With the rising cases of COVID-19 positive cases in India with each passing day, India has now become the third worst-affected country in the world. This has affected the Asha slum communities as well wherein there have been multiple positive…
The pandemic has brought along with it the increase in poverty, especially in the slums where most families are either living on one meal a day or going to bed on hungry stomachs. Amongst them, it has been the women…
COVID-19 has had lasting after-effects on the poorest across the world, especially among the slums where every day is a fight for survival. The Asha slums have witnessed a high increase in malnutrition children which has been a direct repercussion…
The after-effects of the lockdown have resulted in not just the malnourishment of young children, this pandemic has created a mass of severely malnourished women in the slums as well. To combat this issue, Asha has launched a ‘Malnutrition Clinic’…
Asha team members at all Asha centres are helping the students register online as their admission to Delhi University as the procedures have started online this year. While the final year Delhi University students are taking mock exams to help…
Asha students over the years have always been made their communities proud of their academic achievements. This year once again one of the most hardworking Asha student, Tushar, has left a strong mark. His achievement will be an inspiration for…
In the midst of the pandemic, Asha students are studying at their homes and Asha centres to prepare for their online exams. Asha team members at all Asha centres are supporting the Asha students by motivating them continuously. The many…
Final year Asha students are gearing up to take their exams online. They are nervous and apprehensive as this is something absolutely new to them. Asha is taking every measure to make sure that each Asha student is supported in…
To combat malnutrition amongst young children in the slums, the highly nutritious and delicious ‘Asha High Energy Laddoo’ has been distributed to hundreds of young children in all the slum communities. This laddoo is going to help in the growth…
There have been many horrendous after-effects of the lockdown, one of them is how healthy young children in the slums have fallen back into malnutrition. As slum families were left with no job and income to feed their children, many…
As the numbers of cases are increasing daily, the Asha Corona Warriors continue to be brave and committed, visiting every home in their communities. The afternoon temperature is 40°C (104 deg F)and it’s challenging to wear PPE in this heat.…
As I sit among the young children in the Asha communities and engage with them and their mothers, one of the sad effects of the pandemic is that the parents are so stressed with their employment and financial situation, and…
