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World Education, Boston, MA, USA
www.worlded.org
World Education is a Boston-based non-profit that works in 30 developing countries worldwide to help communities in need through non-formal, sustainable educational initiatives. The Aseema Trust has served as WorldEducations’s leading South Indian partner in education and networking with local NGOs and individuals since2003.
The Trust is organizing an International Partnership Learning week for International Partnership NetworkwithWorld Ed, to take place in TamilNadu and Karnataka states inOctober, 2005.
Dakshina Chitra, Chennai, India
www.dakshinachitra.net
Dakshina Chitra is a heritage center for traditional South Indian habitats and culture located on the outskirts of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Aseema has worked with the center since its inception in 1996 through work shops for teachers, outreach programs for village children, and cultural events.
SOS Children's Village, Chatnath Homes Tambaram, Chennai, India
www.soschatnathhomes.org
SOS Children’s Village is a community for abandoned and orphaned children that provides the experience of siblings and a mother in a village setting. Aseema has been working with cultural programs at the village and an outreach program for school-teachers in the area for ten years. Since the tsunami of December, 2005, Aseema has contributed cultural outreach and rehabilitation programs with the village’s tsunami relief efforts in Pudukuppam village, Nagapattinum District.
International Partnership Network, International
www.theipn.org
International Partnership Network is a group of non-profits invested in creating cultural links for education around the globe. Aseema Trust conducted a seminar on literacy and numeracy for girls in partnership with the IPN in 2000.
Gandhi Peace Foundation, Chennai, India
www.gandhipeacefoundationmadras.org.in
Gandhi Peace Foundation teaches about the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi. The Aseema Trust has worked in partnership with the Foundation, teaching spinning workshops to teachers and students with a focus on non-violence, peace studies, and conflict/ resolution.
Crafts Council of India, Tamil Nadu
www.craftscouncilindia.org
Crafts Council of India, Tamil Nadu encourages the integrity of the traditional arts of South India in several forms. In partnership with Aseema, the Council has helped develop curriculum for non-formal education for non-school-going children through embroidery skill development and literacy over the course of two years.
Educational Resources Center, New Delhi
http://www.erctrust.org/
Educational Resources Center (New Delhi) provides educational resources for students from situations of poverty. Aseema provides cultural inputs for their projects in 22 rural colleges around India that stress a respect for diversity, as well as theatrical programs and workshops to provoke thought and discussion. Students enjoy learning the theatrical process as well as sharing relevant issues that pertain to coming of age in India.
Planet Junior Productions, Netherlands
http://www.wereldkinderfestival.nl/
Planet
Junior Productions (Netherlands) strives to bring children together from
around the world in promotion of cultural learning and communal discussion.
The Aseema Trust had selected a group of children belonging to traditional
performing artist families of villages in Tamil Nadu State and Kerela,
India, o take part in the World Children’s Festival in the Netherlands
with 23 performances for schools and public audiences in 14 cities.
Prakriti Foundation, Chennai, India
http://www.prakritifoundation.com
Prakriti
Foundation is interested in hearing the many voices of interest that make
up the diverse culture of India. Aseema trust had been doing many activities
along with Prakriti foundation. Aseema has also contributed cultural outreach
with Prakriti Foundation.
Kattaikkuttu Sangam, Kanchipuram,Tamilnadu
http://www.kattaikkuttu.org
The Kattaikkuttu Sangam is a grassroots level association that promotes
Kattaikkuttu as a theatre form in its own right and that serves the interests
of professional Kattaikkuttu actors, actresses and musicians. Kattaikkuttu
Sangam has worked together with the Aseema trust for the organization
of public event and discussions about the theatre.
The Bhoomika Trust, Chennai
http://www.bhoomikaindia.org
The Bhoomika Trust, main focus is to support the educational and livelihood needs of underprivileged individuals. The Bhoomika Trust had sponsored the Konnakole Programme Organised by The Aseema Trust.
The Adyar Times , Chennai 
The Adyar Times is one of successful community newspapers in South India. The Aseema Trust in association with Adyar times and Prakriti Foundation had organised Sand Castle and Cleaning of beach programmes.
The Mylapore Times, chennai
www.mylaporefestival.com
The Mylapore Times is one of successful community newspapers in South India. The Aseema Trust had organised Konnakole and Yakshagana Performance at The Mylapore festival 2007 organised by Mylapore times every year.
Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai
www.kalakshetra.net
Kalakshetra is a cultural academy for preservation of traditional values in Indian art, especially in the field of dance and music, founded in January 1936 by Rukmini Devi Arundale. The Aseema Trust in association with kalakshetra had been organising several programmes
Jai Ganesh Tala Vadya Vidyalaya
The Aseema Trust in association with Jai Ganesha Tala Vadya Vidyalaya had Performed Konnakole, a Rhythmic recitation along with the Tiruporur Goverment High School students.
Centre for Applied Research and Extension, Andhra Pradesh
www.careme.org
The organization has started with the objectives to develop unity and create equality among the people in society, to undertake participatory technology development in the vital areas like agriculture, ecology, water and other related fields to arrive at feasible options to people. Extend support for management of natural resources thorough participatory approach benefiting poorer sections. The Aseema Trust is association with CARE in the South India Girl Child Initiative Project funded by World Education