By Ray Umashankar | Executive Director
Greetings!
I am pleased to inform our donors that after a meeting with the parents and obtaining their consent, 26 students students from the first batch at ASSET-Chennai will be joining NewGen Imaging in Chennai as interns.
The ASSET students joining NewGen are 18 years are older and legally eligible to work. Parental consent was obtained only to seek their support for the project and to recruit future students.
Formal discussions are under way with the HR manager at NewGen to complete all the necessary formalities.
Two additional instructors are being hired to teach the General Electric Foundation's Life Skills modules to the ASSET/NewGen interns. Special emphasis will be placed on money management, saving for the future, opening savings account, financial responsibility, and philanthropy.
In addition the STRIVE program developed by ICICI will also be taught to develop entrepreneurial and interpersonal skills.
University of Arizona Honors College students are using the ASSET project for their senior thesis and are also exploring ways to implement the ASSET model in Central and South America.
ASSET India Foundation has been invited to partner with Parade Magazine/Case Foundation for their fundraising challenge.
The Contest is managed by Global Giving and ends at 3 pm EST on January 31, 2008 Global Giving link for donating: (minimum $10) -- see link below to donate!
(only one donation per credit card will be counted towards the contest) Thank you for your continued support and encouragement.
Sincerely,
Ray Umashankar
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