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“I was born in great poverty to parents who lived in a slum by the railway track. My father was a labourer doing low paid work at Asia’s largest scrapyard, breaking down old cars or machines with crude tools and implements, and earning barely 75 pounds in a month. The biggest tragedy is that after…

An impoverished 4-yard long shanty is where Nageena lives! One has to climb a weak wooden ladder in order to reach Nageena every time. [caption id="attachment_3930" align="aligncenter" width="1920"] Nageena looking out from her shanty in Asha's Seelampur slum community[/caption] 17-year-old Nageena dwells in Asha’s Seelampur slum community for years. The family of six includes Nageena…

We are all very excited to share with you the excellent results of the Asha students in their school leaving exams.  Amongst 560 Asha slum children who had appeared for the exams, 97 % passed, 210 of the students scored above 70% in aggregate and nine of them above 90%.  We are delighted to say…