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Tushar: An example for all Slum Children

Tushar: An example for all Slum Children
May we love the children in our communities with pure hearts, become a place for them where they can deposit their worries, may we deliver them from all their troubles and calamities, and may we always be worthy of their trust. From living in a shanty sandwiched between a railway track and a scrapyard, his…
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Asha, a Lifeline for Rajkumari, a Paralytic Patient

Asha, a Lifeline for Rajkumari, a Paralytic Patient
Rajkumari, 70 years old, widow, lives in Kalkaji Slum. She originally belonged to a small village in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Her parents, landless farmers, were forced to marry her when she was only fourteen. The young couple shifted to Delhi a year after marriage for a better life. As they were less educated…
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Chandan, the Asha’s first PhD Scholar

Chandan, the Asha’s first PhD Scholar
This is Chandan from an Asha slum community. From living on rent in a one room shanty, being thrown out of the shanty by its owner, father a labourer in old Delhi earning 120 dollars a month, studying in a public school and not knowing a word of English, he has come a long long…
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