asha for education, seattle chapter
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Bringing Hope Through Education. Asha for Education, Seattle chapter. Seatt le Chapter History. Started 1994 Grew over the years Focus changed from basic education to holisti c education. Some statistics. 40+ active volunteers Planned to disburse $1.1M 50 project partners Raised $750K. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
ASHA FOR EDUCATION, SEATTLE CHAPTER
Bringing Hope Through Education
Seattle Chapter HistoryStarted 1994Grew over the yearsFocus changed from basic education to holistic education
Some statistics
40+ active volunteers
Planned to disburse $1.1M
50 project partners
Raised $750K
Strengths
Streamlined New volunteer orientation
Regular workshops
Project processesCoordination DB
Strong fund raising
Going green
Fund Raising Events
• Northwest Giving Campaign• Asha Marathon • Wheels of Change• Allgorhythms• Geetanjali• Asha WAH• Sabeer Manhas Golf Tournament
Financials
Disbursed in 2005: $452,000
Expected to Disburse in 2007: $720,000
Financial Commitment for 2008: $1,100,000
Disbursed in 2006: $616,000
* 2008 numbers are estimates
We Reach Out To…
Economically underprivileged urban & rural communities
Children with special needs
Children of sex workers
Juvenile drug addicts
Dropouts, children of migrant laborers
Tribal communities, dalits,disaster victims…
Areas of Impact
* Percentages are based on funds disbursed
Partner: Learning Networks
Started 2003 mostly by Asha volunteersNetworking resource groups and spread their learning
Yearly ConferencesRegular learning workshopsTwo newsletters Experiment with alternative methods
Challenges Limited Asha wide
involvement Financial constraints SAC Project processes
need improvement
Publicity and reach out has to broaden
Getting student volunteers Diversity of volunteer base Site Visits
Our Hope
Less of this…
more of this…