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Dr Kiran runs a clinic at Asha’s Kalkaji slum centre

Dr Kiran- ”I was very disheartened to meet a child in Kalkaji pictured below. This child was left in the care of her sister while the mother went to stand in a line to get food for the family. Scalding hot water fell on the child’s left lower limb and she had to be treated…
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Dr Kiran runs a baby clinic at Jeevan Nagar slum community

Dr Kiran- ”I was received with great warmth and gratitude by the residents of Asha’s Jeevan Nagar Community this past Monday. We ran a baby clinic there and I was disturbed to find that a lot of children under 5 years of age who had been healthy, had fallen into malnutrition or were on their…
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Dr Kiran visits slum families located by the riverbed

Dr Kiran- ”My visit today was to a slum community of about 300 families located on the bed of the river Yamuna that flows through the eastern part of the city. The heat was scorching at 45 degrees C ( 113 deg F) and hot dust was flying everywhere. The Asha team led by Sweeta…
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Asha provides menstrual hygiene products to young girls

Dr Kiran- ”Hello folks, young girls in our communities are facing major problems because they have no money to buy menstrual hygiene products. They were using them before, but now they have to use pieces of cloth. Privacy is a major issue because the public toilets are unhygienic and the doors are often broken. Nowadays…
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