Hi folks, I visited Kusumpur today. The team and Warriors gave me a warm welcome. I was so happy to see the IT Lab functioning, with our university students using it for college assignments, projects and research. The students were…
When a vaccination drive began in CR das school located in Seelampur, North East Delhi, our Asha team member Shiv went there to speak to the person in charge of running the vaccination centre. Shiv met with him in person…
Join us from on the ground in Delhi in a Zoom Webinar to hear from Dr Kiran Martin and Usha, an experienced journalist. They will give first-hand accounts from slum residents and detail the interventions Asha is making to save…
Today the MLA of Anna Nagar Praveen Kumar visited Anna Nagar community at Asha’s invitation. He was visibly moved on hearing stories from the Asha warriors on ways in which the community was being given full support during such a…
Thank you Quartz for covering Asha’s work in the slums.
There were a large number of TB patients in the Asha communities, most of whom got treated. Since Covid has spread in the slums, a number of treated patients have relapsed. They have become sputum positive again and are really…
Hello Asha Supporters, Dr Kiran’s programme to get Asha students into universities outside India is amazing! Students have so far received scholarships to go to London, Sydney, Canberra, and Melbourne. But they have to pass the IELTS (International English Language…
Dr Kiran: ”Hi everyone, some of you may have heard of the families living in great poverty on a dried river bed near the Interstate Bus Terminal of the city. The men are mostly cycle rickshaw pullers who have been…
Dr Kiran: “Hello everyone, both the first and second wave of the pandemic in India have seen massive unemployment among the urban poor. They had not even recovered from the effects of the first wave, when the second wave struck.…
Dr Kiran: “The Asha family continues its work in the slums through such important partnerships with all of you during this pandemic ravaging the communities. So desperate are they during these times that they do not have the capacity to…
Dr Kiran: “Hello everyone, the team and Warriors are finding many individuals and families that are already in starvation mode or on the verge of starvation because of the extended lockdown. We are sending groceries and other essentials to them…
Dr Kiran- “Grocery parcels being given to the poor, the destitute, the elderly, families with young children, patients who have or had Covid, with kindness and compassion.” Donate for Asha’s Covid-19 emergency response:
