Yesterday was another exciting and proud moment for the entire Asha global family as Amritesh, an Asha student from the Kusumpur Pahari Slum community, received his Masters degree yesterday from Chancellor Peter Varghese, University of Queensland. Amritesh joined the two-year International Economics and Finance course at the UQ School of Economics in 2021, becoming the…
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Macquarie Team conducted Interactive Activities and Celebrated Christmas with Children at the Zakhira Slum Community
As part of their employee volunteering session, Asha ‘s long term partner Macquarie Global Services led by Smriti Shukla and Shweta from Assets Management (MAM) team visited the Asha centre in Zakhira Slum Community where they were welcomed by the Asha staff and Children association (Bal Mandal) members. It was a session of interactive educational…
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Deepak from Yamuna Riverbed Slum battles life’s challenges to enter Delhi University
Asha is proud of Deepak, an 18 year old boy from the flood-prone Yamuna Riverbed slum in East Delhi, home of one of the most vulnerable and deprived slum communities, who cleared the recent Central University Entrance Test (CUET) and secured admission for B. Com Honours at the prestigious University of Delhi. Deepak's family migrated…
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Sharing Joy and Happiness through the Power of Touch across Asha Slum Communities
Hi everyone, as I saw the wonderful pictures of people in the Asha communities lovingly embracing one another, I thought I’d share something of the Power of Touch in our lives. Touch is a fundamental necessity, just as the air we breathe. We first experience the world through touch, and we cannot survive without it.…
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