Asha

Asha for Education

What is Asha for Education?

Asha for Education is a non-profit voluntary organization dedicated to socio-economic change in India mainly using the medium of education. We address other development and human concerns on gender, health-care, disability and such related issues.

Why Asha for Education?

Asha is a "Zero overhead" organization, completely driven by volunteers (including the administrative expenses) ensuring 100% of your donations are sent our partner groups in India. To know more about Asha's core values, visit http://www.ashanet.org/index.php?page=about-asha-corevalues
Asha received a 4-star rating from Charity navigator (an independent charity evaluation agency) for organizational efficiency and organizational capacity (receiving a total score of 69.79 out of 70)
Asha is rated #1 (by the same agency) in the field of International Relief and Development

What does Asha offer for Marathon?

Asha Seattle's marathon training program, "Miles for Smiles", provides the necessary coaching and support system for both experienced and beginner runners. Most of our runners are first timers. The training period lasts over a period of six months and includes:

Schedules for weekday and weekend runs
Logistical support during training and marathon
Running clinics
Comprehensive guidance from a professional coach Chuck Bartlett
One-on-one guidance from mentors on running and fundraising goals

Why join Miles for Smiles program?

Running a marathon is a tremendous personal achievement. However, besides getting fit and making a great social network, Asha gives you a reason to run for. The funds raised through this program go a long way in making a difference in lives of many underprivileged communities in India.

For a list of all partner groups Asha is involved with, please check our projects page.

How can I help?

Other than taking part in Miles for Smiles program and raising funds for the underprivileged children in India, one great way to help us reach our goal is to volunteer with us. There are many volunteer opportunity with Asha:

Work closely with partner groups in India as a project steward
Help spread awareness on various issues pertaining to development, health, education, gender and many more
Help with administrative work like website maintenance, event organization, finance, newsletter editing, flyers and other publicity material creation etc.
Attend out meetings and take part in day to day functioning of the chapter. Our meeting schedule is online at: http://www.ashanet.org/seattle/meetings

For more information on volunteering with us, please visit our New Volunteer Resource Center.

Learn more

To learn more, visit us at www.ashanet.org/seattle. You can also drop us a line at seattle@ashanet.org or call us at 425 890 8515.