To access 42-year-old Premila’s house, one must walk through streets littered with glass shards, battle toxic fumes from burning lubricants and deafening sounds of disowned vehicles being hammered into scrap. Premila’s shanty-town is the neighbour to one of Asia’s biggest…
This International Women’s Day, here is an acknowledgement to the wonderful efforts of some of the women from Asha communities. Their diligence and a strong desire to achieve something in life makes them stand out amongst others. These women have…
Entering Savda Ghevra slum colony, one can hardly imagine that barely ten years ago the same colony was an isolated, mosquito-infested, overgrown patch of land with no water, toilets, clinics, schools, roads or even public transport. In April 2006, Thokar…
The 28th of October, 2013 marked the fifth year of the ‘Celebration of Learning’, an event to celebrate the remarkable achievements of nearly 1,000 students from Asha’s slum communities who have been accepted to university. The evening was graced by…
Last week, Asha was glad to welcome once again our old supporters and friends, Nigel and Sue Rees and Julie Hogben (with husband, Dr Richard Hogben who had been working at Asha for the past three weeks) and with them…
