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/