A resident of Navjeevan Camp in Asha’s Kalkaji slum community- Shabnam lives with her husband and in-laws. Shabnam’s husband works day and night in a private firm to feed the family of five on an earning of Rs 10, 000…
“A so-called Doctor would put some dreaded drops in my eyes in a bid to help me. Confused, I would try to protest but in vain; as my mother would hush me. I used to cry sometimes afterwards while sitting…
It is not inappropriate to talk about menstruation! It is not wrong to express your menstrual cramps! To clear the doubts and fight the menstrual taboos in our society, the team from Macquarie Global Limited’s Gurugram office along with the…
“Ten years of my association with Asha has provided me with beautiful gifts in form of my children, my life,” says 27-year-old Pooja- a resident of Asha’s Tigri slum community and a member of Asha’s Mahila Mandal. She has given…
On May 18, Asha conducted a special Eye Camp in Mayapuri slum community. A medical team of 9 from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, led by the Head of the Ophthalmology Department- Dr J Bhalla visited the centre and held the…
Due to the urban lifestyle and lack of awareness, the slum dwellers are also being affected by lifestyle illnesses such as Diabetes and Hypertension. In order to strengthen our program on Hypertension and Diabetes, this week, the Asha slum communities…
Slums dwellers usually suffer from insecurity and poorer access to basic services. Thus, they are at high risk of having a common mental disorder like depression, anxiety, psychosomatic problems. They are also prone to various addiction. Most of them are…
Imagine an infant wailing in the cradle while the mother’s perhaps in the kitchen or just out of eyesight. The mother does her best and responds by calling out to reassure her little one that she’s around. An infant who…
A sudden bout of chest cramp and cough shook up little Fatima one midnight last year when the family was vacationing in their home town (Bihar). The frightened 12-year-old girl, trying to hide the pain from her elders, decided to…
During the summer of 2007, Narendra’s body temperature shot up all of a sudden. 10-year-old Narendra, a dweller of Asha’s Anna Nagar slum community, was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital. His fever kept on rising. Narendra was admitted into…
