27-year-old Seema is married and resides in a one-room shanty in Kalkaji Slum. She got married in 2012 at the age of 18. Her husband Ranjan works in a garment factory and earns INR 12000 per month (£ 152/ $…
This is a great example of how women’s empowerment can lead to positive and transformative change in a community. The residents of the chanderpuri slum community were facing a lot of challenges due to sewage manhole overflowing and the dirty…
Twenty-three years old Farah, a native of UP, lives in the Chanderpuri Slum colony with her husband and two-year-old son. She came to Chanderpuri Slum soon after her marriage. Since then, she has been availing of Asha’s health services. As…
As Tushar, Mohini and Sumit(L-R) are getting ready to leave for Australia, they are going around all the Asha communities meeting hundreds of students. Inspiring them with their stories, encouraging them with their words, lifting their spirits, raising their ambitions…
January has begun with the practice of Hindus and Muslims as well as persons from low castes and high castes washing each other’s feet. Such an act gives rise to wonderful emotions of love and fraternity and breaks down all…
Ankur is among the 169 students from the Asha Slums in Delhi to clear the much tough and newly introduced Common University Entrance Test (CUET), get admission, and secure a seat in the Bachelor of Commerce at the University of…
Here is the story of 75-year-old Samarti Devi, a native of UP, who lives alone in the Mayapuri slum Southwest Delhi for the last thirty years. She was married very young age and came to Mayapuri with her husband and…
Dinner with some of my remarkable mentees last night. Here are some pictures with a brief description L-R Mohini: leaving for Australia in Feb 2023. Masters in Development Studies University of Queensland Tushar: Doing a Masters in International Relations University…
Hello everyone, I had a most wonderful time yesterday afternoon with all those who are either in Australia and visiting India or who will be leaving for Australia. What a bright and highly motivated group of young people. Some of…
