Silicon Valley Chapter Annual Report 2005 - Asha for Education

An Introduction to AshaFounded in 1991 at the University of California at Berkeley by Sandeep Pandey,Deepak Gupta and V.J.P. Srivatsavoy, Asha (meaning “hope” in several Indianlanguages) for Education emerged out of the desire to bring hope to the lives ofunderprivileged children of India. It also represents the collective hope ofvolunteers working together to bring about change in the lives ofunderprivileged children. Deprived of access to education, millions of Indianchildren grow up unprepared to face the economic and political challenges ofthe twenty-first century. We believe that addressing the problem of educationis critical in breaking the ‘vicious cycle’ of poverty. The following are Asha’sobjectives:1. To provide education to underprivileged children in India.2. To encourage the formation of various local groups, both in India andabroad, to reach out to larger sections of the population.3. To support and cooperate with persons and groups already engaged insimilar activities.4. To raise the required human and other resources to achieve the objectives.5. To provide opportunities to people to participate in Asha activities in India.6. To address, whenever possible, other issues affecting human life such ashealth care, environment, socio-economic aspects and women's issues.Asha for Education is a non-profit, entirely volunteer driven organization.• It is a zero-overhead group. 100% of all donations are used for fundingeducational projects in India.• It is non-hierarchical, with its mission and activities decided by itsvolunteers collectively, in a democratic manner.In the last 10 years Asha has supported more than 385 different projects inIndia. Asha volunteers identify, research and raise funds for the projects.Asha’s goal is to not just support projects financially but also to develop a longtermrelationship with project partners and the local community in Indiathrough multiple site visits and regular communication.Asha for Education Silicon Valley 2Annual Report 2005

Our ProjectsPeople sometimes tend to see Asha Silicon Valley (and other Asha chaptersoutside India) primarily as fundraising organizations. However we are muchmore than that. Asha Silicon Valley, like any other Asha chapter, is fullyresponsible for — and has complete freedom in — identifying, reviewing,approving, and monitoring the projects that we fund. Asha Silicon Valleyvolunteers study each project proposal in detail. These are discussed anddebated by the chapter and then voted on. Actual site-visits conducted by Ashavolunteers are a very important part of our effort to understand and monitorour projects and learn from them. A site-visit must be conducted before anyproject is considered for funding. Thereafter at least one site visit must beconducted per year for each project for the duration of our funding. At AshaSilicon Valley we are as proud of the quality of our projects as we are of thequantity of our disbursements.While Asha chapters are almost totally autonomous, and projects supported bythe various chapters vary considerably in many respects, certain basicguidelines do exist. All projects supported by Asha work for positive change insociety through education. Moreover, Asha only supports groups that have nopolitical or religious affiliations, and do not discriminate on the basis of caste,creed, gender or background.A positive development within Asha in recent years has been an increasedemphasis on volunteers working closely with projects to learn from them andin turn help them in ways other than monetary. A great many lastingfriendships between Asha volunteers and groups in India have grown out ofsuch direct interactions with project partners in India. Results indicate thatwherever such personal bonds develop between the project organizers andAsha volunteers, the effectiveness of the projects is enhanced, and of course, itis an invaluable learning experience for Asha volunteers.We at Asha Silicon Valley recognize that education is a very broad area and thatit has to be appropriate to the local context if it is to be effective in producingreal socio-economic change. This understanding is reflected in the broad rangeof projects that we support: from infrastructure development, to teachers’salaries, to midday meals, to teaching aids, to curriculum improvementinitiatives. The methodology of instruction in our projects spans both formaland non-formal education and caters to children with special needs (physicallyor mentally challenged children), children from special circumstances(orphans, street children, etc.) and children from unique socio - culturalAsha for Education Silicon Valley 5Annual Report 2005

