Asha Project: Mukti

Mukti is the Asha project of the week. This, and projects like it, are why we're running!

Socio-economic development trust Mukti was established in 2003 from the vision of a Sunderban native Sankar Halder. Sankar grew up in an underprivileged family in the Sunderban and went through the trials and tribulations that people living in Sunderban suffer through. Sankar decided to involve educated and energetic local youth to develop themselves and their communities through various developmental projects. This vision led to the foundation of Mukti.

Mukti's mission is to implement programs for upliftment of the underprivileged, illiterate, poor and backward people of mainly the Sunderbans region by way of motivation and human resources development thus building a self-reliant society by efficient and effective utilization of local resources and implementation of environmentally sound policies. The goal of education is not only to bring jobs to people, but to improve their lives. We believe education will teach people to think, will help them understand why it is important to do family planning, will help them understand how to improve the agricultural methods, will help them understand why good sanitation is important, and will expose them to the many good and bad things in the world outside.

More details can be found at:

• www.ashanet.org
• www.muktiweb.org