Location: Mumbai District, Maharashtra Sponsoring Chapters: Seattle, NYC/NJ, Atlanta (soon)Door Step School is a registered non-profit organization working in Mumbai and Pune, India. They conduct non-formal education classes for out of school and working children (7 to 18 years of age) residing in slums, on pavements, docks etc. With the introduction of the "School on Wheels" bus, Door Step has come closer to fulfilling one of its major objectives - making basic education easily accessible to a larger number of children.

Project 3: Door Step School, Pune

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• An organization dedicated to improving basic education for underprivileged children in India

• Not-for-profit, secular, global group

• 100% of donations distributed for intended use (what you donate is what we send)

• Volunteers include students, working professionals, artists, teachers, and others from around the world

WHO WE ARE

MILESTONES• Over 600 projects funded to

date

• $4 million in donations disbursed to date

• $1.6 million raised from 2002 to 2003

• Presently over 1000 active volunteers

• Several thousand additional supporters

Location: Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu Sponsoring Chapters: Atlanta, New Jersey

This first-of-its-kind institution in southern India provides rehabilitation and vocational training for blind women in poverty. These women are integrated into society in a self-fulfilling and meaningful manner. Asha financed the purchase of Braille equipment and food supplies.

Sahyog is a school for girls in the Jari Mari Basti in Mumbai. It caters to the needs of adolescent girls who have had to drop out of school due to various societal pressures. Asha funds have gone towards supporting a formal school, an informal school, teacher training, workshops and fellowship programs at the school.

Location: MumbaiSponsoring Chapters: Atlanta, Berkeley

Project 1: Rehab. Center for Blind Women

Project 2: Sahyog, Mumbai

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