To honour the women from the slums, Asha has been organising events at different slums where it works throughout the week preceding the 101st Women’s Day on March 8th. Asha invited various local leaders and officials to honour the women…
It was my immense joy to return to Delhi and serve Asha as a medical volunteer for one week in February. I carried out clinics in 4 different slums and one in the polyclinic at Asha HQ. Most of the…
On 29th February, a group of 8th grade students accompanied by three teachers from the American Embassy School visited the Asha centre in Kakaji slum colony. This being the first encounter with slum life for most of the students, they…
On Monday 27th February, 2012, India’s Home Minister Hon Mr P Chidambaram met with seven Class 12 and College children from Asha slum areas in Delhi. Accompanied by Dr Martin and Asha staff member Sweeta Jacob, the children spoke to…
This year there are over 500 students in Asha slums across Delhi studying in Class XII. To help them prepare well for these exams, Asha has distributed sample exam papers and question banks to the Class XII students. These books…
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, accounting for 6 million deaths in 2008. Of these, 70% deaths occurred in low and middle income countries. In India alone, over 350,000 people die of cancer every year. With…
With the final exams for class XII students approaching in March, the students from the slums can struggle with exam stress. To help them through this, Asha recently organised workshops on time management and study preparation at our centres in…
I discovered early that the hardest thing to overcome is not a physical disability but the mental condition which it induces. The world, I found, has a way of taking a man pretty much at his own rating. If he…
‘Every day a child from the slums goes to college, every time they graduate, every time they find a job, a small miracle is taking place.’ These were the words of India’s Home Minister, Mr P Chidambaram at Asha’s Celebration…
It gives me great pleasure to share a few words with you on this wonderful occasion. When I first entered Dr. Ambedkar slum colony where I began my work in 1988, I could hardly believe what I saw. Piles of…
It was a momentous day for 14 Asha students as they met with New Zealand Prime Minister the Rt Hon’ble Mr John Key. Speaking before an assembled gathering, the Prime Minster described the special connection between New Zealand and India,…
On April 13th, Dr Martin delivered the distinguished Greeley Lecture at the Centre for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School at Harvard University. In her lecture, entitled ‘Beyond Distinction, Beyond Difference: Transforming Lives in the slums of…