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Monthly Archives: March 2021

Asha Ambassadors coach younger Asha students in the slums

Asha Ambassadors coach younger Asha students in the slums
With the pandemic, the education of school and college students has transferred online almost permanently. This situation has caused young students from the slums to face many queries and concerns in various subjects. At such a time, the Asha Ambassadors within various slums have stepped in and taken on the role of teachers to help…
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Inauguration of IT Center at Asha’s Mayapuri Slum Community

Inauguration of IT Center at Asha’s Mayapuri Slum Community
On 4th March 2021, ASHA inaugurated its first IT Lab in Mayapuri Asha centre in the presence of His Excellency Barry O’Farrell, High Commissioner of Australia to India. The event was also streamed live through zoom, and Asha supporters in Australia and around the world were able to watch with great delight. Dr. Kiran hosted…
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Asha Student Mohini from Tigri Slum Community

Dr Kiran: 'This is a beautiful video of Mohini from Asha’s Tigri Slum Community. I remember, during the early years of Asha, I personally witnessed newborn baby girls being strangulated by the midwife with the umbilical cord, and they were still born. I saw one of them being buried behind her mother’s shanty, surrounded by…
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With no one to call her own, Asha becomes her family

Haseena is a 65-year-old elderly woman who resides in Jeevan Nagar slum. She originally hails from the state of Tamil Nadu in South India. Haseena was an orphan and had no one to call her own while growing up. Life was extremely difficult as she had to learn to fend for herself from a young…
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