ackgrounds (rural children or adivasi children).The following table and charts give an overview of our projects.Project 2005 Disbursement ($)1 Natl. Assoc. for the Blind (Gujarat) 34,661.002 Asha Darshan (Assam) 31,735.003 Shikshana Vahini Bijapur (Karnataka) 18,375.004 Jagriti (Uttar Pradesh) 16,810.005 CDDP (Tamil Nadu) 15,462.006 Samrakshan (Madhya Pradesh) 11,198.007 Sowbhagya Hgr. Education (Tamil Nadu) 9,975.008 Ruchika (Orissa) 8,755.009 Ankur (Maharashtra) 8,090.0010 Reward Trust (Tamil Nadu) 7,747.0011 Sowbhagya (Tamil Nadu) 7,436.0012 Vanavasi (Kerala) 6,750.0013 Kondh (Andhra Pradesh) 6,585.0014 Shikshana Vahini Mysore (Karnataka) 6,070.0015 Hameed Fellowship (Karnataka) 6,040.0016 Sri Saradatirtham (West Bengal) 5,760.0017 Kuvempu (Karnataka) 4,703.0018 SWEET (Maharashtra) 3,900.0019 Savidya (Uttaranchal) 3,188.0020 Varun (Uttar Pradesh) 3,167.0021 Vallabh Bhai Fellowship (Uttar Pradesh) 3,000.0022 SETWIN (Tamil Nadu) 2,948.0023 CERT (Uttar Pradesh) 1,540.0024 Education Journal* 1,295.0025 Anawim (Tamil Nadu) 1,056.0026 Jyotirgamaya (Bihar) 1,000.00TOTAL $ 227,246.00Money disbursed by Asha – Silicon Valley in 2005* Education Journal is a journal about education in India. See www.edjournal.net.Asha for Education Silicon Valley 6Annual Report 2005

For m a l Sch ools1 2 %Wor kin g w ithth e Gov t.1 4 %Fellow sh ips4 %Edu ca tionJou r n a l*1 %Su ppor t a Ch ild3 3 %Ba lw a dis1 6 %Non -For m a lEdu ca tion2 0%Disbursement by project type (total disbursement $227,246)Tamil Nadu (20%)Karnataka (15%)Gujarat (15%)Assam (14%)Uttar Pradesh (11%)Maharashtra (5%)Madhya Pradesh (5%)Orissa (4%)Kerala (3%)Andhra Pradesh (3%)West Bengal (3%)Uttaranchal (1%)Education Journal (

Project JagritiThis is a project near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh in which Asha – Silicon Valleyhas been involved in since 2002.Formed by members of the IIT Kanpur community, Jagriti Bal Vikas Samiti(JBVS) is an organization that runs schools for underprivileged children andworks towards their social andeconomic upliftment. WhileJBVS in involved in a number ofdifferent activities, the Jagritirunproject that Asha SiliconValley is involved in is calledApna Skool and it entails runningnon-formal Schools for childrenof migrant workers.There are large number ofmigrant seasonal workersengaged in construction relatedactivities in Kanpur, as in otherChildren at a Jagriti classroomurban centers in India. The usualpractice is for an entire migrant worker family to live in a hutment at theconstruction or brick kiln site and for all adult members to be engaged as dailywage laborers. The workers’ children are deprived of any schooling whatsoeverand remain at their parents’ worksites, deprived of education and exposed tothe inherent dangers of worksiteaccidents. The children start byrunning small errands and in duecourse get prematurely inductedinto workforce. Girls are worse off,having to take care of the infantsand assist in household chores.Jagriti aims to break this viciouscircle by providing basiceducation to these children whoare all first generation learnersand who would otherwise neverhave got any education at all.Child walking mules with bricks at Jagriti locationAsha for Education Silicon Valley 8Annual Report 2005

Project SavidyaBoard outside Kulethi primary schoolThis is one of the new projects that AshaSilicon Valley started in 2005 and islocated in rural and hilly ChampawatDistrict in Uttaranchal, representing ourfirst foray into the new state. Not only isUttaranchal one of the newest states inIndia, it is also one of the poorest. Ourproject partner for this project isSavidya Upasamiti (SU). Thisorganization was established in 2004 byDr. Hari Bisht, who was a professor atIIT Kanpur. The SU was initiallyinvolved in providing scholarships to the poor school-going children tofacilitate their studies, and is now in theprocess of expanding its activities. WithAsha's help, SU will work with schools inthe district to improve teaching facilities soas to encourage students to complete theireducation, and will also work to bringmore students to the schools. The firstschool selected for this task is the primaryschool in village Kulethi. The schoolconsists of classes I-V and has 52 students(32 girls and 20 boys). The parents of moststudents are agricultural and/or dayChildren’s Day at Kulethi primary schoollaborers. SU is currently undertaking thefollowing activities in the Kulethi primary school.1. Addition of 2-3 teachers to the school2. Distribution of school uniforms3. Regular medical check-ups for students4. Addition of library books5. Augmentation of school infrastructureKulethi primary school buildingThe goals for this project are as follows.(a) Improve student-teacher ratio(b) Reduce drop-out rate(c) Involve the local community in runningand monitoring schools.Asha for Education Silicon Valley 9Annual Report 2005

