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,…
This year, competition to enter Delhi University was greater than ever before with qualifying marks being as high as 98% to 100% for many courses. This means additional pressure on students from the slums to compete with those with better…
It was an exciting day for community in Jeevan Nagar slum colony as they got ready to welcome visitors from the British High Commission and Melbourne University on 12thSeptember 2013. The delegation comprised of Prof. Rob Moodie accompanied by Dr.…
27th of August, 2013 was an eventful day for Asha as it got ready to welcome the Japanese Ambassador, His Excellency, Mr. Takeshi Yagi and his team from the Embassy of Japan. Mr. Yagi had a free-wheeling session with Dr.…
Little would one realize that the quiet and soft-spoken Chandan is the Asha topper with a whopping score of 89% (A grade). Hailing from Jeevan Nagar slum colony, 19 year old Chandan is the son of a daily wage labourer…
