WAH! Empowering Rural India. One Child at a Time.

Work An Hour 2008: Asha for Education has launched the 11th edition of its flagship online fundraiser Work An Hour. From July 15th to September 15th, you are invited to donate to 15 very special projects in need of funding to help educate underprivileged children in India.

The concept is simple "Participants are asked to symbolically Work an Hour towards the cause of children's education by donating an hour's worth or more of their salary."

Some highlights:

• Donors will have the ability to give to a project of their choice.
• First WAH campaign started in 1998, raised over $30,000 from close to 700 donors. Last year, WAH raised over $140,000 with a donor base of over 1,250 participants.
• Projects chosen in the past included a wide range of education initiatives, such as educating slum children, supporting schools for the disabled and non-formal education centers, educating children of sexworkers, mitigating child labor etc.
• This year's campaign addresses the empowerment of rural and tribal communities & centered around, Empowering Rural India. One Child at a Time.

CLICK HERE TO DONATE.