For more than fifty years, Kishan Devi has called Anna Nagar slum her home. She came to Delhi as a young bride, carrying simple hopes for a stable life. Her husband worked as a daily wage labourer, and together they…
Every morning in the Chanderpuri slum community, as children set out for school in bright uniforms and with heavy schoolbags, one small girl would remain behind. Inaya would stand quietly in the doorway of her one-room shanty, watching them disappear…
Fatima was born into a family already under severe strain. Her mother, Gulshan, was raising two daughters in the Zakhira slum community when Fatima was born, with very limited income and support. In 2016, after the birth of Fatima’s elder…
Asha had the privilege of hosting Mr Rossa Fanning, Attorney General of Ireland, along with H.E. Mr Kevin Kelly, Ambassador of Ireland to India, Mr Raymond Mullen, Deputy Head of Mission, and members of the Irish Embassy at the Ambedkar…
At 64, Mahesh Devi often sits quietly outside her small home in the narrow lanes of Mayapuri, watching the world move past her. For many years, life was full of activity. She had a family to care for, a home…
If you meet Pachi, whom everyone lovingly calls Amma, the first thing you notice is her gentle smile. She is 85 years old and has lived in the Ekta Vihar slum community for more than thirty years. After her husband…
When Asha’s Mobile Health Van first arrived in the Mansarovar slum community, also known as Lal Bagh, in May 2025, many families watched from a distance. This scavengers community had rarely seen regular healthcare services. For years, people had learned…
We are proud to share that the work of Dr. Kiran Martin and Asha Society, along with the inspiring journey of Nancy, an Asha student from the Peeragarhi slum in Delhi to University of Melbourne, has been featured across 8–9…
Yesterday at the Universities Australia Solutions Summit 2026 in Canberra, the Hon. Jason Clare MP, Australia’s Minister for Education, delivered a powerful tribute to Dr. Kiran and the work of Asha. Addressing university leaders and policymakers from across Australia, he…
For many elderly people, growing old brings loneliness and long days of silent suffering. For those living in slum communities, old age is even harder. Angoori is one of them. She is seventy years old and lives alone in Ambedkar…
On a day in Seelampur, a young mother sat beside her sleeping son, her heart filled with gratitude. Saad had been born in 2021, small, but healthy. His weight was normal, and the doctors assured his parents that everything was…
Aarav is five years and Ashish is four. They live with their parents and seven year old sister in a broken one room shanty pressed up against a railway track. Trains roar past day and night. Inside the home, there…
