“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change

the world;

Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever does”

Margaret Mead

Asha for EducationBringing hope through education

IlliteracyPoverty

Child Labor

The Vicious Cycle

Is there Hope ?

Yes!

We CAN make a

DIFFERENCE !

Asha for Education

• Was started by 3 students in 1991 at UC Berkeley

• Has more than 60 chapters world-wide

• Currently supports over 410 projects in India

• Has disbursed over $6 million between 1995 and 2008

Asha Dallas was started in 1997 and currently supports 10 projects

Bharuch

Asha Dallas Projects

Kanpur

Kolkata

Nizamabad

Gurgaon

Jaipur

SANKALP (Gurgaon)

TRY (Chennai)

EDUCATION & SELF-RELIANCE FOR FARMER’S CHILDREN (Nizamabad)

GRAM VIKAS TRUST, BALWADI (Bharuch)

BACHPAN BACHAO ANDOLAN (Jaipur)

JABALA (Kolkata)

PRERANA SHISHU VIDYALAYA (Kanpur)

Chennai

Prerana Shishu Vidyalaya – Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Asha Dallas supports

Technology Meets Education!Current Need: $5000

To buy DVD, TV, cable wires to support Digital Study Hall

T.R.Y (To Reach You) – Chennai, Tamilnadu

Asha Dallas supports

Rehabilitates Trafficked KidsCurrent Need: $15,000

To Complete construction of “Anand” TRY Home

Gram Vikas Trust: Balwadi - Kadodara, Gujarat

Asha Dallas supports

To educate children of factory workersCurrent Need: $10,000

Construction of Balwadi in Lakhigam, Gujarat

Sankalp – Gurgaon, HaryanaAsha Dallas

supports

To educate children of migrant laborersCurrent Need: $6000

Recurring Operational Expenses

How do we do it?

Our Fundraising Activities

Notes of Hope

Indian Ocean

Strides of Hope Volunteers in Action

Our Fundraising Activities

“Over 12 million reasons to speak for why I run – that's the approximate number of children between the ages of 5 and 14 that work for a living, in India”

- Purnima Krishnan, Asha-Dallas

“ Training for a marathon, though grueling and exhausting at times, has been the best team sport that I have ever participated in“

- Viswanath Puttagunta, Asha-Dallas

Team Asha-Dallas made it’s marathon debut last year, successfully raising over $15000!

How You can Get Involved

YOU & Asha

Publicize

Support a

ProjectVoluntee

r

Support a Child (SAC)

Buy Merchandi

se

Participate in our Events

Work an Hour

(WAH)

The Marathon Program

Visit: http://www.ashanet.org/dallas Mail: dallas@ashanet.org