It is always wonderful to welcome old friends and supporters from different parts of the world, at Asha. Like every year, we were glad to welcome Asha supporter, David Briggs and his team of teachers from the UK. The team…
We were pleased to have 31 girls interning for us for over a month from Lady Irwin College who are pursuing their Bachelors in Education. Having a specialized background of teaching, these girls got the opportunity to work with children…
Long-time Asha ambassadors from the UK, Dr Dick and Julie Hogben, Nigel and Sue Rees, Steve Baker and Dr Steve Dyer were here with us at Asha. During their two weeks stay, Steve, Nigel, Sue and Julie visited Asha slum…
As our Internship Programme begins for this session, Asha’s University students are gearing up to make full use of this opportunity. On February 20, 2016 a workshop was conducted for our university students by Surbhi Saimbi from Tech Mahindra and…
Dr Elaine Smith, a Rheumatologist and Dr Frances Loughridge, a General Practitioner (GP) from the UK volunteered with us for a week in February. They conducted clinics at various Asha slum centres including holding our first clinic at the new…
One of the most recent areas where Asha has started working is the new Seelampur slum colony, located on the banks of river Yamuna. Amidst the filth and dirt, the slum is one of the most under developed areas with…
It was wonderful to have a team of nine undergraduate and post graduate students from Trinity College, University of Melbourne for the first time at Asha. The team worked at Seelampur slum colony for nearly two weeks. The team painted…
It was great to have a team from Royal School Armagh with us. This was their first visit to Asha, and the students came up with some wonderful activities to engage with our children from Trilokpuri slum colony. During their…
We are very grateful at Asha, for the incredible contributions Ballymena Academy, Northern Ireland has dedicated toward Tigri slum colony. This was the fifth team from Ballymena Academy to volunteer with Asha. This group of thirteen students, ages sixteen through…
The Asha communities benefited greatly from the month long visit of midwives Elizabeth and Paula (of Bendigo Health, Australia) and their mascot, Indi. Coordinated through Bendigo Bank and Bendigo Health, the two women came to Delhi in September with the…
