Project Details - Asha for Education

CREA Childrens Academy

Project Brief: CREA Childrens Academy wants to acquire buses for additional children and have a modern school building with new classrooms, labs, toilets
Project Type: Formal Schools (description)
Primary Focus: children of migrant workers (description)

Secondary Focus: health and cleanliness

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact:
UIUC

Project Contacts

Status: CLOSED - ENDED
Project Steward: Ankur Jain
Co-Steward: Ankit Chandra
Project Partner(s): Anand Panimaya
Project Address: CREA Childrens Academy
Madurai Main Road
Nagamangalam, Tamil Nadu
Stewarding Chapter: UIUC

Funding History

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Project Description

Asha is supporting the building of additional modern classrooms, toilets and laboratories for children. It is also supporting acquisition of buses for transportation of students and staff

Project Goals

Organization Description

CREA Children's Academy, founded in 1992, is a sole initiative of MANITHAM, a not-for-profit,
Public Charitable Trust and, is located in Nagamangalam, Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu, India.
The school has the recognition of the Tamilnadu State Board of Education. The school is a
philanthropic initiative from the Tiburtius Family (through the MANITHAM Trust), who have donated
the six acres of land and the bulk of the capital assets of the institution.
The school is operated by a set of professionals whose experience and commitment has
provided good governance as well as a very high level of satisfaction to students, parents and
teachers. The school targets at educating the rural children.
The vision of CREA is “Holistic knowledge empowerment and development of children
through innovative, value-based education”

Additional Information

Project Documents

Site Visit 2012

Proposal