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