Hi folks, most of you have met Dr Sharmila Lal, I think. She has been providing the finest of health care to Asha patients since 1990. Although she is an Obstetrician/ Gynecologist, she has been functioning as a General Practitioner…
Hi everyone, the flood affected families on the River Bed have no homes, so we are helping them to make temporary structures and covering their roofs with water proof material. The Asha Ambassadors from other communities are doing all this…
It was a crisis when the water from the river Yamuna entered one of the Asha slum communities on the river bed. Asha immediately sprang into action and provided grocery bags, biscuits, bedsheets and towels to all the affected families.…
This is the beautiful story of 28-year-old Soni who combatted severe malnutrition and successfully gave birth to a healthy baby. Soni has been a resident of the Chanderpuri slum for more than 9 years, where she settled in a one-room…
Hi there folks, as you may have heard, hundreds of young girls have fallen into severe malnutrition during Covid. Here is another sad and moving story of Suman. It ends with the Hope, the Asha that enters her life. My…
I had a wonderful day at the Mayapuri clinic today. I met with many malnourished girls and found that our Nurse Practitioner Shiny is taking excellent care of them. She has been regularly giving them, Iron and Folic Acid, Vitamin…
This is the story of 19 year old Archana who has lived in great poverty in Mayapuri slum by the railway track. Archana’s family consists of 8 members; her parents and her younger siblings. Her father is the only earning…
Hi folks, there has been a new development in the past few weeks: the rise in patients who are getting Dengue Fever. This can be life threatening and there have already been about 45000 deaths from Dengue Fever in India…
Hello folks, here’s a story that broke my heart. Imraana from Seelampur slum is a mother of three young children. Her father died when she was very young. Her mother, considering her to be a huge burden, married her off…
Hello folks, this message is about the very sad circumstances some young girls are during this pandemic. They have lost so much weight due to just not eating enough food and calories. We give groceries to entire families, but of…
