There are narrow lanes and dusty roads that you will tread on before reaching Haseena’s house in Trilokpuri slum, East Delhi. On arrival, you will see a gated door that leads to a tiny house made up of bricks. One…
For some, life is not easy, and education becomes a distant dream. But not so for 21-year-old Anshul, a first-generation learner. Anshul had to face many hurdles to continue his college education. Anshul who lives with his family of four…
It was a week of fun and frolic for the Zakhira and Peeragarhi slum community when a team from Holywood, Northern Ireland visited Asha. From 2nd to 9th March 2020, the team of seven, led by Rev Gareth Harron volunteered…
Imagine the mental trauma of a woman who gets beaten up every day by her husband and disabled daughter who cannot do her routine work without any help. This is the story of 40-year-old Shakuntala. Shakuntala migrated from a small…
Have you ever noticed the people selling shoes on a footpath? That’s what my father and brother do, they sell shoes in the weekly markets in a different part of Delhi says Arti a 19-year-old. Arti’s family resides from Firozabad,…
The Macquarie team from Gurugram consisting of Smriti, Sachin, Kartik, and Rupesh conducted a workshop on Communications-Definition, meaning, needs and barriers at the Kalkaji centre for the Asha college students. 19 students from the Asha slums of Kalkaji, Tigri and…
Sweta resides in Indra Camp slum located in North-East Delhi. Her parents were migrants from Uttar Pradesh. As a child, her father Kanchan Lal was studious. However, due to poor financial conditions, at the age of 10, he started working…
Born in Darbhanga, Bihar, to a family of farmers, Israt was born and brought up in her ancestral village in the 1980s. Deprived of education and basic needs from a young age, Israt and her siblings spent their childhood assisting…
We wish Asha student Abhishek, the first beneficiary of the ‘Sydney Scholars India Equity Scholarship’ all the very best for his future as he beings to pursue ‘Master of Management’ at the prestigious University of Sydney.
Rambuli’s parents were immigrants who settled in Delhi in the early 1940s. They started working as mill labourers, earning just Rs.15 a month (US$0.21). This money was barely enough to feed this family of 16 and times were tough. Life…
