23/03/2011
World TB Day 2011
Tuberculosis is curable. Yet 1.6 million people die from the disease every year. Better drugs and diagnostics are needed to fight TB. But one of the most effective weapons against TB is greater awareness.
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18/03/2011
From Lincoln to Delhi by Tuk Tuk Article in The Scooterist
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27/01/2011
Career Counseling for Asha Final Year Students
Asha students in their third year and final year of college gathered at the Asha headquarters on Thursday 22nd January for a career counseling workshop. The students will become the first batch to graduate later this spring.
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19/01/2011
Dr Martin Finds Progress in Asha Slums
During her visit to Kusumpur and Tigri slums, Dr Martin observed that the presence of Asha in every home has brought the community closer together and contributed to collective development.
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15/01/2011
Mr Godfrey Martin in the UK and Ireland
Asha Associate Director Mr Godfrey Martin will be visiting the UK and Ireland in January and February 2011.
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14/01/2011
Asha Supporters Plan Sponsored Rickshaw Drive from England to Delhi
Lisa Gibson and Anna Hagens from Lincoln, UK are planning to drive a rickshaw from England to Delhi this summer in support of Asha and the people of Delhi's slums.
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11/01/2011
Blankets for the Elderly from Asha during winter chill
As part of Asha's relief programme, we distributed blankets to the elderly in our slums this winter.
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11/01/2011
Poor Health and Sanitation in Slums Hurt India's Economy
A report by the World Bank indicates that poor health in the slums resulting from inadequate sanitation has a huge negative effect on India's economy.
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21/12/2010
Renovations to Tigri Centre
Thanks to all our loyal supporters who donated to renovate the Tigri Resource Centre following bad flooding during the monsoon season.
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09/12/2010
Support the work of Asha this Human Rights Day
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01/12/2010
World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day is about increasing awareness, raising money, fighting prejudice & improving education about HIV/AIDS.
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09/11/2010
Dr Martin visits Zakhira Slum
On November 2nd, Asha Director, Dr Martin paid a visit to Zakhira slum. Dr Martin wanted to see how the slum was progressing since her last visit and to interact with the local slum dwellers to personally hear their views and concerns.
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04/11/2010
Happy Diwali from Asha
Slum children celebrate The Festival of Diwali by helping those in need.
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21/10/2010
Asha in the Press Across the World
Asha's work has recieved a lot of press coverage lately.
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14/10/2010
The Rickshaw Run Meets Asha
The Rickshaw Run was a great success both in terms of raising a huge amount of money for local charities as well as giving 200 people one of the biggest challenges of their lives in one of the world most welcoming and exciting countries.
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30/09/2010
Asha thanks Jack van Ham
Asha would like to extend our thanks to Jack van Ham, chairman of the Executive Board of ICCO, who is bidding farewell to ICCO after 10 years of service.
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22/09/2010
Asha congratulates new college students
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09/09/2010
Ms Sasha Carruozzo visits Asha
During a visit to India with her husband Mr Mike Rann - Premier of South Australia - Ms Sasha Carruozzo spent time visiting one of Asha's project areas.
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06/09/2010
Vocational students from Asha slums receive educational loans
Students start courses at vocational colleges with the help of loans presented by Dr Kiran Martin and Mr Madan of Punjab National Bank.
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05/09/2010
Tigri slum suffers during 2010 monsoon
Torrential rain and flooding has caused misery and damage in Tigri - an Asha employee describes the scene.
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02/09/2010
News report on Savda Ghevra explains why the area still has many disadvantages
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25/08/2010
Asha's latest annual report is now online
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21/08/2010
A new way of life - Asha's latest students start college
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01/07/2010
Asha's July 2010 newsletter is now online!
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12/05/2010
Deputy Vice Chancellor of Melbourne University leads a delegation to Asha
All of us at Asha, especially our college students, were excited to welcome Professor Susan Elliott, Deputy Vice Chancellor, and 11 other staff and professors from Australia's University of Melbourne this week
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06/05/2010
Belfast City Marathon for Asha
Three teams from Holywood Parish Church, Northern Ireland, ran the Belfast City Marathon in aid of Asha.
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07/04/2010
World Health Day: Celebrate Good Health!
