To combat malnutrition amongst young children in the slums, the highly nutritious and delicious ‘Asha High Energy Laddoo’ has been distributed to hundreds of young children in all the slum communities. This laddoo is going to help in the growth of all malnourished children and help them to gain good weight. The Asha High Energy…
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Asha COVID-19 Emergency Response: ‘Asha High Energy Laddoo’ inaugurated by Dr Kiran at Zakhira slum community
There have been many horrendous after-effects of the lockdown, one of them is how healthy young children in the slums have fallen back into malnutrition. As slum families were left with no job and income to feed their children, many have survived the lockdown with one single meal a day. This is how children aged…
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Asha warriors continue to be brave and committed to serve their communities
Dr Kiran- “As the numbers of cases are increasing daily, the Asha Corona Warriors continue to be brave and committed, visiting every home in their communities. The afternoon temperature is 40°C (104 deg F)and it’s challenging to wear PPE in this heat. Most people are scared to go out because of the cases and density…
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Asha’s supplementary feeding program provides children with a nutritious diet
Dr Kiran- ”Hello folks, as I sit among the young children in the Asha communities and engage with them and their mothers, one of the sad effects of the pandemic is that the parents are so stressed with their employment and financial situation, and the lack of food, that there is no room or time…
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