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Hi folks, most of you have met Dr Sharmila Lal, I think. She has been providing the finest of health care to Asha patients since 1990. Although she is an Obstetrician/ Gynecologist, she has been functioning as a General Practitioner for 33 years at Asha. The patients love her, and many come from long distances…

This is Chandan. He lived in poverty all his life in an Asha slum community, his father picking up heavy boxes of copper wire from trucks, and manually transporting them into storage spaces. I remember meeting him when he was about 7 years of age; he was sitting on my lap at the Asha Centre…

A surreal moment in the lives of the boys- meeting famous Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting at a major event organized by the Australia India Chamber of Commerce. The Asha video was shown, and the work of Asha was spoken about at many points during the evening. Ricky Ponting is now the Coach for the IPL…

I met with the Governor of Victoria the Hon Linda Dessau who is the Patron of Australian Friends of Asha. She and her husband Anthony had visited Asha some years ago. She was delighted to hear of the progress of the Asha students in Australia. We all hoped for an event at Government House on…