Asha for Education

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Priyank Vora is fundraising
Support Asha's Education Drive with a Climb
I have always been passionate about hiking and this year I've taken a goal to take it to the next level by attempting to summit Mount Rainier and Mount Baker, two of the 5 volcanoes in the state of Washington. Its been intense training for the past 15 weeks, for my climb on the 8th of June for Baker and 23rd of June for Rainier. I am doing it in partnership with the non-profit organization Asha. Together, we are raising money to support educating underprivileged children in India.

Please consider donating generously. Any amount no matter how small helps to provide a brighter future for someone in need. All donations are tax-deductible, and the organization is registered with many corporate employers for donation matching programs (Tax Id 770 45 9884). Please visit Asha For Education to learn about some of the work that Asha volunteers do and also encourage you to look at some of the Projects List taken by the Seattle Chapter.

PS: I would like to clarify that the funds being raised here are not financing my climbs in any way. I have provided the finances for the gear and guide services for those myself. All the funds raised will be exclusively used for Asha for Education projects.

Note: If you have priviledge to work for employer who do donation matching, please leverage those benefits and donate through employer portal. That will help raise more money for this good cause.

Why Asha for Education

Asha is a “minimal overhead” organization, driven by volunteers (including the administrative expenses) ensuring that more than 95% of your donations are sent to our partner groups in India. Asha for Education has consistently secured a 100% rating on Charity Navigator, a well-established database that evaluates non-profit organizations on the basis of transparency, accountability, and financial parameters. Please visit this link to know about the list of 27 projects directly supported by Asha Seattle chapter - including projects trying to improve the state of education in rural and economically backward areas in India.
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Karthick Ramachandran is fundraising
Nandini and Karthick's Fundraiser

In celebrating the arrival of our baby, we are deeply touched by the outpouring of love and generosity from our friends and family. Your love and well wishes have been incredibly heartwarming, and we'd love to share our happiness with a cause we deeply care about: education for underprivileged children in India.

In lieu of a traditional registry, we've set up a fundraiser for Asha for Education. Asha is a volunteer-run nonprofit that supports grassroots projects across India, ensuring access to quality education for countless children.

By contributing to this fundraiser, you'll be celebrating the baby's arrival while making a lasting impact on a child's life. Every donation, big or small, brings them closer to a brighter future.

Thank you for considering this special way to shower the bay with love and contribute to a cause close to our hearts.

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Pratyoy Mukhopadhyay is fundraising
Climbing Mt Rainier to fundraise for Asha Seattle
My journey with Asha started last year, when I joined them to train for mountain climbing and climb Glacier Peak, raising funds for Asha Seattle in the process. After going through that amazing journey last year, I decided to come back for round 2 this year!

So I signed up to climb Mt Rainier, the tallest stratovolcano in WA state and the most glaciated peak in the lower 48, and have been going on training hikes and conditioning myself for the climb with our wonderful Asha leads the last couple of months. My climb is scheduled for June 25-28.

Together, we are raising money to support educating underprivileged children in India. Any donations towards the cause will go a long way in terms of supporting the kids and motivating us to push ourselves to do this.

Note: The funds being raised here are not financing my climb in any way. I have provided the finances for the gear and guide services for those myself. All the funds raised will be exclusively used for Asha for Education projects.

Why Asha for Education

Asha is a “minimal overhead” organization, driven by volunteers (including the administrative expenses) ensuring that more than 95% of your donations are sent to our partner groups in India. Asha for Education has consistently secured a 100% rating on Charity Navigator, a well-established database that evaluates non-profit organizations on the basis of transparency, accountability, and financial parameters. Please visit this link to know about initiatives the Asha Seattle chapter supports, to groups trying to improve the state of education in rural and economically backward areas in India. There are so many, one project CMS runs 35 schools and multiple other projects in a town in the Sundarbans region, and that is just one out of 27!

My climber profile on Asha's website can be found here.

I am asking you to make whatever contribution you think is appropriate. Any amount no matter how small helps to provide a brighter future for someone in need. All donations are tax-deductible, and the organization is registered with many corporate employers for donation matching programs. Thank you so much for your support!
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Sahil Sethi is fundraising
Sahil Sethi's climbing fundraiser

On June 27, 2023, I successfully submitted Mt. Rainier , along with 8 other climbers. We were all part of a four-day Mt. Rainier expedition team from Asha for Education - a fully volunteer-run, 501(c)(3) non-profit which supports educating underprivileged children in India.

Climbing Mt. Rainier has been a decade long dream for me, ever since I moved to Seattle in 2013 and fell in love with the towering mountain that stands over the city like a guardian angel. I chose to train and climb with Asha to combine my passion with a wonderful cause. The entire training program was volunteer led where the selfless Asha volunteers spent hundreds of hours coaching me and my fellow climbers on general climbing skills, glacier travel, nutrition, backcountry survival, gear selection and much more

I am raising > $3000 to support Asha for Education, and am committing to personally match 1:1 for the first $3000.

Please consider donating generously. I am asking you to make whatever contribution you think is appropriate. Any amount no matter how small helps to provide a brighter future for someone in need. All donations are tax-deductible, and the organization is registered with many corporate employers for donation matching programs (Tax Id 770 45 9884)

Asha is a “minimal overhead” organization, driven by volunteers (including the administrative expenses) ensuring that more than 95% of your donations are sent to our partner groups in India. Asha for Education has consistently secured a 100% rating on Charity Navigator, a well-established database that evaluates non-profit organizations on the basis of transparency, accountability, and financial parameters. Please visit this link to know about the list of 27 projects directly supported by Asha Seattle chapter - including projects trying to improve the state of education in rural and economically backward areas in India.

