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2017AnnualReport,SanFranciscoChapter
AshaforEducationisafullyvolunteer-run501(c)(3)non-profitwith50+chaptersaroundtheworldwhosemissionistocatalyzesocio-economicchangeinIndiathroughtheeducationofunderprivilegedchildren.
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TableofContentsAboutAsha ….....................................................................................................................................................3Year2017Review …...........…..............................................................................................................................4
2017ProjectsSummary…..................................................................................................................................52017EventsSummary….....................................................................................................................................122017FinancialSummary….................................................................................................................................14
Acknowledgements….........................................................................................................................................15RequestforVolunteers......................................................................................................................................16MeettheTeam…................................................................................................................................................17
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AboutAsha
AshaForEducationisasecularnon-profitorganizationcatalyzingsocio-economicchangethroughtheeducationofunderprivilegedchildreninIndia.Ourmissionisnotonlytolookatissuesconcerningaccesstoeducation,butalsotoensurethateverychildhasaccesstoaneducationthatismeaningful.
AshaforEducationisafullyvolunteer-run501(c)(3)non-profit,with50+chaptersaroundtheworld,whosemissionistocatalyzesocio-economicchangeinIndiathroughtheeducationofunderprivilegedchildren.
Weareasmallteamof30-40volunteersattheSanFranciscoChapter.WeareconstantlymotivatedbyAsha’smissionandworktogethertomeetouryearlygoalsasapartofAshatohelpmakeadifferenceinchildrens’livesinruralIndia.GetinvolvedwiththeSanFranciscoChapterbyvolunteeringwithus.Pleasevisitpage15tofindoutmoredetailsabouthowyoucangetinvolved.
Theyear2017hasbeenawonderfulyearforAshaForEducation,SanFranciscoChapter.Wefunded10projects,disbursingatotalof$139,000,whichwillsupportover3400childrenandstudents.Wehavemaintainedaperfectscoreof100onCharityNavigator,thehighestratinganynonprofitcanget.WehavealsomaintainedagoodWorkingCapitalRation(WCR)of1.00bytheyearendbyefficientlydistributingfundstoprojects,whichmakesuseligibleforthegeneralfundsdistributedbyAshaCentral.Wehadalargenumberofnewandrepeatvolunteers.Weappreciateeveryonewhosupportedusinthiscause.Yearafteryearwehavebeenseeingtheimpactofourworkinchildren’slivesandthereisnogreaterfeelingofhappiness.
Weraisedover$65,000fromTeamAshaSF,ourhalfmarathontrainingprogram,inwhich100%oftherunnersmettheirfundraisinggoal.Wealsoraisedarecordbreakingamountofover$25,000fromSFHoliandothereventsincludingDiwaliMela.Everyyear,wecontinuetoattractvolunteerssupportingAshaSFChapterinvariouscapacities,includingevents,running,projectreviewsandprojectstewards.
Alltheseachievementshappenedduetothecommitmentandeffortsputbyourawesomevolunteersanddonorswhodeeplycareaboutthecause.Thiswouldnothavebeenpossiblewithouttheduediligencecarriedoutbyourprojectstewards,theSFcoreteamwhohasactivelyparticipatedinvariousactivitiesthroughouttheyear,andnottomentionTeamAsharunnersandcoaches.Wehopetocontinueoureffortsin2018toimpactmanymorechildren’slives.
Sincerely,AshaForEducation,SanFranciscoChapter
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2017 Projects Summary
Society for Women in Rural Development (SWIRD)Where: Purba Medinipur, Medinipur District West BengalChildren Served: 400 (Ages 3-5)Funded: $85,850 (since Sept 2009) by San Francisco Chapter
A social development NGO working for the last 17 years, run by womenespecially house-wives who are aware of the distressful situation of women inrural families living below poverty line, to uplift the quality of lives of thedowntrodden women and children in remote rural belt of Eastern part of India.Among various projects, SWIRD is running 10 pre-primary schools (BalwadiCenters) to support elementary education for the poor children. Due tofinancial constraints, they face a lot of difficulties to run those schools. In 1990,many poor families could not arrange even one meal for the members of theirfamily and helpless mothers and kids would starve. One day, a mothercommitted suicide as she could not arrange food for her children for someconsecutive days. A leading NGO, viz. Nabarun Seva Niketan facilitated somecommunity leaders to sit together and discuss about their duties to uplift thecondition of the families especially by women themselves. This meeting gave aformation of a group which now runs as an NGO SWIRD.
