1. Manaviya Shiksha Sanskar Sansthan - Asha for Education Manaviya Shiksha Sanskar Sansthan Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh A Community Development Initiative

2. Manaviya Shiksha Sanskar Sansthan - Asha for Education Deepak Gupta, cofounder of Asha for Education with Sandeep, has started the Manaviya Shiksha Sanskar (MS3) project in Mandhana, near the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur. This project focuses on self-reliance achieved by following a certain way of living.

3. Manaviya Shiksha Sanskar Sansthan - Asha for Education Features of courses offered Course duration: 1/2/3 years 10 students admitted each year to ensure personal attention for every one. Four students in every batch will be specially trained to run (in pairs of two) more such institutes, to ensure that every institute leads to the creation of two new institutes each year, thus multiplying the number of institutes exponentially.

4. Manaviya Shiksha Sanskar Sansthan - Asha for Education. MS3: Overview Helping children of migrant labor with primary education Providing vocational training skills for children of migrant labor Making MS3 self sustaining

5. Manaviya Shiksha Sanskar Sansthan - Asha for Education. Helping children of migrant labor Problems faced –No scope for basic education because of constant travel with their parents –Few vocational skills other than manual labor for construction work Solution –Classes held at construction sites to teach them how to read and write –The aim is to make them less susceptible to exploitation –Counsel migrant labor to help overcome day to day problems

6. Manaviya Shiksha Sanskar Sansthan - Asha for Education Manoj teaching a class at construction site

7. Manaviya Shiksha Sanskar Sansthan - Asha for Education Computer at the center

8. Manaviya Shiksha Sanskar Sansthan - Asha for Education. Vocational training for children Provide vocational training to children at the institute After graduation, these children have a choice of going back to their village to put their skills to use They can help train others in becoming self reliant Support for graduates who are willing to continue with higher education Syllabus includes –Life skills –‘Jeevan Vidya’ – philosophy of living; expected to help achieve material contentment, mental happiness and social cohesion.

9. Manaviya Shiksha Sanskar Sansthan - Asha for Education Agricultural production

10. Manaviya Shiksha Sanskar Sansthan - Asha for Education Parents counseling session in progress

11. Manaviya Shiksha Sanskar Sansthan - Asha for Education Volunteers in action

12. Manaviya Shiksha Sanskar Sansthan - Asha for Education. Making MS3 self sustaining Make use of the economic activities within the Sansthan to generate money Activities include: –Honey production –Dairy –Ayurvedic medicine –Carpentry –Agriculture –Software Development

13. Manaviya Shiksha Sanskar Sansthan - Asha for Education Cows used for dairy production

14. Manaviya Shiksha Sanskar Sansthan - Asha for Education Construction at the MS3 site

15. Manaviya Shiksha Sanskar Sansthan - Asha for Education Fact sheet  Established - 1998  Total funds disbursed in 2001: $17,867  2000 $ 3,000 from Asha Seattle  2000 $ 4,300 from Asha Dallas  2000 $ 5,500 from Asha Master  2000 $ 3,400 from Asha Silicon Valley  1999 $ 1,500 from Asha Arizona  1999 $ 10,000 from Work an Hour  Chapters involved: Asha Silicon Valley, Asha Dallas Asha Stars from NYC/NJ Stars