Asha for Education is a 100% volunteer run, zero overhead non-profit organization dedicated to bringing about socio-economic change by providing quality education to underprivileged children in India. The name Asha means hope in many Indian languages, and signifies the hope the organization wishes to bring to the underprivileged children: hope for a better life and hope for a brighter future through education. In keeping with this focus, Asha volunteers are involved with and support projects that are secular and have an education-related component to ensure that every child has access to an education that is meaningful. They also try and ensure that nutrition and health care needs of the children are met.
The PISD Education Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to generate private support for priority projects identified by the Plano Independent School District for which tax dollars are not available. The foundation supports the Plano Family Literacy Program, providing high quality adult education, GED instruction, early childhood education, as well as parenting and literacy instruction for parents and children together. The program benefits economically disadvantaged families in Collin County.
The mission of Pratham USA is to make significant contributions to Pratham’s goal of “Every Child in School and Learning Well” by raising awareness about the problem of illiteracy in India and by raising funds to support Pratham’s projects. Pratham believes that by providing children with a good education, we create opportunities not only for them, but also for their families and communities. Pratham’s direct programs, including pre-schools and community libraries, reached out to over 1 million children in 43 cities across India last year. The Read India campaign led by Pratham aims to teach 60 million children of ages 6-14 how to read, write and do basic math by the end of 2009.
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (TSRHC) is one of the nation's leading pediatric centers for the treatment of orthopedic conditions. TSRHC strives to improve the care of children worldwide through innovative research and teaching programs, and has treated more than 190,000 children, with more than 40,000 clinic visits each year. There is no charge to patient families for treatment at the hospital, and admission is open to Texas children from birth to 18 years of age.
