Asha for Education

The objectives of this project are:
- To promote universal enrolment and retention of children of 6-14 years age group in the operational area.
- To help improve the quality of education through relevance of curriculum, diversity in learning activities and innovative methodologies and materials.
- To create a learning climate by involving local community, parents and formal school teachers.
- To cater to the learning needs of the girls, children from SC, ST and economically weaker sections of society.

ADHIKAR started its operation in Bhubaneswar slums. But at present its activities are spread over four districts namely Jagatsinghpur, Khurda, Nayagarh, Cuttack and Nawaranghpur in Orissa covering 10 blocks. It has also covered the earthquake-affected areas of Gujarat. Since its inception, Adhikar has undertaken a number of projects responding to various problems. Simultaneously, Adhikar has established its own identity over these years in the area of voluntary movement.
To ensure practical applicability of the mission and vision and make the marginalized people to arrive at a new horizon of development, ADHIKAR has chalked out the following strategies.

� Preparing a band of active and effective village cadres and women SHG leaders for working out better development policy.

� To facilitate access of the downtrodden people to formal financial sector as well as government machinery.

� To ensure in timely and accessible justice for the poor people especially women living in rural and urban areas.

� To create ample scope for the poor especially the women in Micro Finance sector through developing an alternative model.

� Fact-finding and documentation on the violation of socio-economy and political rights of people in general.

Project Administrator: Mr. Mohammad N. Amin
Email: adhikar@satyam.net.in