Old Projects

•Rehabilitation Centre for Blind Women in Tiruchirappalli District, TN:

The institution aims at providing Rehabilitation, vocational training and

placement services to adult blind women below the poverty line and from the

remote villages. (Sent $11000 in 2003-2007)

•Door Step School in Pune, Maharastra: Non-formal education center for

children from slums. (Sent $5400 in 2005-2006)

•Sahyog - Anusandhan Trust in Maharastra: Community based

educational programme for adolescent girls. (Sent $8100 in 2004-2007)

•Vanavasi Ashram - Kerala: Non-formal education centers for children of

dalits/tribals. (Sent $4250 in 2006)

•Vivekananda Kendra - Rural development programme in

Thoothukkudi district, Tamilnadu: pre-primary school for children of

migrant workers. (Sent $1760 in 2006)

Current Projects (1)

•Nishtha in West Bengal: Providing education to children of sex workers

and rehabilitation of women in brothels. (Sent $10700 in 2006-2008)

•Gram Mangal in Maharastra: Providing elementary education to tribal

and rural children either by sending teachers to homes of students or setting

up schools. (Sent $30000 in 2007-08 including individual donation of $20500)

•Trinita in West Bengal: Right Based approach towards child labor in

kolkata and Bankura. (Sent $6160 in 2007-08)

•Prayas (Rajapark integrated school) in Jaipur, Rajasthan: Provides

education, health care and nutritional support to mentally challenged,

physically disabled and socially deprived children. (Sent $5550 in 2007)

•Jeevan Gnanodaya in Tamilnadu: Providing education to rural, deaf and

disabled children. (Sent $7000 in 2008) WAH 2008 project

•Kalyania in West Bengal:To support a prayas center for special

education and vocational training for children of the deprived in Kalyani, WB.

(Sent $3000 in 2008)

Current Projects (2)

•R N BASU Girl's high school in WB: Infrastructure (renovation) costs

for a girls' school in a rural area. (Sent $5250 in 2008)

•Vidyarambam, TN: A rural project for pre-primary education. (Sent

$1650 in 2008)

•Humana, UP: Rehabilitation and education of working and street

children in Sahibabad Industrial Area, Ghaziabad. (Sent $2000 in 2008)

•Book Bank, WB: Run by Ramakrishna Mission, Narendrapur. Money is

being requested for the purchase of books. (Sent $2000 in 2008)

•Bhagavathula Charitable Trust (BCT) in Andhrapradesh: Formal

schools in Vishakhapatnam district. (Sent $5600 in 2007)

•Anandadhara, WB : Primary school's educational material, furniture

etc. (Sent $2125 in 2008)

•Parijat Academy/Prajnalaya in Assam : Vocational training/primary

schools in rural areas of Assam. ( Sent $5500 in 2007-08)

•Approved Projects: Viklang Vidyalaya in Bihar ($2100) ; Hope School

by SINSERE, Bihar ($2500) and Vidya Vanam in Tamilnadu (TBD).

‘Disbursal of funds’ Statistics

•2003: Projects supported = 1; Funds disbursed= $2020.

•2004: Projects supported = 2; Funds disbursed= $7100.

•2005: Projects supported = 2; Funds disbursed= $4400.

•2006: Projects supported = 5; Funds disbursed= $15785.

•2007: Projects supported = 7; Funds disbursed= $35510.

•2008: Projects supported = 13; Funds disbursed= $52K and counting

We are growing!!!Goal is to diversify and help the project contacts in India more than we do now.

Every project is approved after thorough review and site visits are done at leastonce a year. More information available : http://www.ashanet.org/atlanta/projects.html