Project Brief: The "Hope in the Hills" project is catered for to Soliga tribals, numbering over 50,000.
Project Type: Formal Schools (description)
Primary Focus: creating resources (description)

Secondary Focus: to go to formal school

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Los Angeles

Status: CLOSED - ENDED
Project Steward: Veena Viswanath
Project Partner(s): Contact information unavailable
Project Address: VGKK - Vivekananda Girijana Kalyana Kendra
Biligiri Ranganabetta (BR) Hills
Yelandur Taluk, Karnataka 571 441
Tel: (8226) 44025
Stewarding Chapter: Los Angeles

The project was started in 1980, and is involved in health, community development, and education. The school serves the Soliga tribe from four talukas -- Yelandur, Kollegal, Chamarajanagar, and Nanjanagud. It provides basic education and vocational training for members of the Soliga tribe.

Asha supports education of children in the remote hamlets of BR Hills for whom the local schools are too far off. The teachers go and visit the hamlets to teach the children. Asha also supports the vocational training program.

Asha aims to:
-- Assist the school in expanding its vocational training program.
-- Help hire teachers for the adult education program.
-- Include new volunteers who are showing interest and enthusiasm for the project.
-- Arrange for several Japanese groups who have shown interest to visit the project for internships.
-- Set up a trust fund through individual and corporate sponsorships.