Nineteen years old Abha is a bright and confident girl who aspires to be a journalist. She resides in Asha’s Punjabi Bagh Slum Community with her parents and two siblings. Her father works as a multitasker daily wage labour at…
Slums dwellers usually suffer from insecurity and poorer access to basic services. Thus, they are at high risk of having a common mental disorder like depression, anxiety, psychosomatic problems. They are also prone to various addiction. Most of them are…
Skipping meals isn’t a piece of cake for anyone! In spite of having seen the days of hunger and absolute poverty at home, the 12-year-old Pooja has possessed an unfailing courtesy and forbearance as compared to those of her age.…
Those who want to change the world, the only weapon they can use for that is ‘education’. Last week, Asha Founder and Director Dr Kiran Martin met with some of the Asha Graduates and those pursuing degree courses. The meeting…
To promote goodness and serve the Asha slum communities, Megan Brown and Jessie Cassidy volunteered at Asha for more than a month. Beginning from the month of March, the duo volunteered at the Asha’s Communications Unit and Asha slums till…
Imagine an infant wailing in the cradle while the mother’s perhaps in the kitchen or just out of eyesight. The mother does her best and responds by calling out to reassure her little one that she’s around. An infant who…
A sudden bout of chest cramp and cough shook up little Fatima one midnight last year when the family was vacationing in their home town (Bihar). The frightened 12-year-old girl, trying to hide the pain from her elders, decided to…
“Tuberculosis (TB) not only killed my husband but left my little world into bits,” recalled Somvati. 50-year-old Somvati and her husband migrated to Asha’s Dr Ambedkar Basti in the capital city-Delhi from their village in search of a better livelihood…
In a first of its kind unique and interactive meeting was held at Asha’s Mayapuri slum centre where Board Members and other important functionaries from Friends of Asha across UK, Northern Ireland, USA and Australia participated. The session started with…
The American Embassy School (AES), New Delhi hosted two of the Asha’s staff on 4th March 2019. Asha’s staff introduced the grade 8 students to the work of Asha and the journey of transformation. The school has been associated with…
“She (Dilbari) loved me, helped me like a family when I was left stranded. This came to all of us because of the Asha values,” says Kasturi with the willing smile on her wrinkled face. This is a story of…
During the summer of 2007, Narendra’s body temperature shot up all of a sudden. 10-year-old Narendra, a dweller of Asha’s Anna Nagar slum community, was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital. His fever kept on rising. Narendra was admitted into…