PS: Disclaimer: I did want to point out that the funds raised go entirely to the projects linked above. The costs for gear and guiding services have been entirely borne by me

PS2: Cover pic taken at Mt. Ellinor in the Olympic mountains. Bottom pics are variously from Mt. Baker and Mt. Rainier
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Ganesh Murthy is fundraising
Asha for Education: Help for Balavidhyalaya
Hi! We are the Minnesota Chapter of Asha for Education. Asha’s volunteer team supports projects that bring education and learning to underprivileged children in India. Asha is the 6th highest ranked Charity on Charity Navigator, so you know we’ll make your donations count!

This fundraiser is for the Balavidhyalaya School for Hearing-impaired, in Chennai, India - a school that Asha Minnesota supports and funds. Balavidyalaya is a free school for young hearing impaired children (from birth to 5 years). It is a private early intervention center and preschool preparing hearing impaired children for mainstream education. Teachers train very young children to acquire language and speech skills. Balavidyalaya’s teaching allows for children with hearing and speech disabilities to have the same opportunities as other children.

Your donation will help fund various critical functions for this school:

COVID-19 relief efforts when the school resumes operations
Learning material - including books, school supplies, and teaching aids
Teacher’s salaries

Help us reach our funding goals for the project in this difficult year. THANK YOU!

For more information, visit:

https://minnesota.ashanet.org/
http://www.balavidyalayaschool.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdgdMln7dxE
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=7630
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Sahana Mangipudi is fundraising
Asha Minnesota - Parner Project
COVID-19 RELIEF FOR RURAL PRESCHOOLS IN WESTERN INDIA

Any donation, large or small will help pay for teacher salaries and meals for kids. Your money will help fund the Parner Preschools in rural Mahashtra. This project is supported by ASHA for Education, an international nonprofit dedicated to providing basic education to underprivileged communities in India.
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Shrenik Dedhia is fundraising
Bringing hope through education.
Our daughter Aaradhya turns three in March, 2017. On the occassion of her birthday we, her proud parents Juhi and Shrenik, wish to donate all of the proceeds from Aaradhya's birthday gifts to a charity.

Every parent, like us, wants to give their children the best education, however, there are those who do not have the means to. We have chosen "Asha for Education" as the charitable entity because their mission closely represents our beliefs for education and since their projects are based in India, where our roots lie.

Your help will mean a lot to Aaradhya and us, and even more to the children who directly benefit from it. Every single penny (other than a commission by the transaction processing agency) will directly go to Asha.

Thank you!
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Vinod Krishnan is fundraising
Support Portland Marathon Run for Asha Education
Hi everyone, This is my first time reaching out for support, so I apologize if this is a bit informal. I’m currently training for the Portland Marathon and raising funds for Asha for Education . I would be incredibly grateful for any support you can offer. Every donation, no matter the size, makes a big difference. If you’d like to contribute, you can do so here: Donation Link. https://ta.ashanet.org/siliconvalley/marathon/runnernet/public.php?2024TAEBR1056 Also help to spread the word if you can. Thank you so much!
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Shivam Gandhi is fundraising
Shivam does a hike for underprivileged kids in India
Thanks for visiting my fundraiser!

I'm trying to raise money for impoverished kids in India with Asha for Education. Asha funds a variety of projects that aims to bring education and a brighter future to disadvantaged children in India.

I'm aiming for an ambitious $10k fundraising goal. Roughly, I want to fund the salary of 7 teachers who will teach young girls. I believe that the most pressing issue in India is supporting women, as it not only addresses significant suffering of a marginalized group, but will have downstream social and economic benefits for India. I am also targeting a visit to India in 2025 to see the schools in person and gain a deeper understanding of what the impact of these funds are and future things to work on. I see this mission as a lifelong one. All of your funds will go to Asha - I'm funding the hike myself.

This mission is important to me for a variety of reasons. I visited India frequently while growing up and saw the effects of poverty firsthand. The children in India are no different than children in America and deserve the chance to flourish just as any other child. Second, my father came from humble means and studied hard so that he could provide his family a good life. I've benefited greatly from his academic hard work and I'd like to help other young kids in India do the same. This mission is a tribute to the hard work of my parents.

I've chosen to do a hike for a few reasons. I've always been quite bad at cardio and endurance sports. I was diagnosed as prediabetic in the summer of 2023 and have been working on losing weight. Why not tie my health goals to a cause that matters to me? Climbing a mountain also holds a symbolic importance to me of overcoming challenges, and finding some way to help underpriveleged children is a challenge I'd like to tackle and overcome.

Please donate! I'll be updating this page frequently and hope to bring you on my journey.
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About Asha for Education

Mission: To catalyze socio-economic change in India through the education of underprivileged children. Objectives: Below are key objectives that are implemented in partnership with projects. To provide education to underprivileged children in India. To encourage the formation of various local groups across the world to reach out to larger sections of the population. To support and cooperate with persons and groups already engaged in similar activities. To raise the required human and other resources to achieve the group's objectives. To provide opportunities to individuals living outside India who wish to participate in Asha's activities in India. To address, whenever possible, other issues affecting human life such as health care, environment, socio-economic aspects and women’s issues.

440 N BARRANCA AVECovina, CA 91723

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Causes

Human services, Disaster relief, Education, Health, International development

Established

1998

Tax ID

77-0459884

NTEE code

Elementary, Secondary Ed

Asha for Education is a 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 77-0459884. Donations are tax-deductible. Select content is provided by GuideStar.

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Asha for Education

Support Asha's Education Drive with a Climb

Nandini and Karthick's Fundraiser

Climbing Mt Rainier to fundraise for Asha Seattle

Sahil Sethi's climbing fundraiser