Asha for Education

Project Brief: Formation and Operation of two pre-primary for the children below 6 yrs of age of working women.
Project Type: Pre-Primary (description)
Primary Focus: children of dalits/tribals (description)

Secondary Focus: health and cleanliness

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact: Chicago

Status: current / ongoing
Project Steward: Archana Adhyapak
Project Partner(s): Meril K.T
Other Contacts:
Project Address: , c/o K.T. Meril, Jerusalem Colony,Behind Karnataka College,Bidar,
Karnataka  585401
Tel: 91-08482-224160
Stewarding Chapter: Chicago

Asha Chicago supports pre-primary centers in the Bidar district. The region in which these pre-primary centers are located has a high incidence of first generation learners. In most families, both parents are not educated. Given this, the parents are not inclined to send their children to school and education is not considered important. Daily wage labour is the sole means of earning an income. Parents prefer their elder children to go to work. There is also a high rate of migration of the male members of the families from this region towards the city. This has resulted in a number of families with single mothers supporting thier children.

In order to solve this problem, Aralu, the local grassroots partner came up with the idea of opening pre-primary or day-care centers. The day care centers were created for the children, aged 6 and under.

When the project began, Asha Chicago started with supporting two pre-primary centers; one in the village of Kamthana and another in Yedlapur.

The three year plan at the time of inceptiuon was continuing the centers and creating a continued aptitude for schooling. A five year plan includes enrolling the children into mainstream education.

With this in mind, over the last few years, Aralu has been working with the local authorities to improve the scenario in the government run Anganwadis or day care centers. The transition started in 2006; beginning with the closure of the Kamthana Pre-Primary Center and the children being sent to a government run Anganwadi.In 2008-09 Asha Chicago began supporting a new pre-primary center in T Marjapur village in Bidar district which was transitioned into a government run Aganwadi leading to the closure of the PPC center in 2015. Asha Chicago continues to fund the other pre-primary center in Yedlapur as conditions are not conducive for a similar transition as yet.

Aralu believes that this model of theirs is proving extremely beneficial in the region and therefore requested opening more pre-primary centers in other villages where the need was felt.

Dec 2023 Virtual Visit for Aralu PPC 3.31.23.pdf
Dec 2023 Asha PPC Budget for 2023-2024..DOCX
Dec 2023 Aralu PPC Budget
Mar 2023 Site Visit Report
Mar 2023 PPC Budget Proposal - Apr 2023 to Mar 2024
Mar 2023 PPC - Project Quantification (V1.2).pdf
Feb 2023 PPC Budget Proposal - Apr 2023 to Sep 2023
May 2022 Asha PPC draft budget 2022-2023..DOCX
May 2022 PPC Budget_April 2022 to March 2023
Mar 2022 Meeting Minutes_March 26 2022
Sep 2021 Meeting Minutes_Aralu
Sep 2021 ASHA PPC Budget Request July 2021_March 2022
Sep 2021 Meeting Minutes_Aralu
Jul 2021 Virtual Site Visit - 07_2021
Jul 2021 ASHA PPC Budget Apr2021-June-2021
Jul 2021 ASHA PPC Budget Apr2021-June2021
Jul 2021 Meeting Minutes for Aralu PPC July 2021
Aug 2020 Aralu-PPC-Conference call with project partner
Aug 2020 Aralu-PPC-Budget-2020-2021
Jun 2019 Aralu Site Visit 2019
May 2019 Aralu PPC Budget 2019-2020
Apr 2018 Aralu PPC budget poll results 2018-2019
Apr 2018 Aralu PPC Budget 2018-2019
Nov 2017 Aralu PPC site visit 2017
Apr 2017 Aralu PPC Budget Proposal 2017-2018
Mar 2017 Aralu PPC Budget Poll Results 2017-2018
Apr 2016 Aralu PPC Poll results
Apr 2016 Aralu PPC Budget 2015-2017
Apr 2016 Aralu PPC Budget 2016-2017
Jan 2016 Aralu Site Visit Jan 2016
Jan 2016 Aralu-PPC-SiteVisit-Jan2016
Oct 2015 Aralu PPC Update 2015
May 2015 Aralu PPC Budget 2015-16
May 2015 Aralu PPC Budget Votes 2015-16
Dec 2014 PPC-Audit-Report
Apr 2014 Aralu_PPC_2014_Budget_Votes
Apr 2014 Aralu_PPC_2014-15_Budget
Apr 2014 Aralu_PPC_MirjapurSiteVisit_Nov2013
Apr 2014 Aralu_PPC_2014_Budget_Votes
Nov 2013 Aralu PPC Yedlapur Site Visit Report - PDF
Nov 2013 Aralu PPC Yedlapur Site Visit Report
Mar 2013 Aralu_PPC 2013-14_Budget_Proposal
Dec 2012 Aralu_PPC_StatusUpdate_June2013
Dec 2012 Aralu PPC 2012-13 Budget Vote
Dec 2012 Aralu_PPC_20120-13_Budget
Oct 2011 Budget Comparison (2010-2011)
Jul 2011 Initial children list for T Marjapur PPC
Jul 2011 Aralu-PPC Budget Proposal 2011-2012
Jun 2011 PPC Budget 2011-2012
Dec 2010 PPC-Original Draft Budget File 2011-2012
Jun 2010 Approved 2010-11 budget for PPC
Jun 2010 Site visit June 2010
Mar 2009 2009-10 Approved budget
Jan 2009 Site visit 2009
Sep 2008 Annual report 2007-08
Sep 2008 Audited financials 2007-08
Jul 2008 Apr-June 2008 expense report
Jul 2008 2008-09 PPC Budget II
Jun 2008 May-June 2008 Yedlapur teacher report
May 2008 May 2008 T.Marjapur teacher report
May 2008 Feedback from 2008 site visit
Apr 2008 April 2008 T.Marjapur teacher report
Mar 2008 Asha Hyderabad site visit
Mar 2008 2008-09 PPC budget
Feb 2008 Conference call February 2008
Jan 2008 Jan 2008 conference call
Apr 2007 2006-07 Progress report
Apr 2007 2006-07 funds utilization
Mar 2007 07-08 budget discussion
Mar 2007 Budget proposal 2007
Feb 2007 Conference calls Feb 2007
Feb 2007 Education statistics
Jan 2007 Site visit 2007
Sep 2006 September Conference call
Apr 2006 Conference call April 2006
Apr 2006 Revised PPC Budget 2006-07
Dec 2005 Annual report 2005
Jun 2005 Children's camp 2005
Jun 2005 site visit june 2005 photos - set1
Jun 2005 Site Visit Report by Shankar
Mar 2005 PPC funds utilization 2004-2005
Oct 2004 PPC funds utilization 2003-04
Jul 2004 Anuual Report 2003-04
May 2004 Photos from site visit 2004
Apr 2004 Site visit report
Sep 2003 Site visit report
Sep 2003 PPC and Govt schools data 2001-03
Jun 2003 budget utilization report 2002-03
Jun 2003 PPC progress report 2002-03
Jun 2003 Annual report 2002-03
Dec 2002 Aralu schooling statistics 02-03
Jun 2002 budget utilization report 2001-02
Dec 2001 site visit report
Jun 2001 budget utilization report 2000-01
Dec 2000 Read about the socio-economic condition at Bidar
Sep 2000 Site visit report
Dec 1999 Site visit report