Asha for Education

Project Brief: Urur Kuppam is one of 4 villages located in South Chennai along the coastline. About 550 children reside in these 4 villages. Urur kuppam middle school has upto 8th Standard.
Project Type: Other (description)
Primary Focus: to go to formal school (description)

Secondary Focus: health and cleanliness

Area: Tribal
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Stanford

Status: CLOSED - ENDED
Project Steward: Pradeep Jayaraman
Co-Steward: Hari Kannan
Project Partner(s): Lakshmi Suryanarayanan
Project Address: Asha Trust - Pride
Ururkuppam Middle School, Bajanai Koil street, Besant Nagar
Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600090
Tel: 044-42112404
Stewarding Chapter: Stanford

Urur Kuppam is one of 4 villages located in South Chennai along the coastline. About 550 children reside in these 4 villages. Now UrurKuppam got the government recoginition to have upto 8th standard.The school is run by the local community with meager support from the government.

The school was inaugrated in 1939 by none other than Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The noon meal scheme was inaugrated by none other than Kamaraj . the school is in shambles severely under-staffed, unhygenic surroundings, cramped conditions for kids to study in. With asha constant support the school now offers upto class 8th. Having provided better teaching aids, a library and a computer class, high nutritional meals and richer school campus. The school now has a healthy educational environment.