This year, under the "1000 cities - 1000 lives" campaign, cities across the world are being asked to open up their streets for health activities
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31/03/2010
Loan cheques presented at Mayapuri slum
On 30th March 2010, slum dwellers from Asha Centers all over Delhi attended an event at Mayapuri
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23/03/2010
Ballymena Team at Asha
A team of 16 builders, teachers, pharmacists, electricians, and managers came all the way from Ballymena, Northern Ireland to Asha to spend eleven days beautifying centers at Trilokpuri, Mayapuri, Savda Ghevra and Asha Polyclinic in R.K.Puram
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09/03/2010
International Women’s Day
The International Women's Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm and fervour at Ambedkar Basti on 8th March
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06/03/2010
Performance by British Army Band
On 5th March 2010 the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers of the British Army performed live at Jeevan Nagar in front of a gathering of Bal Mandal children and Mahila Mandal members
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04/11/2009
Asha welcomes Mr LK Advani, Leader of the Opposition, Parliament of India
Asha has received many high-profile guests in the past, but on 3rd November, Asha and the residents of Ekta Vihar were particularly excited to welcome a high-profile politician from their own country
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27/10/2009
Asha Society auditor’s report and balance sheet for 2008-2009 now online
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22/10/2009
The Minister of the Environment of Japan visits Asha
The Minister of the Environment of Japan, Mr Sakihito Ozawa, was warmly welcomed at Asha on 20th October at 11am.
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20/10/2009
Dr Martin visits Ekta Vihar
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14/10/2009
Delhi Bike Challenge 2009
Simon Chegwyn could hardly see the road for the sea of people who were waiting to celebrate his arrival after his 11,000 km motorcycle journey from the UK to India
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06/10/2009
Dr Martin visits Seelampur Slum
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05/10/2009
Save the Children report highlights why Asha's work is so vital
In India, a child under the age of 5 dies every 15 seconds. Save the Children are due to publish a report that explains how India's poorest are regularly failed by its healthcare system
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01/10/2009
Asha's October newsletter now online..
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30/09/2009
Fundraiser at Napa Valley
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08/09/2009
Asha & International Literacy Day - read all about it!
Worldwide, some 776 million adults lack minimum literacy skills; one in five adults is still not literate and two-thirds of them are women; 75 million children are out-of-school and many more attend irregularly or drop out.
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11/08/2009
Asha and its students in the press
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10/08/2009
A Celebration of Learning
On Saturday, 8th August, a large audience gathered at the India Habitat Centre to celebrate one of the most momentous occasions in Asha's history.
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17/07/2009
For the first time in India, 135 young people from slums have been admitted into the University of Delhi - help them to build on their success!
The success of our students, the celebration, and how you can make a difference
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05/06/2009
Career Counselling
The process of filling application forms for Delhi University is going on and more than 120 forms have been filled so far
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05/05/2009
Computer Literacy Programme Launched in Trilokpuri
The New Zealand High Commission has been a generous supporter of the work of Asha since the last few years and this time the money donated by the High Commission was used to purchase 8 computers, an internet connection and a printer
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30/04/2009
Launch of loan scheme for slum dwellers
Asha made history on Tuesday 28th April by launching a loan scheme for the slum dwellers of India in collaboration with 9 national banks
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13/04/2009
Asha welcomes Japanese Delegation
Asha is fortunate to have the support of a number of Embassies in Delhi, one of which is the Embassy of Japan
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30/03/2009
General Director of ICCO visits Asha
The General Director of ICCO, Jack Van Ham, along with Bram Van Leeuwen (Advisor), Jan Pieter Wieldraaijer (Executive Secretary to the Director), Joyce Van Horn (Communication Programme Co-ordinator) and Esther Snabel (Communications) visited us earlier this week. Stephen Verwer and Andre Van der Stowe, the Director and journalist with Lokaalmondiaal also accompanied them on the visit.
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28/03/2009
Diana and Jonathan at Anna Nagar
Diana Rogers and Jonathan Millard from St. Timothy's Church, Sheffield recently volunteered with Asha for 10 days - the second batch from the Church to have visited us here in Delhi
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10/03/2009
College students visit the Irish Embassy
4th March was another big day for the ‘History Makers' - the first 30 children from our slums to ever attend college - who along with Dr. Martin were invited to the Irish Embassy by Mr. Pat Bourne, Deputy Ambassador of Ireland to India.
