Asha student Amritesh reaches at Queensland
Amritesh has reached Brisbane! Beautiful accommodation at University of Queensland – International. Imagine the huge contrast with his tiny home in the slum.
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Asha Student Amritesh from Kusumpur Pahadi Slum Community
This is the wonderful story of Asha slum student Amritesh in his own words. He is on his way to Brisbane to do his Masters at University of Queensland.In Dr Kiran’s words: May we enable all the poor children of…
Asha Student Tushar from Mayapuri Slum community reached Sydney
We are extremely delighted to inform you that Asha student Tushar from Mayapuri has finally reached Sydney to pursue Masters in International Relations at the prestigious University of Sydney on 23rd December 2021. He was accorded a warm welcome by…
Vidya-Realising her dream to become a Nurse and serve her community
Hello folks, this is the beautiful story of Vidya from Kusumpur Pahadi slum. Her father tragically died about ten years ago and immediately after, the family went into deep financial distress. Vidya was young, and a bright student at school.…
Tushar’s journey from Delhi slum to Sydney scholar
Here is Tushar’s journey from Delhi slum to Sydney scholar covered by BBC World News
Girl from Delhi slum carving her way to success
This is the story of a beautiful girl called Nandana in her own words: My name is Nandana. I am 18 years old. We are a family of 7. My parents moved with the 5 of us from Punjab to…
Kavita- Determined fight to enter the hallowed portals of the university
Kavita lives in Safeda Basti, a slum that is one of the worst I’ve seen. It’s about 4km away from Chanderpuri. The Asha team from Chanderpuri go there on a regular basis, and the students from Safeda come to the…
Anshika’s Resilience to conquer the odds in pursuit of Higher Education.
Hello folks, this is the story of Asha student Anshika who lives in Kusumpur Pahadi slum. Her father is an alcoholic and does not work. Her mother works as a housemaid in people’s homes and earns about 120 dollars a…
Opening the doors of college education for Dev
There are daily admissions happening at Delhi University and each time I receive the news of any student, I’m always excited. In many ways it’s a miracle. Here are some more stories: Dev lives in Chanderpuri slum community with his…
Ganpat’s winning stride to enter Delhi University
Ganpat is an Asha student from Kusumpur slum community. His father is a daily wage laborer. We found Ganpat to be intelligent and good at his studies in school. We supported him with plenty of scholastic material, books, mentoring, coaching…