“Past successes make us feel more confident and optimistic about future attempts. It is good to be proud of one’s accomplishments.” – Dr Kiran Martin It was indeed a memorable day for the entire Asha family when Dr Kiran visited…
There are many approaches to achieve joy and delight in our world. But can there be anything better than making your grandparents smile? Bringing a wide smile and happiness on the elderly’s face is what we forget these days. Bal…
Those who seek success, do not need excuses. This is what our Asha students believe. On the eve of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17, our Asha Ambassadors and Graduates pledged to propagate the idea of…
We, at Asha, decided to conduct a one-week long campaign- Plastic is drastic at all Asha centres. Understanding the fatal consequences of using plastic consistently, Asha slums pledged to promote healthy and plastic free environment. The slums, already deprived and…
The best gift you can give to your family is a healthy ‘you’! Asha organized a Free Health Camp for its slum dwellers at Kusumpur Pahari on September 14. Kusumpur Pahari is another beautiful and fascinating Asha slum community that…
The glamorous hustle-bustle of a metro city wholly conceals the harsh reality of slum lives swelling along its fringes. The people sitting across the lustrous glass-walls in the lavish eateries keep themselves seeing the pale and malnourished profiles of the…
Expecting a child always brings radiance on the face of a woman. But for Sabiha, that delight didn’t stay for long, as she was diagnosed with Tuberculosis (TB). “When I was running in the first trimester of pregnancy, I could…
80-year-old Shakuntala, who once was well settled in Punjab is now surviving at the mercy of her neighbours. She resides with her only son at Peeragarhi, Asha’s slum community. She does not keep well and soon she started losing her…
For Sapna, exercise and balanced diet is key to good diabetes control during pregnancy. “I am pricked twice every day with insulin shots”-she says. To reach Sapna’s shanty one must walk along a dirty and open drain for a few…
With the Yamuna river in spate due to the heavy monsoon rains, around seven thousand people from Asha’s New Seelampur slum community are displaced with no food and shelter. It is heart-wrenching to see people from this settlement on the…
