“The memories of those dark days of my life still haunts me. My mother was on the death bed and my father used to do all the domestic chores as well as took care of mother and us” said a teary-eyed Yash Pal. Yash was barely 14 years old when…
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A son’s first hero and a daughter’s first love- a father, who is always there to support you, help you and protect you, and most importantly, he will always have your back. On Father’s Day, we at Asha slum communities organized a small get together to express the love for…
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An impoverished 4-yard long shanty is where Nageena lives! One has to climb a weak wooden ladder in order to reach Nageena every time. 17-year-old Nageena dwells in Asha’s Seelampur slum community for years. The family of six includes Nageena, her parents and three siblings. The hunt to earn a dignified…
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It was an amazing day when Dr Kiran opened her house for her birthday celebration on June 9 in spite of the heatwave sweeping the capital city-Delhi. This year, Dr Kiran requested her loved ones not to bring gifts, rather donate in order to help the Asha slum children pursue…
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We are all very excited to share with you the excellent results of the Asha students in their school leaving exams. Amongst 560 Asha slum children who had appeared for the exams, 97 % passed, 210 of the students scored above 70% in aggregate and nine of them above 90%. …
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Australian Friends of Asha Slums invites you to a fundraising cocktail party to celebrate as Asha graduate Chandan Singh commences a three-month research program in Mathematics at the Australian National University in Canberra. Asha aspires to have every child and young person in its reach benefit from education including those…
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A programme that started with just 26 students getting an opportunity to intern in the year 2012, has come a long way since its inception. It has been incredible to receive such an overwhelming response, with many more partners collaborating with Asha to provide a platform for the young talent…
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“I was born in great poverty to parents who lived in a slum by the railway track. My father was a labourer doing low paid work at Asia’s largest scrapyard, breaking down old cars or machines with crude tools and implements, and earning barely 75 pounds in a month. The…
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“Ten years of my association with Asha has provided me with beautiful gifts in form of my children, my life,” says 27-year-old Pooja- a resident of Asha’s Tigri slum community and a member of Asha’s Mahila Mandal. She has given birth to an identical pair of twins (sons). Married at…
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On May 18, Asha conducted a special Eye Camp in Mayapuri slum community. A medical team of 9 from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, led by the Head of the Ophthalmology Department- Dr J Bhalla visited the centre and held the free eye camp. Before the camp, the Asha Team led…
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