On Tuesday 28th January 2014, India’s Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Hon Mr Kapil Sibal met with first year college students from Asha communities. The students were accompanied by Asha’s Founder and Director, Dr Kiran Martin. It was the…
On Saturday 25th January 2014, Hon Mr LK Advani , Chairman BJP Parliamentary Party met with college students from Asha communities. Accompanied by Dr Kiran, the students spent a long time speaking to Mr Advani and narrated stories of their…
A felicitation programme was held on 23rd of January to appreciate the efforts of the Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) working for Asha in different slum colonies. In November, Asha’s healthcare staff organised an internal evaluation programme to assess the work…
On 11th January 2014, 15 students from Harvard Business School visited Asha to see first-hand and understand the transformational work that Asha has been doing with the slum communities in Delhi. After a brief introduction about the work of Asha…
It was a morning filled with great energy as over 300 from Asha slums across Delhi got together to attend a Students’ Meet organised under Asha’s Higher Education Programme on 18th December 2013. Since its inception in 2008, Asha’s Higher…
On Monday, 16th December, Asha had the privilege of welcoming dynamic Asha supporter from Australia, Dr Ranjit Rao. Accompanied by his wife Kanchana and two children Arjun and Samika along with his father-in-law Mr. D.R. Kaarthikeyan, Former Director, Central Bureau…
It was with great pleasure and a sense of privilege that I was able to return to Delhi and carry out general medical and rheumatology clinics in several of the Asha slums over the duration of a week. On this…
The book A Journey of Hope was launched during Asha’s 25th Anniversary celebrations by British High Commissioner HE Sir James Bevan. It tells the story of Asha through the photographs of Ed Sewell and the reflections of Asha’s founder and…
It was a morning filled with much excitement and flurry of preparations as the Asha team and community in Dr. Ambedkar slum colony got ready to welcome the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ms. Julie Bishop MP on Monday, 18th…
Asha had an extremely busy two weeks when teams of students and teachers from Methodist College Belfast and Ballymena Academy visited in October. Both the schools visit Asha regularly and have supported its work over the past many years. The…
The 28th of October, 2013 marked the fifth year of the ‘Celebration of Learning’, an event to celebrate the remarkable achievements of nearly 1,000 students from Asha’s slum communities who have been accepted to university. The evening was graced by…
Friday, the 25th of October, 2013 saw the British High Commission celebrate the achievements of nearly 1,000 students from the slums of Delhi who have secured admission to university through Asha’s Higher Education Programme initiated in 2008. British High Commissioner,…
