asha for education, seattle chapter

ASHA FOR EDUCATION, SEATTLE CHAPTER

Bringing Hope Through Education

Seattle Chapter HistoryStarted 1994Grew over the yearsFocus changed from basic education to holistic education

Some statistics

40+ active volunteers

Planned to disburse $1.1M

50 project partners

Raised $750K

Strengths

Streamlined New volunteer orientation

Regular workshops

Project processesCoordination DB

Strong fund raising

Going green

Fund Raising Events

• Northwest Giving Campaign• Asha Marathon • Wheels of Change• Allgorhythms• Geetanjali• Asha WAH• Sabeer Manhas Golf Tournament

Financials

Disbursed in 2005: $452,000

Expected to Disburse in 2007: $720,000

Financial Commitment for 2008: $1,100,000

Disbursed in 2006: $616,000

* 2008 numbers are estimates

We Reach Out To…

Economically underprivileged urban & rural communities

Children with special needs

Children of sex workers

Juvenile drug addicts

Dropouts, children of migrant laborers

Tribal communities, dalits,disaster victims…

Areas of Impact

* Percentages are based on funds disbursed

Partner: Learning Networks

Started 2003 mostly by Asha volunteersNetworking resource groups and spread their learning

Yearly ConferencesRegular learning workshopsTwo newsletters Experiment with alternative methods

Challenges Limited Asha wide

involvement Financial constraints SAC Project processes

need improvement

Publicity and reach out has to broaden

Getting student volunteers Diversity of volunteer base Site Visits

Our Hope

Less of this…

more of this…