Boston

BostonLos Angeles, CA, USA
Current Projects:20
Previous Projects:20
Established:0
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Address:Asha For Education, Boston Chapter, PO Box 888080, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Phone:352-328-4939

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1AALI - Association for Advocacy and Legal Initiatives
Girls were moved to a boarding school
UTTAR PRADESH
2Aarambh
Aarabh is an NGO that works to improve the health and educational standards among several slums in Mumbai.
MAHARASHTRA
3Asha 2000 - Shanmuga Subramanian
Visiting over 80 Asha projects to evaluate and understand impact of Asha's work
TAMIL NADU
4Asha Trust - Asha Kaithi Bal Pustakalay
Asha Boston will fund a mobile library, book bank and an on-site library at Asha Kaithi.
UTTAR PRADESH
5Asha Trust - Asha Samajik Vidyalaya Rajatalab Library
Support expansion of the school library. Replenish and restock book supplies
UTTAR PRADESH
6Asha Trust - Natpurwa
Natpurwa is a village of the Nat caste, whose main profession is prostitution. Two youths from the community are working towards ending this practice in this village.
UTTAR PRADESH
7Asha Trust - Prerna School
Prerana school supports education of few girl students (currently 7) whose parents work as low income, daily wage earners in govt hospitals.
UTTAR PRADESH
8Aviram
Aviram is running 6 NFE centers in 5 villages of Lohardaga district, Jharkhand with the help of Asha-MIT.
JHARKHAND
9Bhagwati Sarla Paliwal Shiksha Samiti - BSPES
Bhagwathi Sarla Paliwal Education Society aims to provide education to marginalized children in the town of Jattari (UP) and make them self reliant.
UTTAR PRADESH
10Center for Development - Kadam Resource Center for Girls
KRCG requires support for both infrastructure and operational expenses to continue to support the education and development of girls.
GUJARAT
11Chamarajnagar District Resource Centres
The National Institute of Advanced Studies is working on bringing to functionality Block and Cluster Resource Centres in Chamarajnagar district of Karnataka
KARNATAKA
12Concern for Working Children
CWC is working towards a total eradication of child labor in all sectors and seeks to empower children so that they can gain control over their lives and be self reliant.
KARNATAKA
13Deena Bandhu
Deena Bandhu runs a school and summer camp program for underpriviledged children in the community.
KARNATAKA
14Dr. MVR Prathamika Patasala, Gollaprolu
Request for partial funding for the construction of one classroom which will serve to conduct classes for the school children.
ANDHRA PRADESH
15Duvva
The school in West Godavari district caters to 10 villages nearby with about 400 students from classes 6 to 10. The project was referred by Dr. K.V.Rao of the India Network Foundation who visited this school and was impressed.
ANDHRA PRADESH
16Fellowship: A. S. Karthi Bharathi
Several students who have come to class 8th or 9th without the level of learning required for that class. They are far below the learning level for that class, sometimes even having difficulty in writing correctly and reading well. The schools are ...
TAMIL NADU
17Friends of Children
Friends of Children (FoC) sponsors college education for children based on need and merit. Apart from scholarships, they also conduct workshops to help prepare the students for successful employment upon graduation.
MAHARASHTRA
18Gramin Lok Seva Mandal (GLSM)
Gramin Lok Seva Mandal (GLSM) is a Gandhian organization based in Karjat, Maharashtra. They run a home for hearing impaired (also speech impaired) and mentally challenged children from surrounding adivasi villages. ASHA Boston/MIT has decided to fund...
MAHARASHTRA
19IHDUA
Asha-MIT disbursed funds for a one-time purchase of school benches.
KARNATAKA
20Indian Grameen Services - Project Potential (SEEKHO)
Before Project Potential, there was SEEKHO* ­ an educational organization in rural Kishanganj District, Bihar f​ounded on the premise that local people could be recruited to help solve local challenges, which we found was true. Because many pe...
BIHAR
21Jaher
Residential school for the Santhali tribal children - to be supported partly by the community through the fishery project
JHARKHAND
22Kalkeri Sangeet Vidyalaya
Academic and Performing Arts Education by sponsoring a child. Min US $28 (actual cost $80) per month. Once you have completed payment formalities, to receive child’s profile and help us follow up, please confirm details by email to: sponsor@ksv.org.in
KARNATAKA
23Kamalakar Memorial Charitable Trust - Vikas Bharati School
Vikas Bharati School run by Kamalakar Trust is a charitable school that imparts free education for poor children.
TELANGANA
24Katkari Educational Centers
SAC runs NFEs for the Katkaris - one of India's most backward communities
MAHARASHTRA
25Lok Chetana Samiti - Girls Hostel
Ensure a safe home to girls from the extremely marginalized Musahar community and other underprivileged children from the local community (from all religions and castes). Send the children to nearby schools and provide tuition support.
UTTAR PRADESH
26Madurai Seed - Narpanigal
Seed Narpanigal is an organization started by youth in the Karumbalai (a slum) to run a variety of programs, such as education (with a strong emphasis on bringing the potential of each child), youth clubs, library for all of Karumbalai and so on.
TAMIL NADU
27Malarchi
Malarchi is a home for children from families that have been deserted, or seriously abused, by the father, and where the mother is unable to provide for them. The children are educated in local schools. ...
TAMIL NADU
28MIPS - Madurai Institute of Peace Science
Study centre for after school study for children of SC/ST landless agricultural labourers.
