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”, …
Somebody who never went to college helps children of brick kiln workers enter college
By: Dr. Sandeep Pandey, Asha Co-Founder, As originally published in Asian Tribute There may be many examples like Super 30 of Patna where children of daily wage earners are being …
Asha for Education’s stand on the ongoing crisis in the Narmada Valley
August 7, 2017 We are concerned about the ongoing crisis in the Narmada Valley. Press reports state1 that people are being forcibly evicted, and that thousands of villages may face …
Asha–26 Conference Recap (July 29th – 30th, 2017)
By: Snetu Karania (Asha Stanford) Asha-26, the biennial Asha-wide conference on completing the 26 years, was held on July 29th – 30th, 2017, and hosted by Asha Seattle in the …
2016 Annual Report Released
Asha for Education’s 2016 Annual Report is now released here. See here for details on Asha’s finances, projects and events of 2016. See our older annual reports for …
Project Partner Guest Post: Plight of the Migrant Worker’s Child
By Vijaya Ramachandran Editors Note: Vijaya Ramachandran works with one of our project partners – Apna Skools (Jagriti Bal Vikas Samiti). For more, visit https://sites.google.com/site/apnaskools/. The views expressed are her …
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. …
Looking Down Memory Lane : What I learned from the six months of Asha project site visits
By Padmanava Sen (Asha Bangalore Volunteer) I have been involved with Asha for Education since 2006. I was part of multiple Asha chapters (Atlanta, Irvine and Bangalore) as I moved …
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 …