1. Society for Women in Rural Development (SWIRD)
ProjectSteward:JenniferFernandes55
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2017 Projects Summary
Where: Madurai, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu
Children served: 300 (Ages 5 - 16)Funded: $48,812 since Feb 2010 by San Francisco Chapter
Pneuma (Professional Network for the Emancipation of the Under-Privileged
Masses) Trust, is an organization that was created in 2003 with the aims to provide
education, social, legal awareness and health services to children whose parents are
affected by HIV/AIDS among the poor. Children of HIV/AIDS infected parents were
suffering from a lack of proper educational facilities and parental guidance, and
they are also exposed to illegal activities & are at risk of being forced into sex
trafficking. Pneuma started a home for such children to provide food, clothing &
shelter free of cost. The children are also sent to schools to continue regular
education, and are given non formal education at the home. They are mostly
orphans and semi-orphans of HIV/AIDS infected parents. Currently they only house
boys and do not have the resources to accommodate girls. Many children housed in
Pneuma are from rural areas of Madurai and nearby districts namely, Theni,
Sivaganangai and Thirunelveli, whose parents came to Madurai for treatment.
2. PNEUMA (Professional Network for the Emancipation of the Under-privileged masses)
ProjectSteward:Shishira Nagesh6
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Where:SouthDistrict, NewDelhiChildrenserved:120Funded:$126,321sinceAug2011bySanFranciscoChapter
Wehavefunded2projectsforEtasha in2017.
ProjectPrerna isEtasha’s vocationalandemployabilityskillstrainingprogram
servingyouthfromimpoverishedcoloniesinNewDelhi,India.Itteaches
relevantemployabilityskillsandtrainingtotheyouthtoultimatelygetthem
sustainableandrespectableemploymentintheprivatesector.Theyinitiativeto
providevocationalskillsandspokenenglish trainingtoyouthfrom
impoverishedcoloniesinNewDelhi,India.Theyadoptpractical,experiential,
hands-ontrainingmethodsintheirprograms.
ProjectManzil isEtasha’s counselingservicesprogram,especiallyinschools
cateringtolowincomecommunitiesandslumsinneighborhoodareasofDelhi.
Counselingsessionsincludelifeskillsworkshops,careerguidance,teachers
orientationworkshopstounderstandissues,presentationsforparentstogive
themoverviewaboutimportanceofcounseling,andindividualcounseling
sessionsforstudents.Theycover10schoolsforcounseling.
3. Etasha Society
ProjectSteward:Namita Gujral
ProjectSteward:SindhuKashyap77
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Where:Kolkata,KolkataDistrict,WestBengalChildrenserved:200Funded:$111,553.38sinceApr2000,$75881bySanFranciscoChapter
ISWisaninitiativetoprovidebetteropportunitiestounderprivilegedwomenandchildrenintheslumsofKolkata’sdockarea.ISWhasbeenrunningeducationalcentersbyencouragingandinspiringunderprivilegedchildrenbyadoptingnon-formalandinnovativeapproaches.Wehavefunded2projectsforISWin2017.ProjectKidderpore has3mainsections:tailoringschoolforgirls,acoachingcenterforgirlsofclasses1to12,acenterforchildrenwhohavenotyetbeenadmittedtoschoolorareschooldropouts.ProjectChella hasafocusonsolvingfortheinequalityofthedeprivedsectionsofthesociety,withspecialfocusonwomenandchildren.Apartfromeducation,theyalsorunawarenessdrives,legalhelpandprotectionfromdomesticviolence,healthcheckups,culturalactivities,etc.ISWisplayingatrulycommendableroleinrunningthesecentersandalltheteachersinthetrainingcentersareextremelymotivatedandadmirablytrained.
