Gryphon School visits Asha
We were happy to have a team of over 20 Grade 11 students and 4 teachers from Gryphon School, Sherborne, Dorset with us on March 26, 2016. Though visiting us for the first time, the school has been supporting Asha…
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Spreading awareness on World Tuberculosis Day
This World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, the Asha slum communities came together to spread awareness about the disease and its prevention. Standing by the theme of this year – Unite to End TB – the community members of different age groups,…
Batch-II of Student Ambassador Programme
On March 11, 2016 Dr Kiran convened the first meeting of a new batch of Asha Student Ambassadors. The group is made up of 25 students from slum colonies across Delhi. Dr Kiran congratulated them for being selected as Ambassadors…
Celebrating Women’s Day at Asha slums
Asha’s women celebrated the International Women’s Day across slum communities on March 8, 2016. They took this opportunity to appreciate each other’s contribution towards a better tomorrow. While some women decided to celebrate this day with a potluck lunch at…
Saluting the Wonder Women from Asha slums
This International Women’s Day, here is an acknowledgement to the wonderful efforts of some of the women from Asha communities. Their diligence and a strong desire to achieve something in life makes them stand out amongst others. These women have…
Asha students prepare for Internships
As our Internship Programme begins for this session, Asha’s University students are gearing up to make full use of this opportunity. On February 20, 2016 a workshop was conducted for our university students by Surbhi Saimbi from Tech Mahindra and…
McClay Foundation visits Asha
Dr Kiran and the Asha team welcomed Colin Hayburn and Stephen Campbell from Mc Clay Foundation, Northern Ireland at Asha on February 24, 2016. The Foundation has been supporting Asha programmes for the past many years now. Dr Kiran gave…
Indian Minister for Science and Technology at Asha
It was a great joy to have Dr Harsh Vardhan, Hon’ble Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, visit us on February 19, 2016. Dr Kiran and the Asha team welcomed him at the Asha Polyclinic and Diagnostic Centre…
Macquarie Global Services donates medical equipment
Macquarie Global Services have kindly donated towards two of the most pressing needs of our healthcare programme – a Fully Automated Biochemistry Analyser and a Colour Doppler machine. Macquarie’s Head of Global Finance Services – India, Mr Sandeep Dhawan and…
Dr Kiran welcomed at the office of the Indian Minister for Science and Technology
Dr Kiran had the honour and pleasure of meeting with Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Government of India, on 12 February 2016. He has been an Asha supporter almost since it was founded. As…
My fifth visit to Asha – a report by Dr Elaine Smith
Dr Elaine Smith, a Rheumatologist and Dr Frances Loughridge, a General Practitioner (GP) from the UK volunteered with us for a week in February. They conducted clinics at various Asha slum centres including holding our first clinic at the new…
Asha’s first-ever clinic at the river bed colony near Seelampur
One of the most recent areas where Asha has started working is the new Seelampur slum colony, located on the banks of river Yamuna. Amidst the filth and dirt, the slum is one of the most under developed areas with…