closer to our goal. When you donate to a project in our WAH campaign, you are essentially supporting a child who would otherwise not have a choice but be out of school.

Here's what a teacher from our project in rural Tamil Nadu has to say: "We teachers take care of children from morning to evening. Parents are not aware of what is going on with their children as they have to attend to farming or labor work. Life is hard for them."

Donating to this campaign not only means you have taken action to educate a poor child in India, but you also appreciate all the hard work put in by our volunteers in selecting these highly impactful projects. So, please open your generous hearts on the last day of our campaign.

Warm Regards,

Work-An-Hour Team @ Asha for Education

Send Checks to (for US) : Email: wah@ashanet.org

Asha for Education, WAH 2013 Campaign,

PO Box 407

Church Street Station

New York, NY 10008

Happy Gandhi Jayanti from Work an Hour Team

2014-07-18T08:19:00.000-04:00

August 1 - October 15, 2013

Dear Asha Patrons

Illiteracy breeds poverty. Based on a report by the World Literacy Foundation, illiteracy is costing the Indian economy more than $53 billion. The Right to Education Act is helping to increase infrastructure in schools and there are more restrooms for girls today than there were ever before. Yet, in 2012:

More than 50% of children in grade 5 were reading at level 2 or below.
30% of children in Grade 3 were reading at Grade 1, a drop from 50% in 2008.
The number of children who could count up to 100 had decreased from 70% to 50% in the last 3 years.

Our projects invest in teachers' salaries and training to ensure children not just attend school, but learn. This campaign is hope for 4000 children. Let us not disappoint them.

"Be the change you wish to see in this world" - Mahatma Gandhi

Please click here to donate and be that change. Happy Gandhi Jayanti.

There isn't much time remaining before the campaign ends. So, please do it NOW

Best Regards,

Work-An-Hour Team @ Asha for Education

Send Checks to (for US) : Email: wah@ashanet.org

Asha for Education, WAH 2013 Campaign,

PO Box 407

Church Street Station

New York, NY 10008

Mike Florio speculating about players injuries

2013-10-29T18:02:00.001-04:00

He thrives on creating increasing speculation and hype about players injuries and writing conflicting information about NFL player injuries. Here is a small snapshot of proof: -

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/30/thad-lewis-should-be-good-to-go-on-sunday/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/30/patriots-continue-to-not-acknowledge-bradys-hand-injury/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/30/jamaal-charles-misses-practice-with-knee-injury/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/30/okung-giacomini-could-be-back-at-practice-soon/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/30/a-new-injury-for-gronkowski/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/29/cutler-has-a-goal-to-return-sooner-than-expected/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/finley-out-jones-not-practicing-for-packers/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/fitzgerald-fully-participates-in-practice/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/broncos-confirm-peyton-will-practice-on-thursday

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/peyton-manning-will-practice-tomorrow-play-sunday/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/19/gronkowskis-status-still-to-be-determined/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/18/medically-cleared-gronkowski-remains-questionable/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/18/gronkowski-gets-clearance-to-play-against-the-jets/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/17/profootballtalk-gronk-and-pats-on-the-same-page/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/17/talib-not-likely-to-play-on-sunday/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/11/pft-live-belichick-says-gronk-is-day-to-day/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/04/gronkowski-currently-viewed-as-unlikely-to-play-on-sunday/

Mike Florio speculating about players injuries

2013-10-17T22:31:00.001-04:00

He thrives on creating increasing speculation and hype about players injuries and writing conflicting information about NFL player injuries. Here is a small snapshot of proof: -

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/finley-out-jones-not-practicing-for-packers/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/fitzgerald-fully-participates-in-practice/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/broncos-confirm-peyton-will-practice-on-thursday

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/23/peyton-manning-will-practice-tomorrow-play-sunday/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/19/gronkowskis-status-still-to-be-determined/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/18/medically-cleared-gronkowski-remains-questionable/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/18/gronkowski-gets-clearance-to-play-against-the-jets/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/17/profootballtalk-gronk-and-pats-on-the-same-page/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/17/talib-not-likely-to-play-on-sunday/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/11/pft-live-belichick-says-gronk-is-day-to-day/

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/04/gronkowski-currently-viewed-as-unlikely-to-play-on-sunday/

Every contribution counts. Take a minute. Make a gesture..

2013-09-13T17:09:00.000-04:00

August 1 - October 15, 2013

"Education is the fundamental method of social progress and reform..... Through education, society can formulate its own purposes, can organize its own means and resources, and thus shape itself with definiteness and economy in the direction in which it wishes to move."

-- John Dewey, an eminent social and education reformer of the 20th century.

Dear Asha Patrons

Over the last couple of months, we have sent you weekly emails to showcase our projects and spread the word. You have helped us, in return, by contributing to the causes. We wanted to bring forth, this week, the testimonials from our Project Partners, who are thankful for the support they receive from Asha for Education. All their praise goes to you for enabling us to support the Projects through your generous donations.

