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Asha Student Mohini from Tigri Slum Community

Dr Kiran: 'This is a beautiful video of Mohini from Asha’s Tigri Slum Community. I remember, during the early years of Asha, I personally witnessed newborn baby girls being strangulated by the midwife with the umbilical cord, and they were still born. I saw one of them being buried behind her mother’s shanty, surrounded by…
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With no one to call her own, Asha becomes her family

Haseena is a 65-year-old elderly woman who resides in Jeevan Nagar slum. She originally hails from the state of Tamil Nadu in South India. Haseena was an orphan and had no one to call her own while growing up. Life was extremely difficult as she had to learn to fend for herself from a young…
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Asha student Vandana from Mayapuri slum community

Dr Kiran: 'Hello everyone, below is a moving video of Vandana, recorded by her in English. I have to say I was impressed by the level of English displayed. She is being given English lessons by an 18 year old enthusiastic teacher called Julianna. Julianna is now a freshman student at university in the US.…
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