Asha for Education

Project Brief: The Sowbhagya Higher Ed program supports students from the Sowbhagya Trust who have progressed to higher education such as college or a diploma program
Project Type: Formal Schools (description)
Primary Focus: other (description)

Secondary Focus: other

Area: Tribal
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Silicon Valley

Status: CLOSED - ENDED
Project Steward: Santhosh Sundararaman
Co-Steward: Subhashree Rajagopal
Project Partner(s): Mrs. Jayalakshmi Rajagopal
Project Address: Sowbhagya Educational Trust - Sowbhagya Higher Education Project
234 Kapaleeswarar Nagar
Neelankarai, Tamil Nadu 600041
Tel: 24490842
Stewarding Chapter: Silicon Valley

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<b>Meet Sujatha from the Higher Education Project</b>
<p>Sujatha is in her Ist year of Computer Science at the Thangavelu Engineering College in Karapakkam. Her father works as a coolie. She is the first female student supported by Asha-Silicon Valley's Support-A-Child program to attend engineering school. Sujatha has this to say about her college experience:<br>
"<i>In the beginning, I had a feeling of fear. But now I am happy because the college is very nice. I am the only Tamil Medium student in my class. I feel my subjects are tough. So I had to work hard to get good marks in all my subjects</i>"</p>
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<p>The Sowbhagya Higher Ed program supports students from the <a href='http://www.ashanet.org/projects/project-view.php?p=290'>Sowbhagya Trust </a>who have progressed to higher education such as college or a diploma program. This initiative was introduced in 2003 by Asha-Silicon Valley's Support-A-Child program.In 2003, there were 5 students pursuing college education in fields such as Information Technology and Commerce. In 2004, 7 more students have gained admission into college or diploma programs.<br>
The Higher Ed program is a collaboration between Asha-Silicon Valley and Asha-Chennai. Asha-SV provides funding and works with Asha-Chennai to monitor the student's progress; while Asha-Chennai administers funding and provides ongoing counseling to the students.