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 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…
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…
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…
Early February, long time Asha Ambassadors, Dr David and Mrs Helen Finch were here with us for three days. They have been associated with Asha for over two decades; David as the Chairman and Helen as one of the trustees…
It was wonderful to have a team of nine undergraduate and post graduate students from Trinity College, University of Melbourne for the first time at Asha. The team worked at Seelampur slum colony for nearly two weeks. The team painted…
It was a matter of great joy for the community, Dr Kiran and the entire team as we welcomed Hon. Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario, Canada at our community based centre in Jeevan Nagar slum colony. Hon. Premier was accompanied…
Dr Kiran met with Mr LK Advani, senior most leader and patriarch of the BJP today, to bring greetings for 2016 and seek his continued support for the work of Asha. He was very happy to hear that 1500 Asha…
Dr Kiran met with Shemara Wikramanayake, Chair, Macquarie Group Foundation, and Sandeep Dhawan, Division Director, Head of Global Finance Services – India at their Delhi offices on January 18, 2016. They had an exciting discussion on the wonderful benefits of…
Entering Savda Ghevra slum colony, one can hardly imagine that barely ten years ago the same colony was an isolated, mosquito-infested, overgrown patch of land with no water, toilets, clinics, schools, roads or even public transport. In April 2006, Thokar…
“The greatest improvement that I have seen in the past eight months is that the patients have started to rely on physical exercises more than machines. This behaviour change is our greatest achievement,” shared Physiotherapist Shweta. During the initial days…
With support from the Big British Curry Night 2015, an annual fundraising event at Great Britain, we were able to raise funds for the pilot run of Business English classes for Asha students. These classes were facilitated by the British…
