Dr Kiran- ”Hello, friends, I have been receiving reports of the poor scrambling to get food when government workers come to distribute it at various places in the city. People fall down and get hurt, and push their utensils forward,…
Dr Kiran- ”Hello folks, today I would like to draw your attention to Hidden Hunger in children. This is the Hunger caused by a deficiency of essential nutrients in the food. Malnourished children in the slums suffer from Iron Deficiency…
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Dr Kiran-”These are some of the worst affected and poorest families in the slums. It’s almost impossible for them to survive. The men are mainly cycle-rickshaw pullers whose earnings are already meager. The lockdown has meant that the families are…
The emergence of Corona Virus, a global pandemic which is a threat to humanity as described by WHO has presented severe existential crisis, especially for the poor and vulnerable section of the society living in the slum communities. In these…
Dr Kiran: ”This patient is a COVID-19 positive case. He was reported immediately by our Corona Warrior, tested and confirmed. He and his family were taken to hospital and the entire community was sealed. The Warrior informed the local municipal…
Suneshvari Devi is a 74-year-old woman who lives in Mayapuri slum. She hails from a small village in Bihar and has been living in Delhi for the past 25 years. Suneshvari has lived a difficult life, filled with despair and…
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Dr Kiran: ”Hello everyone, today onwards we have begun focusing on children under five years of age who are suffering from malnutrition due to food insecurity. The impact of malnutrition in this age group is severe. They can experience stunting,…
Asha – Providing relief to the families in distress in the slums of Jeewan Nagar during the unprecedented crisis of Covid-19. The crisis posed by the deadly coronavirus affecting humanity has resulted in unprecedented problems across the country. To control…
Dr Kiran: ”Hundreds of sick patients finally get medications through Asha’s Community Health Volunteers. Expectant mothers, postnatal mothers and newborns are given special attention. Our CHV’s are well trained and seasoned through having provided primary care to our communities for…
Gajender Pratap is a 50-year-old who resides in Safeda Basti, an informal settlement located in the East of Delhi. He originally belongs to a small village in the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh. Gajender remembers his childhood as a daily…
