Association for Social and Health Advancement (ASHA) is a non-profit, non-political, non-governmental organization which has been working to improve the socio-economic and health status of disadvantaged communities since it's inception in 1997. The Team: The organization is endowed with a rich and diverse human resource pool with decades of development experience. Twenty full-time staff, several p
art-timers and community volunteers merge together to help people catalyze need-based, locale-specific professionally managed services. Advisory Boards: Renowned and eminent professionals and experts from various disciplines such as Sociology, Anthropology, Education, Economics, Agriculture, Health, Environment, Gender etc. constitute the sectoral Advisory Boards. The organization undertakes longer term development in rural and urban areas. The projects are aimed at disadvantaged communities such as children and women in remote rural areas especial in tribal and minority dominated environs such as Murshidabad and Bankura districts of West Bengal and over-populated poor urban slums of Kolkata and suburbs where needs exist. ASHA works also acts as a support agency for other organizations and institutions and collaborates with both government and Non governmental agencies, Support services and consultancies mainly center around facilitating training pragrammes,action research, hand holding technical assistance and evaluation exercise.