TAMIL NADU
29Navsarjan Trust
Navsarjan was started to conscientize the community to fight the social and economic exploitation of Dalits.
GUJARAT
30Nutanhat Development Society
The project falls in the Mangalkot Block which has about 52 villages. Lack of education, health facilities, unclean environment is the ultimate cause of misery.
WEST BENGAL
31Parivaar Ashram
The Parivaar Residential School and Resource Centre for underprivileged children aims at the empowerment of underprivileged children from segments such as orphans, children of commercial sex workers, and street children.
WEST BENGAL
32Poorna
Poorna FCRA was used to route funds to the Katkari project in Poone
KARNATAKA
33Prerna Niketan
Prerna Niketan is working towards upliftment of rural women in Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand
JHARKHAND
34Rehabilitation of Tsunami victims in Tada Mandal
Sahanivasa is actively involved in the rehabilitation process of Tsunami victims in Andhra Pradesh. This project aims at rehabilitating 12 villages in Tada Mandal which have not received any support from the govt so far.
ANDHRA PRADESH
35Reward Trust
Add teachers to under-staffed government schools via PTA
TAMIL NADU
36Saha Nivasa Association for Voluntary Social Service
Special tuition classes for underprivileged students in primary classes, class IX and class X .
ANDHRA PRADESH
37Sahanivasa - RTE Campaign
This project is an awareness campaign through which parents and youth in villages are given sensitized about the importance of education as well as their legal rights under RTE and facilitate grassroots level people driven intervention in
ANDHRA PRADESH
38Samuha
SAMUHA is an NGO that runs the educational resource group SUVIDYA.
KARNATAKA
39Seed Plan - Seed in Madurai
Seed provides study centers in slum areas in and around Madurai with volunteers teaching evenings and weekends. There are numerous clubs and extra-curricular activities to bring out the potential of every child
TAMIL NADU
40SHARE - Self Help Association for Rural Education and Employment
This is an after-school tutorial program for poor children in five villages/
TAMIL NADU
41SODWAC - Society for Development of Women and Children
SODWAC works in the areas of health, social development and non-formal education of women and children.
KARNATAKA
42SPRAT
CARAVAN - Network of empowerment centers, offering informal education, formal coaching for SSC/HSC, vocational library and workshops. TALEEM 3-4 month basic literacy course, working with Gujarat Vidyapeeth. Focused on women & children
GUJARAT
43Sugandha
Provide education, training and care to underprivileged children.
UTTAR PRADESH
44Sumangali Seva Ashram
Sumangali Seva Ashram is a nonprofit organization consistently working for rural development with an emphasis on women and children.
KARNATAKA
45Sutradhar
A resource center doing interesting work in the area of designing and dissemminating education materials and toys throughout the country.
KARNATAKA
46Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement - Mobile Science Van
Mobile Science van to improve the teaching of Science in area high schools
KARNATAKA
47Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement - VTCL (Viveka Tribal Centre for Learning)
The SWAMI VIVEKANANDA YOUTH MOVEMENT is a registered, voluntary, non-political, non-religious, social service organization committed to community development through community participation.
KARNATAKA
48Sweekar
Sweekar is a rehabilitation institute for the Handicapped (both physically and mentally handicapped) located in Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. It started in 1977and currently has a 75 room facility, 150 staff members and 750 resident people .
ANDHRA PRADESH
49TEA - Team for Education and Action
Supplementing the Govt. school education in 15 villages in the outskirts of Chennai. Attempting to improve the quality of elementary education to prevent children from becoming labourers.
TAMIL NADU
50TNSF - Tamil Nadu Science Forum
Initial funding for library setup in 1500 villages.
TAMIL NADU
51TNSF - Tamil Nadu Science Forum - Andhra Pradesh
Asha Cornell supported a magazine subscription for TSF in Spring 1999...
TAMIL NADU
52UDAVI
Tutorial classes for slum children
TAMIL NADU
53UMBVS - Urmul Marusthali Bunkar Vikas Samiti
UJS runs 6 month long residential camps for young girls who have had no prior education. They are taught basic education, personal health and hygiene and awareness of women's rights.
RAJASTHAN
54Vasavya Mahila Mandali - Children Village
Children's Village- A Transit Home for orphans and vulnerable children
ANDHRA PRADESH
55VASORD
This project will have emphasis on "learning" rather than mere "teaching". Education should be a matter of pleasure for the student. It is the positive, congenial atmosphere which enables learning process.
TELANGANA
56VISA - Village Improvement & Service Assoc.
Non-formal LITERACY-CUM-LIFE education for high school dropouts.
TAMIL NADU
57Vivekananda Foundation - Chamarajanagar
Adoption of 72 government schools in Chamarajanagar dist., Karnataka
KARNATAKA
58VOICE - Voluntary Organization of Community Enterprise
VOICE is a project that teaches children at rail stations in India.
MAHARASHTRA
59Voice of People
"BODHI VIKAS"- Unfolding one's own potential. (Vocational training for dropout children)
WEST BENGAL
60WADA
Resources for Jhugi Jhopdis in New Delhi
DELHI
61WARM - Welfare Association of Rural Mass
WARM is an organization established in 1983, Tamilnadu. Their mission is to create awareness among marginalized people about their rights and make them believe they can become self-reliant. One goal is elimination of child labor.
TAMIL NADU