Ashakiran e.V.

Founded in 2012, Ashakiran e.V. is a non-profit association based in Hinterzarten, Germany working on education, children & youth, health +2 more.

Ashakiran e.V. is a registered non-profit support association based in Hinterzarten in the Black Forest, Germany. Founded in 2012 from a support group started in 1991 by Indologist Dr. Cornelia Mallebrein, it funds education, health, sustainable agriculture and renewable energy projects for poor children, young people and Adivasi communities in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, India. Its work includes scholarships for orphans and half-orphans, orphanage and children's home support, training of local Ayurvedic health advisers, organic farming training and solar installations. Projects are run with local partners Banabasi Seva Samiti in Balliguda and Laya Resource Centre for Adivasi Communities in East Godavari district. Board members serve voluntarily, and donations are passed on to projects without administrative deduction. The association is recognised as charitable by the Freiburg-Land tax office.