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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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A Short Video on Asha’s Interventions during the River Bed Crisis

A Short Video on Asha’s Interventions during the River Bed Crisis

This short video shows some of the Asha interventions during this River Bed Crisis. Do have a look. Here is the link for the Video: https://bit.ly/3csSflG

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Asha reaches out to the Flood affected Slum Communities in River Bed

Asha reaches out to the Flood affected Slum Communities in River Bed

Hi everyone, the flood affected families on the River Bed have no homes, so we are helping them to make temporary structures and covering their roofs with water proof material. The Asha Ambassadors from other communities are doing all this work. It’s quite dangerous trying to lay a roof on a shaky structure. The Ambassadors…

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