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…
Dear Friends of Asha, As 2022 comes to a close, attached is a Thank You video for all Asha supporters and partners. Please feel free to share. How wonderful that we can reflect on ways in which we have together…
Yesterday was another exciting and proud moment for the entire Asha global family as Amritesh, an Asha student from the Kusumpur Pahari Slum community, received his Masters degree yesterday from Chancellor Peter Varghese, University of Queensland. Amritesh joined the two-year…
As part of their employee volunteering session, Asha ‘s long term partner Macquarie Global Services led by Smriti Shukla and Shweta from Assets Management (MAM) team visited the Asha centre in Zakhira Slum Community where they were welcomed by the…