Project REWARD TrustThis is another new project that Asha Silicon Valley started funding in 2005.REWARD trust was formed by a group of Scientists working in Indira GandhiCenter for Atomic Research (IGCAR) Kalpakkam who were concerned aboutthe deplorable educational, health and economic conditions existing in thevicinity. Reward Trust engages in a variety of educational and developmentalinitiatives. Asha Silicon Valley’sproject with Reward Trust isw o r k i n g o n u p g r a d i n gg o v e r n m e n t s c h o o l s i nKancheepuram district in TamilNadu. The trust helps toupgrade selected govt. schoolsby paying 40% - 50% of themandatory Public Deposit Fund(Rs 2 lakhs for HigherSecondary upgradation and Rs 1l a k h f o r H i g h S c h o o lupgradation). The trust thenworks with the Parent TeachersREWARD-Asha teachersAssociations (PTAs) of the respective schools to generate the remaining moneyb y h a r n e s s i n g t h e p h i l a n t h r o p y o f l o c a l v i l l a g e r s .Once the school is upgraded, the govt., based on its constraints and priorities,appoints teachers for the school. Initially a principal and just a few teachers areappointed. Then, over a period of years, other teachers are appointed. Till suchtime, the local PTA has to hire interim teachers so that the students do notsuffer. Reward Trust places newteachers via the PTA in this interimperiod till the govt. makes all then e c e s s a r y a p p o i n t m e n t s .Improved pass-percentage proudly displayedThe goal of the Project is to ensurethat schools up to the highersecondary level are available withinwalkable distance of every studentin the village. Each school shouldhave a library and a laboratory anda full complement of teachers.Asha for Education Silicon Valley 10Annual Report 2005

Project CDDPAsha Silicon Valley has been involved in this project since 1998 and this is oneof our longest running projects. This is a Support a Child (SAC) project, whichmeans that there are individual sponsors for each of the 174 children in thisproject. Our project partner is the Center for Development of DisadvantagedPeople (CDDP).The CDDP Project runs schools ina number of villages located inThiruvallur district in TamilNadu, about 70 km fromChennai. CDDP's work focuses onhelping scheduled caste andscheduled tribe children joinmainstream education. CDDPstarted with 2 schools inArungulam and Nedumbaramvillages in 1997, followed by 2more in Nemilli and NallaturCDDP Asha School in Nedumbaramvillages in 1999. Most recently, in 2002, they opened another 3 schools. Theschools run in the evenings for 2 hours. They have a non-formal educationcurriculum intended to introduce the children to school. Many of the childrenwork during the day. Most have never attended school or have dropped outearly if they have. The goal is to enable them to go to regular schools after a fewyears in the evening schools.CDDP continues to providecoaching and guidance to thechildren after they transition togovernment schools.Museum field trip for CDDP childrenAsha's support has enabledCDDP to run and expand theseschools to reach more and morechildren. In 2003, childrenfrom the first two CDDP Ashas c h o o l s t r a n s i t i o n e dsuccessfully to mainstreamgovernment schools.Asha for Education Silicon Valley 11Annual Report 2005

FundraisingWhat would Asha do without fundraising? The heart of Asha’s work outsideIndia is fundraising. Asha Silicon Valley has consistently been one of the mostsuccessful Asha chapters in terms of fundraising. For a number of years -including 2005 - Asha Silicon Valley has raised the second largest amountamong all Asha Chapters (the highest being Asha Seattle). We raised $490,000in 2005. 62% of this amount was raised by our signature Marathon program,22% came from general donations, and 14% was raised by our Support-a-Childprogram. The following charts show how much funds were raised by ourvarious fundraising programs.Source of FundsFunds Raised in 2005 (Net)1 Marathon Program $ 303,418.01*2 General Donations $ 109,527.953 Support a Child Program $ 69,584.004 Bank Interest $ 4,064.005 Donations for Tsunami Relief $ 3,156.006 Notes of Hope Concert $ 198.457 Other $ 560.31TOTAL $ 490,508.72Funds raised by Asha – Silicon Valley in 2005Marathon (62%)General Donations (22%)Support a Child (14%)Bank Interest (1%)Tsunami Relief (