Below are a few testimonials from our Project Partners:

"It is both heartening and motivating to see just how much representatives from Asha know about our work. They truly understand what we do and how we achieve it. Their funding of the design of audio content to supplement home-learning for under-privileged young adults learning English has been a great success. Our learners love that they can listen to and practice at home what they learned in class that day - something which they had not previously been able to do"

- Ian McBride, Director Communications, Etasha Society (New Delhi)

Learn More... Donate... Project Website

"Asha for Education has supported progressively more villages every year since 2011. Their support and commitment to preschool education in rural India has been very encouraging. They ask tough questions which help us think through some of our issues and it's been a fulfilling partnership."

- Lily Paul, Coordinator, HLC (Bangalore)

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"Asha has been the strength behind Adhaardhila school since we started our school to fight against child marriage and targeting girls. Since 2007 we have worked in close partnership which till data Asha is the sole funder of his school."

-

Suman Choudhary, Project Director, Pratirodh Sansthan (Rajasthan)

Learn More... Donate...

Help us give the under-privileged children in India a better future. Donate now during our "Work an Hour" campaign. On an average one hour of your salary is all it takes to keep a child in school!

These are just a few of the WAH Projects. Please learn more by visiting our website: www.workanhour.org

Send Checks to (for US) : Email: wah@ashanet.org

Asha for Education, WAH 2013 Campaign,

PO Box 407

Church Street Station

New York, NY 10008

Celebrate Teacher's Day! Take a minute. Make a gesture..

2013-09-13T17:08:00.000-04:00

August 1 - October 15, 2013

Dear Asha Patrons,

In April 2012, the Supreme Court of India upheld a government decision to implement the Right to Education (RTE) Act in all schools except unaided minority institutions. One of the key features of this ambitious plan is to maintain a healthy pupil-teacher ratio (PTR) in schools. For every 30 students, there should be at least one teacher. Almost 57.2 per cent of India's schools have a poor PTR. The situation is going to get worse with the RTE seeking to ensure education for all. It is expected to reach out to an estimated 8.1 million out-of-school children in the 6-14 age group. The shortage will be more acute as new government schools come up to accommodate the student surge.

On the occasion of Indian Teacher's Day today, we share with you some Work-An-Hour projects that focus on improving the quality of teacher training.

Shikshamitra: Shikshamitra based in Kolkata, West Bengal offers teacher-training on languages, math, environmental education, arts and crafts etc. During the last few years the project has trained teachers from various schools, including teachers from projects supported by Asha for Education. The WAH Team wishes to rise up to $15,000 for this Project that would go towards supporting the training of 50 Teachers.

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Hippocampus Learning Center: Hippocampus was established in 2004 with the vision to "inspire children to want to read more". The Learning Center was established in June 2010 with 7 pilot projects to promote reading, Hippocampus has expanded to promoting learning, through the establishment of Education centers in villages. In doing so, the organization empowers women to teach at these centers and provides women with livelihoods, self-confidence and pride.

Learn More... Donate

Diksha KHEL Project: The Diksha Foundation was set up by a group of trained professionals who felt the urgent need to provide for the underprivileged section of the society. Diksha focuses on the theme of education and innovates by adding technology to its class rooms. KHEL is pioneering concept that makes learning creative and fun by adding modern technologies like Computers, Tablets to existing curriculum.

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Project Prerna: "Project Prerna" is ETASHA's vocational and employability skills training program serving youth from impoverished colonies in New Delhi, India. It is conducted at ETASHA's own flagship Career Development Center (CDC) at Madanpur Khadar in New Delhi. The program teaches relevant employability skills and training to the youth to ultimately get them sustainable and respectable employment in the private sector.

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"Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those art of living well." - Aristotle

These are just a few of the WAH Projects. Please learn more by visiting our website: www.workanhour.org

Send Checks to (for US) : Email: wah@ashanet.org

Asha for Education, WAH 2013 Campaign,

PO Box 407

Church Street Station

New York, NY 10008

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August 1 - October 15, 2013

Dear Asha patrons,

You may have heard about Asha for Education, you may have donated to the cause, or volunteered with a chapter in the past, you may have even run the half marathon (if you were brave!), but how well do you know you the 2013 Work an Hour projects that we're raising funds for?

Here are some interesting facts about 3 projects we are supporting to pique your interest :

Did you know that Swanirvar-Shikshamitra, in Kolkata, goes against the tide of "one-size-fits-all" curriculum and instead devices a curriculum that makes learning fun? Read more here, and help them raise the funds they need.

What happens to mentally and physically challenged children in India? With few options, its a wonder that organizations like Prayas exist. Prayas works to provide inclusive education to differently abled children. Donate generously and help them touch even more lives.

Have you ever despaired about child labor in India? Bal Ashram Trust through the Bachpan Bachao Andolan in Rajasthan is trying to provide education and a different life to the Banjara community - an itinerant community- whose children would otherwise remain deprived of education. Lend them your support and help plant a passion for education.

These are just a few of the 12 amazing projects that support education in India.

And finally, you are all perhaps aware that your dollar contributions will go farther these days. Increase your impact by using company matching and donate generously to these worthy causes.

Send Checks to (for US) :

Asha for Education, WAH 2013 Campaign,

PO Box 407

Church Street Station

New York, NY 10008