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“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…

Have you ever noticed the people selling shoes on a footpath? That’s what my father and brother do, they sell shoes in the weekly markets in a different part of Delhi says Arti a 19-year-old. Arti’s family resides from Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh. Her father came to live with his friend from the village and started…

Sweta resides in Indra Camp slum located in North-East Delhi. Her parents were migrants from Uttar Pradesh. As a child, her father Kanchan Lal was studious. However, due to poor financial conditions, at the age of 10, he started working in sugarcane fields assisting his father. This left a deep hole in him and unfulfillment…