Asha Sweden: On Starting Up a New Asha Chapter

Photo from Asha Sweden-supported project, ‘Kondh Play School.’ Learn more at: https://sweden.ashanet.org/projects/   Asha volunteers Sandeep Morthala & Pooja Panjawani share about their experience & journey in opening up the …

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Why Asha Needs an Impact Assessment Framework

By: Rajeev Annaluru (Asha volunteer, past Asha-wide Coordinator) Most of us in Asha are creatures of the corporate world where it’s common to hear adages like “What gets measured, gets done”, …

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EMPOWERED AND ENGAGED TEACHERS

The government school system has been given up as hopeless, though nearly 70% of students attend government schools. It is the only option in rural areas and for poor children. …

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Asha Chennai Assessments

Oral Assessments at Asha Chennai Projects Background At Asha Chennai we have been supporting about 25 government schools spread across Tamilnadu. With this kind of scale we felt we need …

Ongoing Debates about Philanthropy

By: Meera Sitharam, Asha Uflorida Asha for Education’s volunteers and donors clearly believe in philanthropy at some level.  Yet, vigorous debates that challenge prevailing beliefs on altruism and philanthropy have …

Asha Chennai featured in ‘The Hindu’

Screenshot of the article in 'The Hindu'

  Asha for Education, Chennai’s project Sangamam was featured in the Indian national daily ‘The Hindu’ on August 23rd, 2016. See the full article here. An excerpt follows. Children of …

Tamil Nadu Floods

Tamil Nadu floods – Relief, Recovery and Rehab The city of Chennai and its surrounding areas have been hit by the worst floods in 100 years. Unlike the tsunami that affected …