It was a great pleasure for Asha to welcome a team of 22 members from Onslow College, New Zealand on Saturday the 13th of October, 2012. The team was led by Dennis Fountain, an old friend of Asha. After a…
It was a day full of excitement and cheer for children from Jeevan Nagar slum colony on Saturday, 6th October with the visit of two Brownies (Girl Guides), Bella and Ellin from the British High Commission accompanied by Ms. Jill…
On Saturday, 6th October a group of 11 people led by Mr. Harish Rao, Head – Asia Pacific, Sundaram Business Services visited Asha. Mr. Rao takes a keen interest in Asha’s work and thus invited the group to visit one…
A team of five members led by Liz and Colin Davison from Northern Ireland, UK worked at Asha’s Jeewan Nagar centre in the month of August. They were engaged in a variety of activities from painting the resource centre to…
Recently, a team consisting 10 of graduate students from Twickenham, London visited Asha for two weeks and worked at Mayapuri slum colony. They painted the children’s resource centre and the computer room at the Asha centre with fun and colorful…
Last week, Asha was glad to welcome once again our old supporters and friends, Nigel and Sue Rees and Julie Hogben (with husband, Dr Richard Hogben who had been working at Asha for the past three weeks) and with them…
While everyone at Asha was busy working for college admissions of students during the last month, we also had the pleasure of welcoming Dr Richard Hogben, a doctor from the UK on 2nd July 2012 to work with Asha for…
Education is transformation – that’s what I’ve seen so clearly, teaching English to children in Trilokpuri slum, Delhi. What’s more is that Asha’s students know this too and are fantastically keen to learn. I have been so privileged to help…
On July 17th and 18th, events were held at Asha headquarters to congratulate about 80 of the class 12 students from Asha slum who have received acceptance into Delhi University. The events started with words of encouragement from some of…
Nearly 800 women die every day in the process of giving life. About 1.8 billion young people are entering their reproductive years, often without the knowledge, skills and services they need to protect themselves. Almost 222 million women who would…
Tuesday, June 26th marked an important day in the lives of 17 students from Asha slums. They are the first participants in Asha’s Internship Programme, a pioneering initiative that gives students from slums a chance to get work experience in…
It was a momentous day for the people of Peera Garhi on Saturday June 23rd as two mobile health vans were inaugurated in the slum area. The residents of Peera Garhi have long faced a healthcare service crisis. These vans,…
