The time for the next BIG Idea has come!

You might have heard the buzz by now - Asha for Education is gearing up for a shot at $500,000 grant as part of Round 2 of the Chase Community Giving program!

Every year Chase donates 5 million USD to various charities and you can help make Asha one of the top recipients ((in round 1 we came in at rank 33 and won $25K given to the top 100).

Chase relies on Facebook users to vote for their favorite charities and the non profit with the highest votes is selected for the donation. Voting has already started and will end on May 25. We are targeting getting upwards of 150,000 votes which is a tall order. Your vote and every vote you can help Asha get from your friends and contacts will allow 3000 underprivileged youth in urban India to find skilled jobs and 750 people in rural India start and nurture small businesses as part of our BIG IDEA submission (http://www.ashanet.org/bigIdea/)

This is the time to show your love and support Asha for Education by VOTING by following the steps below. Spread the word and get your friends / family / neighbor / co-workers to vote for Asha and help us get to the top of the Leader Board and stay there!!

Instructions on How to Vote:
1. Open the URL http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/770459884-asha-for-education
2. Click on ‘Vote and Share’
3. You will see a message saying ‘Chase Community Giving is requesting permission to do the following : Access my basic information (Includes name, profile picture, gender, networks, user ID, list of friends, and any other information I've shared with everyone)’.
4. Click on Allow
5. You should see ‘You must like Chase Community Giving to Vote’. Click on Like
6. Click on Vote and Share

Chase Competition:- Less than 24 hours left - lets finish strong!!

Friends,

We've almost hit the 3000 vote mark. A lot of us have worked very hard for getting us this far. With less than 24 hours to go, lets make one final push and finish strong!! 

STEP 1: Visit and "Like" the Chase Community Giving App on Facebook -http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/
STEP 2: Visit the ASHA Chase page and click on "Vote and Share" - http://tinyurl.com/voteAsha (You'll be asked to allow permission. Click "Allow" and then click on "Vote and Share")

STEP 3: Confirm that you see a "Thanks for your vote" message next to number of votes that Asha got so far. If you still see "Vote & Share", click on it again.

Those who haven't voted :

Here's your last chance to get your vote in. Please show your support and help us finish as high as possible.

Those who have already voted:

We are very grateful for your enthusiasm and support. Your support is a big source of encouragement and motivation for us volunteers :-)

Those who voted and got their friends, family and coworkers to vote:

You're super awesome!! :-)

Everyone, please check one final time that your vote actually went through at http://bit.ly/kbMAxn (you should see a "Thanks for your vote" message next to the number of votes that Asha got so far. If you still see "Click and Vote", your vote hasn't registered yet - so pls click on "Vote & Share" one more time).

Everyone, please continue to encourage your coworkers, friends and family to support a good cause and vote for us.

Cheers,

Chase Competition Team 

Asha for Education’s Idea for Urban India Vocational and Skills Training

More info at http://www.ashanet.org/bigidea/

Asha for Education - Vote for Hope!

Asha for Education   "Asha for Education" (AfE) is participating in a campaign sponsored by Chase Bank in the US for winning a $500,000 grant and needs your support to win the 1st place. Your vote will help Asha get there. And all it takes is a few moments of your time.   You've helped us with generous donations in the past - all we ask now is YOUR VOTE to help us win upto $500,000. Please note that voting ends on May 25th - so do VOTE NOW!   We thank you for your time.   Sincerely, Asha for Education Why vote for Asha? Why should I vote? With over 270 million illiterates and over 370 million below the poverty line, a large section of the population reaps very little benefit from the ongoing economic boom. A girl's education is an abruptly ended hope for millions of girls as only 1 in 4 remain in school long enough to complete Class 10. With so many people struggling to make ends meet, with so many children deprived of normal childhood which you and I took for granted, I strongly believe you will join us in taking 30 seconds of your day to support them with a couple of clicks.   Why Asha? Asha is 100% volunteer driven, zero overhead organization committed to bringing socio-economic change in India through education. We believe that education is a critical first step towards bringing the underprivileged into the mainstream. For over 20 years, we have served tens of thousands of children in the lowest socio-economic strata of society through 400 project partners and 73 worldwide chapters. Asha is perhaps one the few organizations guaranteed to put all the grant money to support the under privileged through "Entrepreneurship Training for Rural Enterpreneurs", "Business education for farmers" and "Vocational and Skills Training for Urban Youth".  How do I vote?   Step 1: Visit and "Like" the Chase Community Giving App on Facebook - http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving (You will see a message saying "Chase Community Giving is requesting permission ...." Click on Allow. This is to make sure same person doesn't vote multiple times for the same Org) Step 2: Visit the "Asha for Education" Chase page and VOTE - http://tinyurl.com/voteAsha      How can I further help this great cause? You can help AfE get the 500 K grant by joining the movement. Please spread the message to your friends, family, co-workers, facebook/linked-in contacts.   This is our chance to make India proud, to show we care, to show we have ASHA.   Like us at http://www.facebook.com/ashaforeducation?ref=ts for more outreach tips.     Quick Links Why vote for Asha? How do I vote? Use Facebook to vote   You will need to use your facebook account to vote for Asha for Education. Click Here or scroll down to find out how. More about Asha for Education Asha for Education is a secular organization dedicated to change in India by focusing on basic education in the belief that education is a critical requisite for socio-economic change. Read more about us at www.ashanet.org

