1. How you can help Asha USC

2. Asha USC projects Current Basera-e-Tabessum – J & K –Child home for girl children orphaned by violence in border areas of Kashmir Streets to School – Kolkatta –School for children of sex workers Past Ashraya – Bangalore –School for mentally and physically challenged children Parikrama – Bangalore –School for street and slum children Amandeep – J & K –Conflict resolution workshop for Government High School teachers in Jammu and Kashmir … disbursed $30,000 over 4 years

3. Asha USC activities Major Fund raisers –Musical concerts Karyshma Indian Ocean Talks and Documentary –Bunker Roy, Barefoot College, Rajasthan –Balaji Sampath, AID Jeevan Saathi, Tamil Nadu –Sandeep Pandey, Asha Founder, Uttar Pradesh –Sushobha Barve, CDR, Srinagar, J & K –Sidamma, Irula Trust, Tamil Nadu Personal initiatives –L. A. Marathon – Purushottam Kamath Ongoing fund raisers –Asha Ralphs program –Book your change

4. Event specific Fundraising –Musical Concerts –Cultural Shows –Booths Educational –Talks –Documentaries Help out with logistics on the day of the event Event publicity and outreach Low time commitment

5. Task specific Maintaining our website Editing Newsletters Designing publicity material Time commitment in bursts

6. Projects Project Steward –Interface between the chapter and partner group –Create and maintain webpage for the project –Gets the check from treasurer & sends it to the group –Monthly updates from the partner group Does not have to attend every meeting

7. Fund Raising and Outreach Sponsors –Identify and develop sponsors for events Talk to local Indian business who would want to reach a targeted Indian community Different levels of sponsorships Publicity –Network with other organizations –Collaborate for events Does not have to attend every meeting

8. Focus groups Asha Sanctuary –issues faced by NGOs working with children of sex workers –capacity building and networking of NGOs –advocacy and sensitizing of government bodies to the issues Asha Government –improve quality of education in government schools –learn about government policies and schemes –child rights and children education advocacy Asha-wide has a range of focus group Great opportunity to work with like minded individuals and strive towards finding solutions to issues.

9. Find out more … http://www.ashanet.org asha@usc.edu asha-usc@yahoogroups.com Thank you!