MarathonAsha Silicon Valley’s marathon program — Team Asha — had a dream run in2005. The report card speaks for itself. From over a hundred and fifty runners,four marathon destinations, a newly instituted half marathon program, threeworld-class coaches, top-notch mentoring, creative publicity, to raising over$300,000 in funds … we did it all! All this with the usual understated panachethat has become the hallmark of this unique program.The 2005 marathon programbegan with an all out publicityand marketing effort —n u m e r o u s i n f o r m a t i o ns es s i ons, w e l l p l an n eddistribution of flyers, mediaadvertisements, and movieclips, to name just a few of theinitiatives that were embraced.A completely revampedwebsite was created with easilyaccessible donor informationand tools for training andfundraising. The result – over200 sign-ups and a staggering 152 committed participants.CoachesTony Fong, Rajeev Char, Rajeev PatelNumber of committed participants 152Marathoners / half-marathoners 136/8Number of first time marathoners 124Funds raised $ 319,000*Team Asha 2005 at a glance2005 also saw us successfully introduce the half marathon as part of the TeamAsha program. Our runners had a choice of 4 full marathons – Maui, Chicago,Nike and Silicon Valley, and 2 half marathons – Napa and San Francisco.Coach Tony Fong leads a long run at Sawyer Camp* some of these funds were received in FY ‘06, and are not included in FY ‘05 accountsAsha for Education Silicon Valley 13Annual Report 2005

Some ecstatic Chicago Marathon finishersAnything that can be said of our threeselfless coaches will fail to do fulljustice to their dedication andcommitment, or to their experienceand knowledge. The training schedulewas tailored based on caliber(beginners, intermediate, time goalaspirants), course profile, and raceconditions. Injury prevention clinicsand regular strengthening sessionswere put in place for prevention andprompt treatment of injuries.“Wow! What an organization. Making a difference to a child by makingdifference to an adult.” says Chetan Patil, Team Asha 2005 marathoner. Oncompleting the Silicon Valley marathon, Patil enthused “This accomplishmenti s my B EST P E RSONALACCOMPLISHEMENT so far”. Itwas commonplace to hear similarsentiments being echoed by the 124new runners who completed theirfirst full or half marathon withTeam Asha this year.2005 truly witnessed the end ofTeam Asha’s humble beginnings.We are sure that the indomitablespirit of the program and itsvolunteers will continue to enrich … and Silicon Valley Marathon finishersthe lives of aspiring marathonersand veteran runners alike, while playing a role in building a strong future formillions of underprivileged children in India.Over the last six years our marathon program• Has trained over 450 marathoners• Has raised over one million dollarsMarathon program over the yearsAsha for Education Silicon Valley 14Annual Report 2005

How Can I Not Finish My First MarathonPragna Dusankar — First time marathoner, Team Asha 2005How can I not finish … my first marathon (Mile 26.2) … when I saw my dearhusband Sunil waiting for me at the finish. It seemed like my legs got wingsand just flew to hug him.How can I not finish … my first marathon (Mile 25.0) … when I saw all my dearAsha friends — Niyati, Charu, Sarah, Vineeta, Gomathi, Medha, Mandar, Sachin,Kalyan at aid station #1 …and Charu started singing “Aashayein khile dilke … Ab mushkil nahin hai kuch bhi”. I had a tough time controlling my tears.How can I not finish … my first marathon (Mile 16.0-26.0) … when I had RajeevChar for 10 miles of the race. With such an IRONMAN coach, I could notbut finish my marathon.How can I not finish … my first marathon (Mile 16.0) … when we had such enthusiasticcheerleaders and volunteers at the Asha aid station- Renu, Renuka,Rashmi, Kaartik, Priya, Heeral, Aruna, Mehul, Priya, Manju, Suren, Deepakand Pradeep.How can I not finish … my first marathon (Mile 5.0) … when I saw coach Tonyat mile 5 sprinting through with other fast runners and yet he not only spottedme but high-fived me. Tony, it is your tough love that helped me come as far asI have in the last five months.How can I not finish … my first marathon (Mile 0.0) … when I have coach likeRajeev Patel at the start at 5:00 am with energy, enthusiasm and encouragement.For me it was the lovely personalized note that he wrote that took methrough the entire 26.2 miles. He said “Start slow, but finish strong”. Coach, Ifinished strong.How can I not finish … my first marathon … when I have mentors like Srini,Uma, Pavan and friends like Ramya, Shruti, Mala who were among the fewwho could not be there physically but all of their eyes were watching us goingto the finish.How can I not finish … my first marathon … when I know the reason: I runso they can read.Asha for Education Silicon Valley 15Annual Report 2005

