Hello folks, yesterday we had a Christmas get together with the Polyclinic and Finance/Admin Teams. What a joyful occasion it was. Everyone got a gift for one other person, and affirmed the person before giving it to them. They often…
Hi there folks, as you may have heard, hundreds of young girls have fallen into severe malnutrition during Covid. Here is another sad and moving story of Suman. It ends with the Hope, the Asha that enters her life. My…
Hi everyone, my visit to Chanderpuri slum was a day of mixed feelings, sadness at the terrible plight of malnourished girls, and joy that they felt valued and were given the best of care by the Asha team. I did…
Here’s some more great news. My mentees and I met with the Minister Councillor for Education at the Australian High Commission along with his entire team. His name is Mathew Johnston. He was absolutely delighted to hear that Tushar and…
I had a wonderful day at the Mayapuri clinic today. I met with many malnourished girls and found that our Nurse Practitioner Shiny is taking excellent care of them. She has been regularly giving them, Iron and Folic Acid, Vitamin…
Affirmation is quite closely linked to the value of gratitude. According to the Oxford dictionary, ‘to affirm’ means: to state or assert positively, to maintain as true. It also stands for giving a person a heightened sense of value through…
This is the story of 19 year old Archana who has lived in great poverty in Mayapuri slum by the railway track. Archana’s family consists of 8 members; her parents and her younger siblings. Her father is the only earning…
Hi folks, there has been a new development in the past few weeks: the rise in patients who are getting Dengue Fever. This can be life threatening and there have already been about 45000 deaths from Dengue Fever in India…
Hello folks, this is the beautiful story of Vidya from Kusumpur Pahadi slum. Her father tragically died about ten years ago and immediately after, the family went into deep financial distress. Vidya was young, and a bright student at school.…
Hi everyone, we had a wonderful evening yesterday at the home of Drs Praveen and Nalini Prasad in Sacramento. The Sacramento Chapter of FOA was founded by Nalini (Dermatologist) with the support of her husband Praveen (Neurosurgeon). They have been…
Here is Tushar’s journey from Delhi slum to Sydney scholar covered by BBC World News
This is the story of a beautiful girl called Nandana in her own words: My name is Nandana. I am 18 years old. We are a family of 7. My parents moved with the 5 of us from Punjab to…
