Asha for Education

Project Brief: Education, teacher training, regional development, right to information, issues of the underprivilidged children
Project Type: Fellowships (description)
Primary Focus: children of migrant workers (description)

Secondary Focus: creating resources

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact: Silicon Valley

Status: current / ongoing
Project Steward: Robin Gupta
Project Partner(s): MAHESH PANDEY
Other Contacts:
Project Address: , ASHA TRUST ,685 /A Village Post Tatiyaganj, Mandhana, Kanpur Nagar,kanpur,
Uttar Pradesh  209217
Tel: 011 9198385 46900
Stewarding Chapter: Silicon Valley

This fellowship support is to allow the fellow to focus on region's development through education, income generation, right to information, and projects development and coordination. By close participation with the fellow, Asha stands to gain the perspective on the issues of the underprivileged and the marginalized communities that the fellow works with.

RTI campaign is gaining momentum at Kanpur in the last two years. There are many accomplishments since November 2006 with Mahesh in the leadership role. Many groups are working together on this campaign under the "RTI Campaign Kanpur" banner for transparency and accountability of government departments. They have ensured that the different government offices have appointed Public Information Officers (PIOs) and that they receive the requests for information from the public in the proper manner. The current status is that if any citizen is willing to patiently pursue the Right to Information route for resolution of their pending issue, they achieve major successes, without paying a bribe or being hassled on multiple trips to the department. There is a high percentage of public interest applications in Kanpur campaign.

Mahesh's effort on understanding the issues of children of migrant labor by living and working with them at Apna Ghar (residential home) as part of the Ek Kadam effort has born some initial successes. The twelve children from brick kiln migrant labor bastis currently at the Apna Ghar facility are becoming aware and involved citizens with regular participation in community issues in addition to accumulating a good to excellent academic record.



Details of Ek Kadam (Apna Ghar) Initiative


RTI Campaign Uttar Pradesh Updates


RTI Campaign Kanpur Updates


Mahesh's Personal Photo-essay Blog


Collection of Poetry, Stories and Paintings by Children of Apna Ghar

Sep 2024 Virtual Site Visit
Aug 2024 Proposal 2024-2025
Oct 2023 Project_Metrics_Mahesh_Pandey.pdf
Sep 2023 Mahesh Pandey Project Metrics
Aug 2023 Proposal 2023-2024
Aug 2023 Mahesh Pandey Project Metrics
Nov 2022 Site Visit Report 2023
Nov 2022 Site Visit Report
Apr 2022 Mahesh Pandey Fellowship Proposal 2022-2023
Apr 2021 Mahesh Pandey Fellowship Proposal 2021-2022
Apr 2021 Mahesh Pandey Virtual Site Report 2021
May 2020 Mahesh Pandey Fellowship Proposal 2020-2021
May 2019 Proposal 19-20
Apr 2019 Fellowship proposal 2019-20
Mar 2019 Site Visit Report 2019
Jan 2017 Site Visit to Ek Kadam Jan2017
Oct 2016 Mahesh Pandey Fellowship - Part 2
Sep 2016 Mahesh Pandey Fellowship 2016 Proposal
Jul 2016 Proposal 2016-2017
Jul 2016 Ek Kadam Project Proposal 2016-17
Jan 2016 Ek Kadam Student Roster
Jan 2016 Ek Kadam Proposal Budget 2016-17
Nov 2015 Proposal 2015 - 2016
Feb 2015 Ek Kadam News Letter XIV February 2015
Dec 2014 Site Visit November 2015
Dec 2014 Ek Kadam News Letter XIII December 2014
Aug 2014 EK Kadam News Letter IX AUGUST 2015
Jul 2014 EK Kadam News Letter VIII JULY 2014
May 2014 Ek Kadam News Letter III May 2014
Apr 2014 Ek Kadam News Letter I APRIL 2014
May 2013 Report (Hindi)
Dec 2012 Site Visit 2012-13
Nov 2012 RTI Camp news in local paper
Nov 2012 RTI Camp news
Oct 2012 News on Ek Kadam progress in local papers
Sep 2011 Impact story of RTI
May 2011 Report of PUCl work in Kanpur
May 2011 kanpur against Corruption
Apr 2011 Bhrstachar Virodhi Dhanre par janlewa Hamla
Feb 2011 Report of Cloth Distributeing By Apna Ghar Children
Jan 2011 Meeting in Kanpur..Aagainst corruption .pdf
Oct 2010 Report of RTI camp at kanpur
Mar 2010 Visit report by Ben
Jan 2010 RTI_ Vahan_Railly _Report_30 Jan_2010
Dec 2009 Publish about RTI UP blog in Amar Uzala News Paper
Nov 2009 Article of Mahesh Pandey Publish in PABAM
Oct 2009 Report of Nanamau NREGA Works
Sep 2009 Baranda Investigation Press News III
Sep 2009 Report of NREGA Work Impact of Mandhana Bagdaudhi Bnagar
Sep 2009 NREGA Investigation report of Baranada
Aug 2009 NREGA Report Bilhaur Block Kanpur
Aug 2009 NREGA Report Impact of Baranada
Aug 2009 Report Of NREGA Chaubepur Mandhana Bagdaudhi bangar
Aug 2009 NREGA Report: Impact of Baranada
Aug 2009 Press News II NREGA Baranada
Aug 2009 Press News I NREGA Baranda
Aug 2009 NREGA Report Kakwan Block Kanpur
Jul 2009 Teacher Training Report of ASV Devariya & Kushinagar
Jul 2009 Teacher Training Report of ASV Devariya & Kushinagar
May 2009 Apna Ghar Final Exam Report 2009
Apr 2009 Ek Kadam (Apna Ghar) April Report
Dec 2008 Publish about RTI UP blog in Amar Uzala News Paper
Sep 2008 Ek Kadam featured in Newspaper
Sep 2008 Ek Kadam (Apna Ghar) featured in Newspaper
Aug 2008 New Education Centers in Bihar Villages
Jul 2008 Mahesh-Fellowship-Budget-Asha-DC-2008
Mar 2008 Ek Kadam - Goals and Details of Future Plans
Mar 2008 Ek Kadam Progress Report
Mar 2008 RTI Campaign Kanpur 2007 Reports in Hindi-zip file
Jan 2008 2007 - 08 Exam Results of Apna Ghar Students
Sep 2007 Report Sept 2007
Sep 2007 Report Sept 2007
Jul 2007 Budget for Hostel 2007-08
Jul 2007 RTI Kanpur
May 2007 Press Clippings about Children's Field Work
Feb 2007 Exam. Result of Apna Ghar Children
Feb 2007 Site Visit Report of Apna Ghar
Dec 2006 Kanpur RTE Campaign Demands
Dec 2006 Kanpur RTE Campaign Demands
Dec 2006 Right to Education campaign at the Brick Kilns
Nov 2006 Right to Information Campaign Report
Oct 2006 "Not Victims of Child Labor Anymore" - Ek Kaddam Children
Aug 2006 First Few Months Away from Brick Kilns - Ek Kaddam Children
Aug 2006 Mahesh Fellowship Update Aug 06
Aug 2006 Mahesh's Work with Children of Migrant Labor
Jun 2006 Mahesh's Detailed note on MS3 Center/Problems/Plans
Jan 2006 Jim Minter Site Visit
Sep 2005 Site visit to Asha Siksha Sasthan
May 2005 Approval letter
Dec 2004 Teacher Training project proposal
Dec 2003 Right to Information Campaign
Dec 2003 Projects Coordination Work
Dec 2001 Application form - Page 2
Dec 2001 Fellowship Applicaiton form - Page 1