4. Institute of Social Work (ISW)
ProjectSteward:NitinKempanahalli
ProjectSteward: Sriparna Majumdar 8
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Where:Igatpuri,NashikDistrictMaharashtraChildrenserved:200Funded:$69,952sinceJune2007bySanFranciscoChapter
Aseema isaninitiativetoprovideaholisticeducation,aninterestingandcaringlearningenvironment,andhelpunderservedchildrenoftribalpeopleacquiretheskillsandconfidencetosucceedinreallife. Thiseducationcenterwillworkwithtribalchildrenwhocurrentlyhavelittleornoaccesstoschools.Aseemacoverseverythingfrombasicliteracytoanalyticalandemotionalskills,physicalwell-beingandvocationaltrainingforthechildrenwhoarefromverypoorfamilies,manyofwhoseparentsaremigrantlaboreres,andmostlyeatonesquaremealaday.Theschoolservesabout200childrenofallages.Aseemaconductsmedicalcampsforeyes,dentalandgeneralhealthexamination.Teachertrainingprogrammes,teachingaidsandeducationalmaterialarebeingprovided.Schooluniformsandanutrious mid-daymealisalsoprovided.Inordertointegrateeducationandruraldevelopment,Aseema isgoingtobuildarainwaterharvestingpondtohelpdeveloptheareaagriculturally.
5. Aseema Charitable Trust
ProjectSteward:Vidya Kudlingar9
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Wbere:Daltonganj,Palamu District Jharkhand
Childrenserved:37Funded:$23,524sinceJun2014
Saugaht Foundationisaninitiativethataimstoworkforthe empowermentof
localtribalpopulationtoensurethattheycanbecomeself-dependentand
achievephysical,mentalandsocialwell-being.Sinceinception,Saugaht has
beenengagedinsocialdevelopmentforthepoorandmarginalizedtribal
community,particularlyforthewomen,childrenandyouthworkingin
education,healthcare,livelihood,environmentandsoonbytouchingallthe
vitalaspectsofhumanlife.Presentlyitisworkinginvariousfieldsofhealth,
familywelfare,watersanitation,agriculture,SHGformationandwomen
empowerment,Tribal-welfare,variouscommunitydevelopmentprogram,
environmentalprotection,socioeconomicdevelopment,awarenessgeneration
onvariousburningissues.Theyhaveaneducationalcenterforeducation
includingbasicliteracyoftribalchildren.Thisprogramservestoprovidethese
childrenasteppingstoneofeducationbyamandatoryschoolinginthepre-
primarylevelandpreparethemforadmissionintheprimarylevelformal
schools.
7. Saugaht Foundation
ProjectSteward:AbhishekAggarwal1010
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Where:Patharpratima,SouthTwentyFourParganas District WestBengalChildrenserved:90(Ages3-6)Funded:$79,267sinceMay2014
Digambarpur isaninitiativerunbyagroupofdedicatedsocialactivistsofSundarban regionwithaviewtoundertakereliefandrehabilitationaswellasdevelopmentinitiativesforempowermentofwomenandchildrenandothervulnerablesectionsofsocio-economicallybackwardSC/ST/OBC/Minoritycommunities.Sinceinception,theorganizationhasbeeninvolvedintheruraldevelopmentandsocialactionprogrammes forestablishingwomenandchildrights,education,healthandsanitation,livelihooddevelopmentandenvironmentconservationintheSundarban region.Digambarpur aimstoreachouttothepoorestandunderprivilegedsectionofthesocietyforselfreliance,toprovideongoingsupportthroughefficientandreadilyavailablemanagementinformationsystem,toempowermarginalizedcommunities,disabled,olderpersonsthroughsocialandeconomicdevelopment,tocreatestrongawarenessamonglocalpeopletosolveproblems,toemphasizeonwomenandchildrenempowermentbyestablishingtheirrights,andtostopdiscriminatingbasedoncaste,creed,sex,clanandcolor
8. Digambarpur Angikar
ProjectSteward:Megha Sharma1111
2017 Events SummarySF Holi, the Indian festival of colors, was conducted onApril 1st 2017 by Asha For Education San Francisco,partnering with CCA SF. TheticketswereSOLDOUT
wellbeforetheevent.Weraisedarecordbreaking$20,000justthrough thisevent.Theturnout, theweatherandthereviewspostHoliweregreat.Wereceivedgreathelpfromourawesomevolunteersandcoreteammembers
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Diwali Night, an annual Fall event, was organized inOctober 2017, in partnership with CCA. We had over 30volunteers who had put a constant effort over a 2 monthperiod. Ticket prices included food catered from Kasa. Althoughwe did not raise significant amount of funds through the event,it opened up a great partnership opportunity with CCA SF forfuture events, and it createdawareness about Asha.
