When Asha’s Mobile Health Van first arrived in the Mansarovar slum community, also known as Lal Bagh, in May 2025, many families watched from a distance. This scavengers community had rarely seen regular healthcare services. For years, people had learned…
We are proud to share that the work of Dr. Kiran Martin and Asha Society, along with the inspiring journey of Nancy, an Asha student from the Peeragarhi slum in Delhi to University of Melbourne, has been featured across 8–9…
Yesterday at the Universities Australia Solutions Summit 2026 in Canberra, the Hon. Jason Clare MP, Australia’s Minister for Education, delivered a powerful tribute to Dr. Kiran and the work of Asha. Addressing university leaders and policymakers from across Australia, he…
For many elderly people, growing old brings loneliness and long days of silent suffering. For those living in slum communities, old age is even harder. Angoori is one of them. She is seventy years old and lives alone in Ambedkar…
On a day in Seelampur, a young mother sat beside her sleeping son, her heart filled with gratitude. Saad had been born in 2021, small, but healthy. His weight was normal, and the doctors assured his parents that everything was…
Aarav is five years and Ashish is four. They live with their parents and seven year old sister in a broken one room shanty pressed up against a railway track. Trains roar past day and night. Inside the home, there…
On 10 January 2026, the Asha family came together to wish Nancy a heartfelt farewell. Nancy is an Asha student from the Peeragarhi slum, and her journey is now taking her across the world to pursue a Masters degree at…
With temperatures dropping into single digits at night and cold winds blowing through the day, winter has become especially harsh for families living in Delhi’s slum communities. In places like Lal Bagh, homes made of thin sheets and temporary materials…
