Asha was pleased to welcome Volunteer Doctors from the UK to our slum based clinics as well as at the Asha Polyclinic. Health being one of the major concerns across the Asha communities; it was a wonderful opportunity for slum…
Asha’s community based centre at Anna Nagar slum colony was in a dilapidated state making it increasingly unsafe to carry out day-to-day activities. Addressing this, Asha’s beloved builders’ team from Ballymena, Northern Ireland decided to repair and refurbish the building…
On 17th November 2014, Asha had the great joy of welcoming a team of seven members from The River, New York to work at its slum based centre in Jeevan Nagar slum colony. After a pilot visit earlier this year,…
The team from The River New York along with some students from Jeevan Nagar slum colony gathered to intermingle amidst some music on the evening of Friday, the 21st of November, 2014. The evening began with Dr. Kiran welcoming everyone.…
We were all deeply saddened to learn of the passing away of James Gray on 22nd October 2014. James was an Undergraduate at St Andrews University studying Mathematics. Prior to St Andrews he attended Strathallan School in Perthshire. He was…
On 29th October 2014, the Irish Ambassador HE Feilim McLaughlin hosted a dinner reception for the volunteer teams from Wallace High School from Lisburn and Rainey Endowed School from Magherafelt. Hosted at the Ambassador’s residence in the heart of South…
This was my third time in India and my second volunteering with Asha in Tigri, a slum area in the South Delhi. Coming back was so different from the first time I came to Delhi. Then, all I knew was…
We had the pleasure of welcoming Dr Asha Sharma, a retired GP from the UK to work with Asha for the entire month of February. During her first week at Asha, she was mostly working at the Asha polyclinic and…
A team led by Erin Lynn from Monash University, Australia visited Asha during the month of February. The 8-member team comprising postgraduate students and faculty from the university spent a week working at Asha’s slum based centre in Jeewan Nagar…
A team led by Gwen Montgomery from Ireland visited Mayapuri slum colony in the third week of February. They decorated the walls of the children’s resource centre in Mayapuri by painting beautiful murals on them. They also organised craft workshops…
