The Asha Kiran Program is the flagship initiative of the India Humanity Foundation (IHF) for child development, dedicated to ensuring that every child has access to quality education.

The program identifies out-of-school children in the age group of 7-14 years and facilitates their reintegration into the formal education system. Through specially designed bridge courses, this program children acquire foundational learning and confidence to join age-appropriate classes, enabling a smooth transition back to school life.

So far, the Asha Kiran program has transformed the lives of over 50,000 children, offering them a renewed opportunity for education and a brighter future.

Moving forward, the program will give special priority to children from socially and economically disadvantaged and vulnerable groups, including:

• Children of migrant workers
• Victims of child labour practices
• Tribal and marginalized community children
• Children in need of care and protection

Through Asha Kiran, IHF continues its mission to ensure that no child is left behind in the journey toward education, dignity, and empowerment.

ASHA KIRAN IMPLEMENTATION

Through Asha Kiran program, IHF reached out to remote rural areas of different states including Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal where children from socially and economically weaker sections were involved. A large number of children helped from scheduled tribes and scheduled castes, Brick Kiln communities whose parents were mostly involved as daily labourers and some were marginal farmers. IHF has also reached out to urban slums of Patna, Chandigarh, Ujjain, Udaipur and Jaipur among other such areas to work with the inter-state migrant children despite of major challenges associated.

Children who were out of schools for long period were brought back to the intermediary centers and were eventually sent back to government schools. In order to ensure this, IHF along with its implementing partner NGOs, got involved with parents, community at large, teachers and officials from education department to inculcate responsibilities of each stakeholder in ensuring the children’s education. IHF is also grateful to one of its most crucial stakeholders – Rotarians from across the country who have shown much enthusiasm and participation in the program by sponsoring children under Asha Kiran program.

• Proposals are invited from NGOs working in the field of child education and mainstreaming out-of-school children by placing an advertisement on social development sector websites or through referrals.
• NGOs are shortlisted after the process of desk appraisal of proposals received.
• Field Appraisal of shortlisted NGOs are to be facilitated. Presence of volunteers is desirable. Presence of IHF Office Staff / Executive is mandatory.
• The selected NGOs are requested to prepare profiles of the children in stipulated format
• IHF Office & NGO organizes a child screening process. IHF Office is responsible for child screening. Presence of volunteers is desirable.
• The partner NGO uploads the data of approved children on the IHF website. IHF staff cross checks the data before disbursal of funds.
• The total list of children under the program is available at the website; however for children whose identity is to be protected, the pictures are not uploaded.

• Identify out of school children as per Asha Kiran criteria
• NGOs are shortlisted after the process of desk appraisal of proposals received.
• Fill up the child profile format prior to the child approval process
• Upload the child profiles on the IHF website
• After the MoU is signed and all formalities are completed, the NGO will have to run an intermediary centre called the "Asha Kiran Centre"
• The NGO is expected to conduct daily classes for these children and provide them with the educational support along with the following :
• • Motivate the children at the centres to attend classes at Asha Kiran centres regularly
  • Enrol the children in state funded schools and motivate them to keep regular attendance and monitor their attendance
  • Enrol the children in state funded schools and motivate them to keep regular attendance and monitor their attendance
  • Community mobilization of the parents and other stakeholders to send the children to school
  • Make learning interesting and attractive at the Asha Kiran Centres
  • Ensuring children achieve learning levels commensurate to their age and class
  • Maintain a progress report of every child in a pre-determined format suggested by IHF
  • Submission of quarterly program & finance report to IHF
  • Submission of original, signed, mainstreaming certificates to IHF
  • Submission of project completion report and fund utilization certificate to IHF.

• DNS Memorial Public School, Garwara Bazar, Pratapgarh
• NB FC Junior High School, Bhaosi,Pratapgarh
• Gadabhanderpur Primary School
• Middle School, Akhtiyarpur
• Middle School, Dumari
• Hemnagar High School
• South Jogeshgunj D. para. P. Hemnagar,F.P School
• Haturia Nowapara Primary School