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Members of the Australian World Orchestra, who are currently touring India holding concerts across the country, visited Asha on Saturday, October 31. A total of 40 members visited our communities at Zakhira, Mayapuri and Kanak Durga slum colonies, in teams of three. [caption id="attachment_2982" align="alignnone" width="2056"] The AWO team talking to children at Mayapuri slum…

We were happy to have a team from Australia visit us. Dr Kiran welcomed Penny Fowler, Chairman of The Herald and Weekly Times, Ross Fitzgerald, Director of Visy Industries, Lisa Sampson also from Visy Industries, and Greg Sheridan, Australian foreign affairs journalist with his wife, Jessie. [caption id="attachment_2977" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Dr Kiran with the Australian…

The Asha communities benefited greatly from the month long visit of midwives Elizabeth and Paula (of Bendigo Health, Australia) and their mascot, Indi. Coordinated through Bendigo Bank and Bendigo Health, the two women came to Delhi in September with the mission of assisting the women’s healthcare efforts at Asha’s centers. Elizabeth and Paula began work…