Asha for Education

Project Brief: Pudiyador: A non-profit organization aimed at improving the lives of children living in poverty through education and social support, based in chennai. Asha Colorado supports centers in: Ramapuram (2 centers), Vannandurai, Urur Kuppam, and Saligramam in C
Project Type: Resource Centers (description)
Primary Focus: children from slums (description)

Secondary Focus: vocational training

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Colorado

Status: CURRENT
Project Steward: Aneetha Jayaraman
Co-Steward: Sripriya Padmanabhan
Project Partner(s): Senkathir Srinivasan
Project Address: Pudhiyadhor Charitable Trust - Pudiyador Centers
A8, 31 Motilal street
T. Nagar
Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600017
Tel: 011 91 9840173824
Stewarding Chapter: Colorado

Pudiyador aims in transforming impoverished communities by supporting education and vocational training of children, and promoting awareness at the community level, parental level and at the children level. It serves to provide a stimulating environment for the local children not only to learn from books and do their homework but also engage actively in extra-curricular activities like karate, music, dance, yoga, sports and crafts. It also covers medical insurance of the local individuals through contract based group insurance policy.

For more information on the project visit its homepage at www.pudiyador.org

E-Mail: [email protected]

UPDATE (2010): Support from Ann Arbor ended since 2010 due to project location (building) having issues with local community. Progress report from Pudiyador will be submitted in future as situation changes. Pudiyador is a viable organization on its own now, compared to when Ann Arbor decided to fund the project. The organization (Pudiyador Association for Community Empowerment, PACE) has its own fund generation as well as other centers in Chennai and its neighboring towns operating successfully.

Since 2015, Asha Cornell has started supporting its centers at Lotus Colony and Ururkuppam. For any questions regarding this aspect of the project, please contact Madhura Raghavan (mr823 AT cornell DOT edu).

http://www.pudiyador.org/

http://www.pudiyador.org/pace/index.shtml

http://www.pudiyador.org/pudiyador/index.shtml