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Arti ‘s parents were migrants from the state of Uttar Pradesh, who settled in the Tigri slum community during the early 1990s. Arti’s childhood was filled with despair as her mother suffered from mental health issues. Her father was employed in the government sector as a cleaner, he made a meagre earning of Rs.400 (5.62…

Dr.Kiran Martin’s humble beginnings and struggles in the founding of Asha were recently chronicled by Femina, the most popular women’s English magazine in the country. Dr.Kiran had a special feature in this monthly issue wherein her enthusiasm and pathos for the development of slum dwellers came to light. Femina was founded in the year 1959,…

Hi there everyone, there was yet another farewell at Asha- given to the Australian High Commissioner to India Her Excellency Harinder Sidhu, who will be returning to Canberra shortly after spending 4 years in India. She touched many lives at Asha, hosted events at the AHC, attended Asha student gatherings, facilitated the launch of the…

Born in Paharganj, Central Delhi in the year 1997, Sapna was the third child from a total of 7 siblings. Her parents were migrants from the city of Rampur in Uttar Pradesh. Sapna remembers her childhood as poverty-stricken with her father working as a rickshaw driver and her mother working in a factory. They barely…