Covid-19 update from Asha
“Hello, folks, in addition to all the measures we have been taking, I decided that it was important to give cash to those above 65 years of age who live alone. Also to widows, the disabled, and the poor who…
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Coronavirus update in Asha slums
”Hello everyone, our Asha Corona Warriors continue their fight. Those who are on daily wages are beginning to hurt. Many are already immunocompromised due to inadequate nutrition. Many are ignorant and illiterate and scared and do not have a good…
When you empower a Woman, you transform a Community
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…
There is no success without sacrifice
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…
Team from Holywood, Northern Ireland visits Asha
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…
A Mother’s love knows no bounds
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…
Asha made me believe in myself again: Arti
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,…
Workshop on Communication held at Asha’s Kalkaji slum community
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…
Education opens doors for a bright future
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…
A Mother’s fight against malnutrition
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…