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Association for Social and Health Advancement (ASHA)
Sector
Children
Children
Sub Sector
Services
Services
Tax Deduction
50% u/s 80G of The Income Tax Act, 1961
50% u/s 80G of The Income Tax Act, 1961
FCRA
UN Sustainable Development Goals:
% Spent on Beneficiaries
HelpYourNGO USP: Our Research Team studies the NGO's financials to arrive at ratios, variances and the % spent on beneficiaries. This % is the proportion of direct program expenses to total expenditure for the latest financial year, indicating the total direct spend on beneficiaries.
NGO Details
| Year of Establishment | : | 1998 |
| Registered Address | : | BE-135, Sector I, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700064, West Bengal |
| Website | : | https://www.ashaindia.in |
| : | ashacal@cal3.vsnl.net.in | |
| Telephone | : | +91 033 23595475 |
| Donor Contact | : | Dr. Rajat Kumar Das (President) / +91 9433016011 / asharajat@yahoo.co.in |
| Registered Under | : | Others |
| Auditor | : | D Mukhopadhyay & Co |
| Bankers | : | United Bank of India Standard Chartered Bank |
| Trustees/Directors/Managing Committee: | : | Dr. Rajat Kumar Das, President , Dr. Sebanti Ghosh, Secretary , Mr. Uday Sankar Adhikari, Treasurer , Ms. Debjani Chatterjee, Member , Dr. Ruma Roy, Member , Mr. Dhiresh Chandra Biswas, Member , Mr. M. G. Sarkar, Member |
Presence
Programs
Association for Social and Health Advancement (ASHA) works to improve the socio-economic and health status of disadvantaged communities in rural and urban areas by carrying out capacity building interventions in the socio-economic and health sectors. ASHA undertakes long-term development projects for women and children in tribal and minority dominated areas of West Bengal.
The projects ASHA has worked on according to their Annual Report 2018 are mentioned below:
- Adolescent Empowerment: ASHA works with adolescent girls & boys who have dropped out of school and are forced into child labor. In the Murshibad & Bankura district of Kolkata the NGO runs many sensitization workshops, life-skill based educational workshops working towards improving one’s self-esteem and it also includes creative exercises. These sessions help empower adolescent girls & boys in choosing a better future.
- Reproductive & Child Health Program: To promote safe motherhood, essential newborn care, family planning management, tract infection & HIV control & community participation ASHA has executed several health programs to improve primary health care for mothers and children from marginalized communities with the help of Government of West Bengal in the past.
- Livelihoods Program: With an objective to enhance income through capacity-building, developing self-help groups and encouraging a small-savings concept ASHA has initiated several livelihood workshops. Under the Sabla Scheme of Department of Social Welfare in Malda district the NGO trained 2000 girls for a specific professional skill needed for employability. ASHA also established an Endogenous Tourism project which aims at a new approach to tourism helping livelihood development of local marginalized communities of the Bankura district, Kolkata.
- Community Development: In collaboration with Praxair Pvt. Ltd. with the support of United Way, ASHA has installed 12 solar lights in the streets of Nimidhi & Niharauni, a village situated in West Bengal. The NGO is also integrating an organic & waste management way of farming through conservation and cultivating training sessions, there are also awareness campaigns on public schemes for farmers.
