Monthly Archives: March 2020

There are narrow lanes and dusty roads that you will tread on before reaching Haseena’s house in Trilokpuri slum, East Delhi. On arrival, you will see a gated door that leads to a tiny house made up of bricks. One that could easily be described as a matchbox. Haseena’s matchbox home consists of a kitchen…

For some, life is not easy, and education becomes a distant dream. But not so for 21-year-old Anshul, a first-generation learner. Anshul had to face many hurdles to continue his college education. Anshul who lives with his family of four in Nepali Camp R.K Puram in South Delhi and is pursuing second-year graduation studies at…

“The University of Queensland in Brisbane Australia will partner with ASHA and support its equity development work. [caption id="attachment_4350" align="alignnone" width="300"] L-R: Jessica Gallagher, Pro Vice-Chancellor Global Engagement, Peter Varghese AO, Chancellor, Dr Kiran, and Asha Graduate Mahinder[/caption] UQ will support a high achieving Asha student to undertake studies at UQ’s Faculty of Humanities and…

Imagine the mental trauma of a woman who gets beaten up every day by her husband and disabled daughter who cannot do her routine work without any help. This is the story of 40-year-old Shakuntala. Shakuntala migrated from a small village Gonda, Uttar Pradesh to Anna Nagar slum community after her marriage about 22 years…