“Education means a lot in everyone’s life as it facilitates our knowledge and skills. It completely changes our personality and helps us remain optimistic”, shares Sagar who is from Asha’s Tigri slum community. With such progressive thinking, Sagar excelled in…
Every kid has a right to education. It’s a harsh reality that many kids are still deprived of basic education. But Iram from Seelampur slum community is an exception. She scored a brilliant 88.7% in her High School examination. Eighteen-year-old…
A programme that started with just 8 students getting an opportunity to intern in two Multinational Companies in the year 2012, has come a long way since its inception. It has been incredible to receive such an overwhelming response, with…
We are excited to announce our new partnership with SONY India Ltd along with their implementation partner, NIIT Foundation. Yesterday at Asha’s Seelmapur centre a “Hole in the Wall” project was inaugurated by Mr. Simon Shimomura- CSR Head – SONY…
This beautiful little girl Nikita is from Kusumpur Pahari slum community, whose father works as a gardener and mother as a housemaid. Nikita loves to study and the government school she goes to is the only place where she can…
This is what Mother’s Day was like in Asha’s slum communities. A day full of affirmation and gratitude displayed by the children towards their mothers. The one filled with emotional moments when children gifted handmade cards to their mothers. In…
‘’This is not how I always smiled. I lacked confidence and I felt hopeless due to the challenges in my life. My father was alcoholic, who spent all his little earning on his drinking and my poor mother must work…
These pictures display, what women empowerment can do with collective effort. Trained to advocate for their rights, women’s association in Trilokpuri were adamant to convert an empty space, misused by the residents for dumping garbage. This empty space was…
Kajal, a diligent girl from Dr. Ambedkar slum colony, faced tremendous challenges, yet she stood strong. Many people in her circumstances would have given up. But this young woman took up every challenge that came her way and turned them…
Getting married at a young age of 19, soon after High School was the last thing she wanted. Sunita never had any idea of slums before she moved to Tigri colony in South Delhi. Her husband back then did not…
