Projects Distribution and Prioritization Primary Objective: To evolve some guidelines on how to prioritize projects at an Asha-wide level.

Asha Stanford Priority Objectives To make an attempt at focusing our attention at the most under privileged children. To make a concerted attempt at funding projects that are away from the cities where Asha projects are generally concentrated.

Aims of Stanford priority: These priorities were generally treated as guidelines and were primarily aimed at providing a general framework about the projects we would like to choose and in the case of conflicts help us in deciding which project we would like to fund. These were NOT used as strict rules but employed to provide a broad direction that we would like to move towards.

Funding classified into 5 broad areas: Sector Geographical Area Education Type NGO Type Funding Type

SECTOR 1st Preference Bonded and Landless laborers Tribal populations Street Children and children of sex-workers- Urban 2nd Preference Migratory labor (construction workers, quarry workers, brick kiln workers) Unorganized labor (Domestic servants, taxi drivers, auto drivers) 3rd Preference The urban underprivileged (factory worker, daily wage earner) Projects with specific focus on the girl child will be given highest priority.

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA 1st Preference Tribal districts (Garhchiroli [Maharastra], Bastar [MP], Santhal Pargana [Bihar]) Hill districts (North East states; Uttarakhand; Himachal, J&K) Far flung districts, away from urban centers (Banaskantha [Gujarat], Idukki [Kerala], Guna [MP] etc) 2nd Preference Street Dwellers Block / District Towns (Dhule [Maharashtra], Chaibasa [Jharkhand])- Urban 3rd Preference Slums in Small towns, Sub-urban areas Metropolitan Area *Areas effected by disaster will be given high priority*

EDUCATION TYPE 1st Preference Primary education Non-formal Education 2nd Preference Special Education for mentally and physically challenged children Alternative and experimental schools

NGO TYPE 1st Preference Small NGOs, in terms of annual funding and infrastructure. Indigenously or locally funded 2nd Preference Long-term program given priority rather than short-term projects

FUNDING TYPE 1st Preference Children, study material, fees, clothes Teacher salaries 2nd Preference Infrastructure Equipments