Support a Child“I will be a computer engineer in the future. I love programming, designing andcreating web pages.” Words of a Silicon Valley whiz kid? Think again. Theseare the words of 15 year old K.Sundarapandiyan, whose father cleans trucks fora living. His family cannot afford to pay school fees. However he may wellrealize his dreams — Sundarapandiyan is supported by a sponsor in the UnitedStates through Asha-Silicon Valley’s Support-a-Child (SAC) program.Since its launch in 2002, SAC hasgone from strength to strength. In2005, this program raised $70,000and benefited over 300 children.SAC’s mission is to engage sponsorsdirectly in the welfare of children.Through regular progress updates,p h o t o g r a p h s , an d t w o - w a ycorrespondence, sponsors candirectly witness the impact of their donations. Some sponsors have even visitedthe children in India.In 2005 SAC supported the following four projects.• The Sowbhagya Trust supports formal education of children from class sixthrough polytechnic or college. It is located near Chennai.• Center for Development of Disadvantaged People (CDDP), also nearChennai, runs non-formal education centers for children of farmers andlandless laborers. Read more about this project on Page 11 of this report.• The Ankur project in Pune sendschildren from urban slums to theAnkur school, where they receiveformal education in a supportiveenvironment.• The National Association for theBlind (NAB) in Valsad, Gujarat,works with visually impairedchildren and youth, providinghousing, formal education, andvocational training.Children at Ankur School, PuneIn 2005 Support-a-Child• Supported over 300 children• Raised $ 70,000Asha for Education Silicon Valley 16Annual Report 2005

Spotlight on Higher Education2005 witnessed the blossoming of SAC’s Higher Education program, whichsupports students going to polytechnic or college. This program evolved as anatural progression and expansion of the pre-existing Sowbhagya project whensome of its students, having successfully completed high school, were ready totake the next step forward. What started with 5 high school graduatingstudents in 2003 had grown to 19 students by 2005.This program involves the following main activities: (i) counseling final-yearhigh school students about career options and college selection, (ii) providingcoaching for entrance exams if needed, (iii) working to negotiate fee reductionsin colleges, (iv) securing admissions in appropriate colleges, (v) paying collegefees, (vi) providing for books and other college necessities, (vii) conductingcoaching classes, including English classes, for college going students, andfinally (viii) assisting college graduates in obtaining jobs.Meet Anitha Mary — A Budding EngineerAnitha Mary, whoturned 18 in 2005, hasbeen part of the SACprogram since 2002.She lives in Neelangarai,a suburb of Chennai,where her fatherworks as a gardener.She did very well in her final high schoolexaminations (class XII) in 2005 — wellenough to get admission into engineeringcollege. Supported and guided bySowbhagya Trust and by Asha Silicon ValleySAC, she joined the Bachelor of Engineering(B.E.) course in Electronics andCommunications Engineering (E.C.E.) atVel’s Srinivasa College of Engineering andTechnology (affiliated to Anna University,Chennai), where she has continued herdisplay of scholastic brilliance.Without the opportunitiesand the support systemcreated by this program,most of these students,especially the girls, wouldnever have had a chance tostudy beyond high school,and would likely haveended up in low-payingsemi-skilled jobs.As h a S ili con Val leyvolunteer Shobana, whov i s i t e d t h e H i g h e rEducation project in early2006, has this to say, “thepride and excitementamong students andparents are palpable. Manyof the students are firstgeneration learners, and togo to college and earn adegree is a tremendousaccomplishment at alllevels.”Asha for Education Silicon Valley 17Annual Report 2005

