Summer Camp at Asha
Summer camp is the time when children do something creative. These camps are all about learning, making friends and having fun. But for the slum kids, such camps are a distant dream. Many do not even know what these camps…
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Motherly love at Asha
“The memories of those dark days of my life still haunts me. My mother was on the death bed and my father used to do all the domestic chores as well as took care of mother and us” said a…
Celebration of Father’s Day at Asha slums
A son’s first hero and a daughter’s first love- a father, who is always there to support you, help you and protect you, and most importantly, he will always have your back. On Father’s Day, we at Asha slum communities…
A story of dedication and hard-work
An impoverished 4-yard long shanty is where Nageena lives! One has to climb a weak wooden ladder in order to reach Nageena every time. 17-year-old Nageena dwells in Asha’s Seelampur slum community for years. The family of six includes Nageena,…
Dr Kiran celebrates her birthday with the community
It was an amazing day when Dr Kiran opened her house for her birthday celebration on June 9 in spite of the heatwave sweeping the capital city-Delhi. This year, Dr Kiran requested her loved ones not to bring gifts, rather…
Asha’s High School Batch of 2018-19 Results
We are all very excited to share with you the excellent results of the Asha students in their school leaving exams. Amongst 560 Asha slum children who had appeared for the exams, 97 % passed, 210 of the students scored…
Help make the University Education a reality for them
We are all very excited to share with you the excellent results of the Asha students in their school leaving exams. Amongst 560 Asha slum children who had appeared for the exams, 97 % passed, 210 of the students scored…
Australian Friends of Asha welcome Dr Kiran Martin and Chandan Singh
Australian Friends of Asha Slums invites you to a fundraising cocktail party to celebrate as Asha graduate Chandan Singh commences a three-month research program in Mathematics at the Australian National University in Canberra. Asha aspires to have every child and…
Know Tushar’s story in his own words
“I was born in great poverty to parents who lived in a slum by the railway track. My father was a labourer doing low paid work at Asia’s largest scrapyard, breaking down old cars or machines with crude tools and…
Providing a ray of hope to the women of Asha
“Ten years of my association with Asha has provided me with beautiful gifts in form of my children, my life,” says 27-year-old Pooja- a resident of Asha’s Tigri slum community and a member of Asha’s Mahila Mandal. She has given…