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Avvai Home project supports education of young girls in English medium who are from the poor section of Chennai.

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AASAI provides total support for the education of young girls who are from the slum areas of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It costs approximately Indian Rupees 200,000 ($5,000) per year to support their education. There of approximately 40 children in two sections in the school and the medium of instruction is English.

AASAI also provides support for the infrastructure and academic laboratory requirements in terms of equipments and models for different physical science subjects. It costs approximately Indian Rupees 20,000 ($500) per year.

Avvai home is located Adyar, Chennai. It provides education for girls. These girls come from very poor families, single parent homes and families living in slum areas. The school provides free or nearly free education to these children.

After noticing some of the children who are bright may benefit from English medium education, in the year 2005, AASAI initiated two English medium sections for approximately 40 children. AASAI provided support for two class rooms, tables, chairs, teaching material and also provides salary for two teachers.

The Avvai Home Orphanage and associated Schools, or Avvai Home, is a non-profitorganization established in circa 1930 by late Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy to shelter, protect and educate the orphan girls as well as deserted women irrespective of caste, creed or social status. As a part of this objective, Avvai Home runs a TVR Girls Higher Secondary School. The school was established in 1963 and provides free education (except for a nominal fee) to over 1,500 girls who belong to the economically poor part of the society.