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₹ 5,000
Financials
| Income & Expenditure Statement | |||
| FY 2016 (₹) | FY 2017 (₹) | FY 2018 (₹) | |
| Income | |||
| Government Sources | - | - | - |
| Foreign Sources | 5,314,013 | 1,324,783 | 785,755 |
| Institutional Sources | 4,194,953 | 3,225,096 | 1,096,700 |
| General Donations | 13,000 | 10,000 | 80,000 |
| Sales/Fees | - | - | - |
| Interest/Dividend | 396,849 | 140,972 | 229,248 |
| Other Income | 2,840 | 289,664 | - |
| Total Income (A) | 9,921,655 | 4,990,515 | 2,191,703 |
| Expenditure | |||
| Direct Program Activities | 2,954,326 | 2,396,920 | 904,570 |
| Program Staff Cost | 3,780,798 | 1,229,094 | 1,386,607 |
| Travel Expenses | 331,469 | 187,348 | 185,168 |
| Direct Program Expenses | 6,735,124 | 3,626,014 | 2,291,178 |
| Fund Raising Expenses | 130,753 | 52,671 | 52,926 |
| General Staff Cost | 5,240 | 369,000 | 396,900 |
| Overhead Expenses | 2,454,363 | 677,276 | 396,456 |
| Depreciation | - | - | - |
| Other Expenses/Transfers | 116,878 | - | - |
| Total Expenditure (B) | 9,773,827 | 4,912,309 | 3,322,627 |
| Surplus / Deficit (A-B) | 147,828 | 78,206 | -1,130,924 |
| Balance Sheet | |||
| FY 2016 (₹) | FY 2017 (₹) | FY 2018 (₹) | |
| Assets | |||
| Fixed Assets | 529,652 | 830,104 | 1,251,638 |
| Current Assets | 337,605 | 272,242 | 286,777 |
| Cash And Bank | 2,514,027 | 1,457,773 | 583,808 |
| Total Current Assets | 3,381,284 | 2,560,119 | 2,122,223 |
| Investments | 3,594,018 | 4,546,319 | 3,768,101 |
| Accumulated Deficits | - | - | - |
| Total Assets | 6,975,301 | 7,106,438 | 5,890,324 |
| Liabilities | |||
| Trust Corpus | - | - | - |
| General Funds | 6,953,288 | 7,018,169 | 5,887,244 |
| Earmarked Funds | - | - | - |
| Unutilized Grants | - | - | - |
| Total | 6,953,288 | 7,018,169 | 5,887,244 |
| Loans | - | - | - |
| Loans (From Members) | - | - | - |
| Current Liabilities | 22,013 | 88,269 | 3,080 |
| Other Liabilities | - | - | - |
| Total Liabilities | 6,975,301 | 7,106,438 | 5,890,324 |
| Financial Notes |
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1) Upto FY14, the NGO has not provided the breakup of Local Grants/Donations received, hence the same is shown under Institutional Sources.
2) Foreign Sources mainly include grants from Action Aid Association for Children and Women Rights program. 3) Sales/Fees in FY13 include Consultancy fees received. 4) Refund of grants shown under Other Expenses/Transfers. |
Additional Information
| FY 2016 (₹) | FY 2017 (₹) | FY 2018 (₹) | |
| Beneficiary Details | |||
| Direct Beneficiaries (nos.) | - | - | 8,784 |
| Indirect Beneficiaries (nos.) | - | - | 36,497 |
| Average Cost per Direct Beneficiary (₹) | - | - | - |
| Staff Details | |||
| No. of Staff | - | - | 19 |
| Number of Consultants | - | - | 6 |
| Number Of Volunteers | - | - | 5 |
| Total | - | - | 30 |
| Highest Paid Full-Time Staff (₹ p.a.) | 216,000 | 216,000 | 288,000 |
| Lowest Paid Full-Time Staff (₹ p.a.) | 72,000 | 72,000 | 102,000 |
Financial Overview:
Income and Expenses
Peer Comparison
| NGO Name | Sector | Sub Sector | Location | % Spent on Beneficiaries | Income (₹) | Expense (₹) | FY |
| Sanjivani Medical Training Centre | Children | Home/Transit Home | Maharashtra | 99 | 2,330,811 | 2,344,490 | 2015 |
| Sabarmathi Social Seva Sangam | Children | Child Care/Balwadi/Creche | Tamil Nadu | 98 | 1,732,337 | 1,729,376 | 2014 |
| Vidyanikethan | Children | Karnataka | 98 | 33,267,956 | 33,975,011 | 2020 | |
| Bhatkya Vimukta Jati Shikshan Sanstha (BVJSS) | Children | Adoption | Maharashtra | 98 | 55,807,652 | 53,230,312 | 2023 |
| Economic Rural Development Society (ERDS) | Children | Child Care/Balwadi/Creche | West Bengal | 97 | 10,417,505 | 10,477,932 | 2016 |
| Association for Social and Health Advancement (ASHA) | Children | Services | West Bengal | 75 | 2,191,703 | 3,322,627 | 2018 |
