How Can I Donate?
- You can make an online donate using PayPal or through your credit/debit card on Asha for Education Donations Portal
- You can also contribute via checks, send your checks to
Asha for Education - Work-An-Hour
PO Box 398080,
San Francisco, CA 94139-8080
- See Asha for Education Donation Portal for more information if you are contributing from outside US.
What is Donation Matching?
Matching donations is a charitable practice where an organization (typically the donor's employer)
pledges to give an equal (or some proportianal) amount of money to certain charities registered with
them (Asha for Education could be on this list).
The practice of matching donations thus doubles (or proportionately increases) the
amount that Asha for Education receives.
If you have questions about matching donations, or need assistance with applying for
company matching please write to wah@ashanet.org
How much should I donate
You may donate any amount! Work An Hour encourages you to symbolocally donate an hour worth of salary, but, your
contribution can be of any amount you with to donate for children's education.
How does Work-an-Hour work?
Work-an-Hour is a fundraising campaign of Asha for Education
Every year we present select projects from our partner NGOs in India and present their work to donors like you. All donations
received for Work an Hour are sent to our partner NGOs and are used for running their education programs.
Volunteers of Asha for Education work in closely with the partner NGOs. We closely review, collect data, provide feedback and monitor
all projects that we work with. All projects that we work with, are thoroughly reviewed, and assessed to ensure that your donations
will make a direct impact on ground.
All the data and reports from our projects are in public domain, and we take pride in an open forum that we provide to our partner NGOs and donors. Asha for Education is rated as a 4-Star charity by Charity Navigator in recognition of our financial responsibility and transparency & accountability.
You can find more information about our projects and access documents from our project partners on
Asha for Education Projects portal
How do you select projects?
Volunteers of Asha for Education work in closely with the partner NGOs. We closely review, collect data, provide feedback and monitor
all projects that we work with. All projects that we work with, are thoroughly reviewed, and assessed to ensure that your donations
will make a direct impact on ground.
Asha for Education works with well over 500 projects across India. While each project works with unique conditions and challenges,
they are all non-sectarian and use education as a means to bring change. We receive project proposals from all across India and carefully select
projects that work within the ambit of our objectives and core values
Work an Hour brings a select few stories of projects that have successfully tackeled unique challenges. All donations
received for Work an Hour are sent to our partner NGOs and are used for running their education programs.
How is my money used?
All donations made to Asha for Education's Work-an-Hour cmapaign will be sent to the partner NGOs and will be spent on running of these projects.
We encourage you to review the projects, their areas of work, and related documentation. We also invite you to review the proposal documents for projects that describes the expenditure in more detail.
Each project is unique in challenges it faces, and techniques it employs to address the problems. There is great variety in needs for each project, but, to give you an example, typically your donation will help with salaries of teachers & support staff of a school, mid-day meals for children, providing books, reading material to children, producing vocational training equipment or resources, constructing or repairing school building or interior facilities, providing toilets or drinking water to schools, organizing community meetings etc.
Asha for Education is rated as a 4-Star charity by Charity Navigator in recognition of our financial responsibility and transparency & accountability. We take pride in our transparent policies in keeping all project documentation in public domain. You can review all current and historical documents of our projects on Asha for Education Project portal.
If you have any question, please write to projects@ashanet.org
What is Asha for Education?
Asha for Education is 501(c)(c) Non-Profit in US and separately registered/recognized in other countries that is dedicated to change in India by focusing on basic education in the belief that education is a critical requisite for socio-economic change.
will make a direct impact on ground.
Asha for Education works with over 500 projects across India. While each project works with unique conditions and challenges,
they are all non-sectarian and use education as a means to bring change. We receive project proposals from all across India and carefully select
projects that work within the ambit of our objectives and core values
Work an Hour brings a select few stories of projects that have successfully tackeled unique challenges. All donations
received for Work an Hour are sent to our partner NGOs and are used for running their education programs.
What is an "Asha Project"?
A project is a collaboration between Asha for Education and a Non-Profit/Non-Government-Organization in India that is carefully plannedm, designed and reviewed to achieve a particular aim or solve a unique challenge thorugh education. You can see projects that Asha for Education works with on Asha for Education Projects portal
Asha for Education does not run its own projects, instead it partners with NGOs in India and provides them with financial support. we carefully monitor and review the progress of projects and ensure that the donors money if well spent and is making a change on ground.
How does Asha work with Projects?
Volunteers of Asha for Education work in closely with the partner NGOs. A set of volunteers, called project stewards,
closely review, collect data, provide feedback and monitor
all projects that we work with. All projects that we work with, are thoroughly reviewed, and assessed to ensure that your donations
will make a direct impact on ground.
Asha for Education works with well over 500 projects across India. While each project works with unique conditions and challenges,
they are all non-sectarian and use education as a means to bring change. We receive project proposals from all across India and carefully select
projects that work within the ambit of our objectives and core values
We require an annual on-ground site visit report of the project by a Asha for Education volunteer before commiting funds. We also require
progress reports, and official audit reports of the partner NGOs for a thourough assessment. Although there is great variety in the partners and projects thatwe work with, we maintain a close dialogue with our partners and ensure our time and donors money is making an impact on ground!
You can find more information about our projects and access documents from our project partners on
Asha for Education Projects portal
Can I volunteer?
Yes! We would love to have you on-board!
Asha for Education is a volunteer organization. Everybody, right from our Board of Directors, chapter coordinators, project stewards are volunteers. We all work together in the spirit of volunteerism.
We have chapters all across the US, Canada, UK, Germany, Switzerland, and India. Find out all the ways to get involved We'll love to have you join us!
What does a volunteer do?
Everything, or rather whatever they feel they can best contribute!
Asha for Education work with projects in India that volunteers help steward, conduct site-visits, maintain documents and reports, help with accounting and finances.
We raise money through events, and you can help with organizing events (musical concerts, dance performances etc.), or online fundraisers like Work an Hour. Come join us and we'll together find what works best for you!
We have chapters all across US. You can find a chapter near you and we'll love to have you join us!