Thank you Video 2022 from Asha
Dear Friends of Asha, As 2022 comes to a close, attached is a Thank You video for all Asha supporters and partners. Please feel free to share. How wonderful that we can reflect on ways in which we have together…
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Proud Moment for Asha: Amritesh graduates from the University of Queensland- School of Economics.
Yesterday was another exciting and proud moment for the entire Asha global family as Amritesh, an Asha student from the Kusumpur Pahari Slum community, received his Masters degree yesterday from Chancellor Peter Varghese, University of Queensland. Amritesh joined the two-year…
Macquarie Team conducted Interactive Activities and Celebrated Christmas with Children at the Zakhira Slum Community
As part of their employee volunteering session, Asha ‘s long term partner Macquarie Global Services led by Smriti Shukla and Shweta from Assets Management (MAM) team visited the Asha centre in Zakhira Slum Community where they were welcomed by the…
Deepak from Yamuna Riverbed Slum battles life’s challenges to enter Delhi University
Asha is proud of Deepak, an 18 year old boy from the flood-prone Yamuna Riverbed slum in East Delhi, home of one of the most vulnerable and deprived slum communities, who cleared the recent Central University Entrance Test (CUET) and…
Sharing Joy and Happiness through the Power of Touch across Asha Slum Communities
Hi everyone, as I saw the wonderful pictures of people in the Asha communities lovingly embracing one another, I thought I’d share something of the Power of Touch in our lives. Touch is a fundamental necessity, just as the air…
Macquarie Team facilitates a workshop on Nutrition, Hygiene and Empowerment in Mayapuri Slum
A three-member team, Ms Smriti, Ms Shweta and Ms Shivani from Macquarie Global Services Pvt Ltd. Gurugram, Asha’s long-time supporter, visited the Mayapuri Slum community on 22nd November 2022. After receiving a warm welcome from the Asha team and student…
Dr Saffron Homayoun, a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, visited Dr Ambedkar Basti slum community
Dr Saffron Homayoun, a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist from the US, paid a visit to Asha on 21st November 2022. After a brief orientation at the Head Office on Asha’s interventions for the slum dwellers, she went to Dr Ambedkar…
Vitamin Angels Team Visited the Kusumpur Pahari Slum Community
A Five Member Team from Vitamin Angels, which included Alice Jetkin, Simran Sachdev, Gurupratap Randhawa, Animesh, and Osama Salman, visited the Asha on 16th November’2022. After the initial interaction with the Asha program team at the head office, where they…
Asha: A True Refuge for Sheela, a paralyzed, abandoned elderly in Zakhira Slum
Asha has been looking after Sheela and Ramyag, an abandoned elderly couple in the Zakhira Slum colony, for the last 12 years. Sheela suffered from a paralytic attack in 2010, and since then, she has been bedridden. Ramyag, a heart…
Women in Delhi Slums: the weakest link becoming the strongest Change Agents
Here are some of the strongest Asha women leaders from the Delhi Slums who were once the shyest, less confident, and less educated, becoming change agents to bring a positive transformation in the slum communities. These Asha Mahila Mandal women…
Monika entre College, after Successfully clearing the Newly Introduced Common University Entrance Test (CUET)
Monika Yadav is an 18-year-old girl who resides in the Nehru Ekta slum community. Her family consist of four members: father, mother, elder brother and herself. Her father belongs to a family of farmers from the western UP. After his…
Children Practicing Values-The Asha Way of Life
Asha Values lies at the core of its thematic interventions and acts as a critical pivot for all its programme endeavours.The children of Bal Mandal begins their journey at Asha learning life skills embedded with values such as joy, gratitude,…