Our Idea for Rural India Entrepreneurship Training (Asha for Education)

More info at http://www.ashanet.org/bigidea/

Where Dreams Take Wings Asha for Education’s BIG IDEA

 

More info at http://www.ashanet.org/bigidea/

Chase Community Giving

I am helping a non-profit called Asha for Education (100% volunteer driven org focused on education of the underprivileged in India for the last 20yrs with 400 project partners, 73 worldwide chapters) that is competing for the Chase community giving challenge (for $500,000 or Rs. 2.2crores) awarded to the non-profit that gets the most votes on Facebook (in round 1, Asha came in at rank 33 and won $25K given to the top 100!).

Asha could really use your help in winning this – all they need is your vote!  Voting starts on May 19 and ends on May 26. Your vote will allow 3000 underprivileged youth in urban India to find skilled jobs and 750 people in rural India start and nurture small businesses.

Please consider support the very important cause by voting for Asha at (it takes less than a minute!):

*http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/770459884-asha-for-education*

Who is Asha for Education?

Asha for Education (Asha) is a 100% volunteer driven non-profit that has been dedicated to improving the lives of the underprivileged in India since the last 20year through education with 73 chapters worldwide.

What does Asha do exactly?

Asha has developed a strong network of 400 project partner non-profits / organizations in India – Asha’s individual chapters raise funds, spread awareness and collect best practices to enable the project partners to the real work of educating children and youth from marginalized segments.

Why you should vote for us?

If you help Asha win this great prize of $500k, you will take Asha’s efforts to the next level - you will help 3000 underprivileged youth in urban India to find skilled jobs through career guidance and training in computer skills and spoken English and 750 people in rural India start and nurture small businesses through a customized “mini-MBA” program.

You can learn more about this challenge & about the organization at http://www.ashanet.org/bigIdea/

Asha for Education–next BIG Idea

I am working on a campaign for a non-profit that I support and actively volunteer for, called Asha for Education (100% volunteer driven org focused on education of the underprivileged in India for the last 20yrs with 400 project partners, 73 worldwide chapters). We are competing for the Chase community giving challenge (for $500K) awarded to the non-profit that gets the most votes on Facebook (in round 1 we came in at rank 33 and won $25K given to the top 100!).

Voting starts on May 19 and ends on May 26. We are targeting getting upwards of 150,000 votes which is a tall order.  Your vote will allow 3000 underprivileged youth in urban India to find skilled jobs and 750 people in rural India start and nurture small businesses.

Here’s where we could really use your help:

1)     Will you please consider giving us your support by voting for Asha at (it take less than a minute!): http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/770459884-asha-for-education

2)     We will be extremely thankful if you can help spread the work amongst your friends / co-workers / networks to help us win

Just in case you need some convincing, here’s is why you should vote for Asha for Education –

In the last 20 years, Asha for Education has raised over $21million to support multitudes of education initiatives in India – as a result, Asha had helped change lives of children and youth born to highly impoverished families in rural and urban India, discriminated castes, slum dwellers, prostitutes, the disabled – the list goes on.  Asha has achieved this through its a strong network of 400 project partners and is 100% volunteer run which ensures that nearly every dollar raised goes to who it was raised for. If you help us win this great prize of $500k, you will take Asha’s efforts to the next level - you will help 3000 underprivileged youth in urban India to find skilled jobs through career guidance and training in computer skills and spoken English and 750 people in rural India start and nurture small businesses through a customized “mini-MBA” program.

I am clearly sold… are you?

You can learn more about this challenge & the organization at http://www.ashanet.org/bigIdea

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Chase Community Giving

Asha Volunteers/Supporters/Donors,

Congratulations on helping Asha win the 25 K grant through Chase Community Giving (CCG) campaign (http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/770459884-asha-for-education). Your vote helped Asha take #33 in the leader board and with your help we have $25,000 more for empowering children through Education.

But this is just the beginning for a bigger opportunity. Starting May 19th, through Round -2, we will have another chance to show the world how passionate Asha is towards our mission. I would like to invite volunteers to form a local CCG Co-ord team with a goal of getting as many people as possible to vote for Asha on CCG Round 2. The voting opens up for a week starting May 19th. You would be driving the online and offline marketing this for one week while closely working with the central team. 

Additionally, one of the requirement for CCG is presenting a "BIG IDEA" on how we would spend the 500 K, should be win the grant. Please send your suggestions by end of Monday for the central team to consolidate the ideas.

Many thanks again for making Round 1 successful and I know together we CAN show the world we are #1 non profit committed to bringing change in India.

Regards,

Vyas (on behalf of the Asha Co-ord team)

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