Dr Kiran, “I remember one day I was in Trilokpuri slum community. It was in the year 1991. A woman who was in labor was brought to my clinic. She was bleeding heavily and was in shock. I learnt that…
Dr Kiran: “Hello friends, yesterday was World Health Day. The improvements in health of those placed under Asha’s care over the years have been dramatic. I think we have a lot to celebrate as we think of what has been…
Dr Kiran: “I remember in the early years of Asha I would see so many young children with deficiency of the vital mineral Zinc, something that is extremely rare in Western countries. The diet of these young children was highly…
Dr Kiran: “Hello folks, In the early years of Asha, I remember seeing shocking symptoms of Vitamin A deficiency in young children. These symptoms were due to severe forms of Vitamin A deficiency. I saw children becoming blind at night,…
Salma is a 17-year-old Asha student, who was born and brought up within the tiny and congested lanes of Chanderpuri slum. Her Father shifted to New Delhi from the state of West Bengal a decade ago. He works as an…
Dr Kiran: ‘This is a beautiful video of Mohini from Asha’s Tigri Slum Community. I remember, during the early years of Asha, I personally witnessed newborn baby girls being strangulated by the midwife with the umbilical cord, and they were…
Haseena is a 65-year-old elderly woman who resides in Jeevan Nagar slum. She originally hails from the state of Tamil Nadu in South India. Haseena was an orphan and had no one to call her own while growing up. Life…
Rubina is a resident of Seelampur staying in one room shanty with her husband, one child and her in-laws. Rubina’s husband works as an assistant in a butcher’s shop on daily wage basis, earning a meagre income of 6000-7000 INR…
Dr Kiran: ‘This is the story of 19 year old Mohini who lives in Asha’s Tigri slum community. Her father is a day labourer and mother is a housemaid. Their combined income is about 150 US dollars a month. Mohini…
Dr Kiran: ‘Hello friends, here is a video of the story of Asha Community Health Volunteer Prema. Asha has trained hundreds of such women from their respective slum communities over the past 33 years. As a result of the comprehensive…
