Giving Up an Hour's Wage to Help Others

By Anne W. Howard

Each year Asha for Education, a New York charity that supports education projects in India, has asked its supporters to donate at least an hour's worth of their salaries to finance its programs.

For the "Work an Hour" campaign's 10th anniversary, Asha last year sought to connect donors — many of whom came from India or have family members there — more closely to the work the charity does.

The organization educated its supporters about child labor and what