Notes of HopeAs part of Asha’s“Notes of Hope”series, Asha SiliconValley organized aconcert on Sept. 3rd2005 by UstadAmjad Ali Khan andby his sons Amaanand Ayaan AliB a n g a s h ,accompanied bySandeep Das on theTabla. Amjad AliConcert in full swing: Sandeep, Amaan, Ustadji and AyaanKhan is one of the great masters of Indian Classical Music. Known as the SarodMaestro, his unique style has helped to elevate the Sarod to one of the mostpopular instruments in the North Indian tradition.More than 600 people attended the concert and were treated to an evening ofmagical music. The Indian Consul General in San Francisco B.S. Prakash wasthe Chief Guest. As expected, Ustadji gave a stellar performance. His son’sAmaan and Ayaan were also outstanding. A very appreciative audience washeld spellbound.It was the first time in years that the Asha Silicon Valley was organizing anevent of such magnitute and hosting artistes of such stature. For our chapter’sFundraising Team it was a memorable as well as a learning experience.Felicitation by Consul General PrakashArtistes with Asha volunteersAsha for Education Silicon Valley 18Annual Report 2005

Asha Silicon Valley Chapter FinancialsAssetsConsolidated Statement of Financial ConditionBeginning of 2005 End of 2005Cash $ 387,224.29 $ 617,240.87Other assets $ 0.00 $ 0.00Total Assets $ 387,224.29 $ 617,240.87Total Liabilities $ 0.00 $ 0.00Net Assets or Funds Balance $ 387,224.29 $ 617,240.87RevenuesConsolidated Statement of Income (2005)General donations $ 109,527.95Interest income $ 4,063.61Net income from fundraising programs 1 $ 373,200.46Tsunami relief donations $ 3,156.00Miscellaneous income $ 560.70Total Revenues $ 490,508.72ExpensesDisbursals to projects $ 227,246.00Disbursals to partner organization (IIT Kanpur Foundation) $ 4,795.74Disbursals to other Asha chapters 2 $ 23,438.80Credit card transaction expenses $ 2,021.26Support-a-Child expenses $ 1,268.83Administration and other expenses 3 $ 1,721.51Total Expenses $260,492.14Net Income $ 230,016.581 Fundraising programs are Marathon, Support-a-Child and Notes of Hope2 Other Asha Chapters are Asha Chennai, Asha MSU, Asha Yale and Work-an-Hour3 These include mailbox fee, stamps, accounting material, publicity booth, etc.Asha for Education Silicon Valley 19Annual Report 2005

What Others are SayingCharity Navigator is the largest charity evaluator in America and its websiteattracts more visitors than all other charity rating groups combined. Thisorganization guides intelligent giving by evaluating the financial health of over5,000 charities. Charity Navigator consistently gave very high marks to Ashafor Education. According to its most recent ratings (based on FY 2004 data),Asha ranks number one in a list of “Top Ten Slam Dunk Charities” and is alsonumber one in the list of “Top Ten Charities Worth Watching”. Asha also topsthe ranking in the category of charities in which it is classified — the category of“International Development and Relief Services”. For more information seewww.charitynavigator.org.Charity Navigator “Top 10 Lists” web-site (see www.charitynavigator.org)Asha for Education Silicon Valley 20Annual Report 2005

Indian Express Pune Newsline writes about Asha and the marathon programThe Economic Times writesabout Asha and the Work anHour ProgramAsha for Education Silicon Valley 21Annual Report 2005

Coordination Team for 2006Chapter AdvisorChapter CoordinatorProjects CoordinatorTreasurerAnand RaghavanDinesh SrinivasanDinesh SrinivasanVenkatesh IyengarFundraising Coordinators Suryanarayana PotharajuPreeti ParthasarathyMarathon CoordinatorsSupport a Child CoordsARC RepresentativeWebmasterNew Volunteer CoordsIFG CoordinatorKalyan GhatakSunil DusankarSatarupa BoseShobana NarasimhanAshok NaiduGayathri VaradaranganSiddhartha ShomeMalati GadgilSabita BalachandranAnnual Report written and edited by Siddhartha Shome.Marathon Section written by Ramya Venkatraman.Asha for EducationSilicon Valley ChapterEmail: sv@ashanet.orgWeb: http://www.ashanet.org/siliconvalleyPostal Address:Asha Silicon ValleyP.O. Box 641741San Jose, CA 95164-1741Contributions:Checks can be made out to “Asha for“Education” and mailed to our postaladdress. Asha is a registered non-profitorganization under section 501(c)3 andall contributions to Asha are tax deductible.On the Front Cover: Children at a Doorstep School Centerin Pune. Doorstep School is funded by Asha NYC/NJ andAsha Seattle.Asha for Education Silicon Valley Annual Report 2005