“I extend the warmest of welcomes to John and Sara and the team from The Rivier in New York. They have been visiting Asha’s Jeevan Nagar community regularly since 2014. And Jeevan Nagar is cleaner, healthier, and much better educated…
Born in Darbhanga, Bihar, to a family of farmers, Israt was born and brought up in her ancestral village in the 1980s. Deprived of education and basic needs from a young age, Israt and her siblings spent their childhood assisting…
We wish Asha student Abhishek, the first beneficiary of the ‘Sydney Scholars India Equity Scholarship’ all the very best for his future as he beings to pursue ‘Master of Management’ at the prestigious University of Sydney.
Rambuli’s parents were immigrants who settled in Delhi in the early 1940s. They started working as mill labourers, earning just Rs.15 a month (US$0.21). This money was barely enough to feed this family of 16 and times were tough. Life…
6-year-old Roshni, who lives near the railway line in Mayapuri slum community has shown her whole community the meaning of strength and determination. Roshni’s parents Ramchand and Komal hail from Uttar Pradesh. Ramchand who now works at a Mobile repairing…
Amreen grew up in a protective household in Nangloi slum, West of Delhi during the early 1990s. Her father was a hardworking and strict parent who had a job as a truck driver carrying goods across the country. He made…
Arti ‘s parents were migrants from the state of Uttar Pradesh, who settled in the Tigri slum community during the early 1990s. Arti’s childhood was filled with despair as her mother suffered from mental health issues. Her father was employed…
Asha’s long-time supporters in Sacramento USA, Dr. Praveen and Nalini Prasad and their friend TJ visited Asha in January for two days. Dr. Nalini spearheads Asha’s fundraiser in Sacramento for the last many years. To witness the life in the…
Dr.Kiran Martin’s humble beginnings and struggles in the founding of Asha were recently chronicled by Femina, the most popular women’s English magazine in the country. Dr.Kiran had a special feature in this monthly issue wherein her enthusiasm and pathos for…
In the words of Dr. Kiran Martin- ‘What a wonderful day it was yesterday. We said goodbye to the British High Commissioner to India Sir Dominic and his wife Lady Asquith. Many young people whose lives they had touched came…
Hi there everyone, there was yet another farewell at Asha- given to the Australian High Commissioner to India Her Excellency Harinder Sidhu, who will be returning to Canberra shortly after spending 4 years in India. She touched many…
Born in Paharganj, Central Delhi in the year 1997, Sapna was the third child from a total of 7 siblings. Her parents were migrants from the city of Rampur in Uttar Pradesh. Sapna remembers her childhood as poverty-stricken with her…
