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 …
Asha St. Louis: How Projects Pivoted During Trying Times
The Asha St. Louis chapter was formed in September 1996 in Washington University, St. Louis by a group of passionate students. Since then, the group has grown to encompass professionals …
Asha Austin: Distributed Models and Towards Sustainability
Contributors: Ranga Srinivasan, Mohit Sood and Subra Nathan After a few years of a slowdown in terms of fundraising, discontinued active support of projects and volunteer attrition, the Asha Austin …
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Asha Chennai – Mini Schools during lockdown
All the schools that Asha Chennai supports were closed down by middle of March. They are yet to open and there is no clear idea of when they may even ...
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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’
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 …