2017 Events Summary
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Team Asha, the 9th annual half marathon trainingprogram was a grand success like every year. Therewere 51 registered runners, of which 38 runnersrecommitted and most of them successfully completedthe San Francisco (or other) Half marathons in 2017.The 4 month long training program under the guidanceof Coach Balu Vellanki and Coach Sunaad Natarajustarted with short runs under 1 mile, slowly progressingto long weekend runs ending in San Francisco halfmarathon in July. The runners had to raise a minimumof $1500 (before eligible discounts) and all the moneyraised went to the projects supported by Asha SFChapter. This year, a total of over $65000 was raisedincluding company matching A lot of repeat runners andfirst time runners stayed with Asha throughout the yearto help out with events and activities. The program hasbeen growing over the years and its success isattributed to the amazing coaches and volunteers whocontinue to keep up the spirit of Asha and Team Asha.
2017 Financial Summary
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TotalIncomein2017
HoliGFSplitTeamAshaOther
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Projecttype2017
Primaryeducation
Pre-primaryeducation
Counselling services
Afterschool, vocationaltrainingMiddleschooleducation,tribalareas
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2017Projectsdisbursal($139K)
DigambarpurAngikar- preprimaryeducation
ISW- Khiddarpore
ISW- Barasat
ISW- Chella
SaugahtFoundation- EducationalCenter
EtashaSociety
PnuemaTrust- Tuition
PneumaTrust- Health
AseemaCharitableTrust- RuralEducationCentreinAwalhkedaVillage
EtashaSociety
SocietyforWomeninRuralDevelopment
WCR:1.0
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Acknowledgements
Thisyear,AshaSanFranciscowasfilledwithawiderangeofactivities.Wehavebeensuccessfulindisbursingmoneyto10differentprojectsaswellasinraisingmoneythroughourDiwaliNight,HoliandTeamAshaevents.
Manyexistingandnewvolunteershavetakenupkeyresponsibilitiesinthechapterandwiththeircontinuedeffortovertheperiodofoneyear,theycontributedsignificantlytowardsAshagoals.Wereallyappreciatevolunteerssteppinguptotakeonroles.Whileweallworkedtowardsthecommongoalofunderprivilegedchildrens’education,wecontinuedtolearnfromeachotherandgrewasateam.Wealsobondedwitheachotherovertimeandhavemadethegreatestfriendships.
Wesincerelythanktheindividualdonors,employersofthedonorswhohavematchedfunds,restaurantsponsorsandmanyothervendorswhohavesupportedAshabydonatingagoodportionoftheirprofitstoAshaevents.
Amajorityofthefundsraised,asyoumayhavenoticedinthefinancialsummary,havecomefromtherunnersofTeamAshaprogramwhohaveworkedsohardoveraperiodof4monthsandraisedmoneyforthiswonderfulcause.Withoutthemthiswouldnothavebeenpossible.Wehopetoattractnewrunnerseveryyearwhileretainingtherepeatrunners.
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Request for Volunteers
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Wearealwayslookingforvolunteersandassureyouthatyoursupportandvolunteeringwillindirectlyordirectlyimpactchildren’slivesinapositiveway.
Wehaveseveralopportunitiesforvolunteerstogetinvolved,andyoucanchoosetosupportandhelpoutinwhatevercapacityyoucanbasedonyourinterestsandyourtimeavailability(whetheritisvolunteeringforasingleday,helpingorganizeoneofourevents,orcommittingtosupportusforanhourorsoeverymonthoruptoseveralhoursaweek).Typesofvolunteeringcanvaryandcanincludeprojectreviews,eventvolunteering,eventorganizing,runningahalfmarathon,beingamentor(ifyouarearepeatrunner),writingnewsletterseveryquarterandsoon(thelistcanbeendless).
[email protected]’twishyoujoinbutjustwanttodonate,youcandosohere:https://donate.ashanet.org/
Meet the 2017 team
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Bhargavi
Payal Shishira &Sudeep Anumeha Jennifer
Gouri Chaitanya Rashi Vivek
Sailaja
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