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03/03/2009
Volunteers visit British High Commission
"It is like an oasis in desert", said one of the team members after seeing the lawns of British High Commission. Yes indeed it was! A total shift from the dusty and crampy slum lanes to the vast and beautiful green lawns of the British High Commission
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23/02/2009
Members of St. Stephen's Church at Mayapuri
With the mission to bring hope to a seemingly helpless situation, a team of 14 members from St. Stephen's Church, Twickenham spent 24 hours enacting the lives of slum dwellers to raise funds for their trip to India
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21/02/2009
Methodist College students renovate centre at Kalkaji
The Asha Health Centre at Kalkaji is looking bright and beautiful once again, thanks to the Team of 15 students and 3 teachers from Methodist College Belfast who renovated it in just a week's time
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20/02/2009
California Asha Fundraiser
Dr. Martin shared a compelling PowerPoint presentation about Asha's efforts to uplift the lives of children and their families that are living in inhumane conditions in the slums.
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12/02/2009
Asha conducts Free Medical Check Up for school children
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12/02/2009
Dr. Kiran Martin lectures at Harvard University
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11/02/2009
Social Change at Work in India: A Leadership Journey for Canadians
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02/02/2009
Family Planning Focus Month
January 2009 marked a special "focus on family planning" month throughout Asha centres
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22/01/2009
3,500 Bank Accounts Opened by Slum Dwellers
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15/01/2009
Mentoring Success
The mentors have been meeting with high school students to help them to prepare for the transition from high school to university.
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14/01/2009
Asha Society auditor's report and balance sheet now online
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15/12/2008
Donate now for winter blankets
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05/12/2008
Microcredit loans presented at Kalkaji slum
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11/11/2008
Young volunteer makes big donation
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15/10/2008
Inspirational student biographies
Meet Mahesh - one of our most inspiring students...
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10/10/2008
Mahila Mandal victory in Ekta Vihar
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24/09/2008
Asha goes to the movies
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11/09/2008
New Zealand Governor-General visits Asha projects in slum area
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29/08/2008
Nine students from Edinburgh University renovated Seelampur Children Resource Centre
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25/08/2008
Rotary presents donation to Asha
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11/08/2008
BAL MANDAL CHILDREN IN ACTION
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02/08/2008
Workshop on Communication Skills
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25/07/2008
ASHA bids farewell to JAYABAI
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17/06/2008
Workshop - Preparing for College
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11/06/2008
Asha's Treasurer, Aditya Awasthi, writes book on Delhi
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10/06/2008
Two very good reasons to celebrate
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02/06/2008
Career counselling update and Asha scholarships for gifted students
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10/05/2008
Career Counselling Programme for the Slum Children
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02/05/2008
Bal Mandal Children visit British High Commission
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01/05/2008
Slum Children Visit New Zealand High Commission
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01/05/2008
Micro-credit for the slum dwellers
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22/04/2008
Meena's story - a dedicated CHV fights cancer with Asha's help
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07/04/2008
Asha and World Health Day 2008
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31/03/2008
Bringing broadband internet to the slums
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29/03/2008
Tearfund Transform Team completes work in Anna Nagar
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25/03/2008
Ireland's Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs visits Asha
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24/03/2008
WORLD TB DAY - 24th March 2008
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22/03/2008
First Asha slum dwellers receive loan cheques
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14/03/2008
Inauguration of the renovated Centre at Dr. Ambedkar Basti
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08/03/2008
Dr. Kiran Martin and Mr. R.K Dubey visit Savda Ghevra
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01/02/2008
Children from 2 more slums now learning English
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31/01/2008
Visitors from the Philippines comment on Asha's work
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14/01/2008
India's Finance Minister, Mr PC Chidambaram, Visits Asha
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01/12/2007
Saturday 1st December is WORLD AIDS DAY - find out how Asha is helping
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15/11/2007
Cancer awareness trainings
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06/11/2007
Christmas, Asha and You
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01/11/2007
4 teams, 59 volunteers, 4 centres refurbished
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01/11/2007
After the volunteers have left - a young person from Kalkaji writes..
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16/10/2007
Update on community from demolished slum Thokar No. 8
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15/10/2007
Methody team visits from Northern Ireland
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28/09/2007
Gender Sensitization workshop
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08/09/2007
Global Politics students from Japan visit Asha
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05/09/2007
Computers for children in Chanderpuri
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25/08/2007
Training for Treasurers of women's groups
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14/08/2007
Independence Day Celebrations
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31/07/2007
Asha provide relief for those most in need at Kalkaji
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25/07/2007
Northern Ireland volunteers reflect on their Asha experience
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30/06/2007
Children's workshop held at Asha's newest slum
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30/06/2007
Farewell to our English teachers
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25/06/2007
Fun and games at teachers' workshops
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20/06/2007
Peer educators tackle ignorance among Mayapuri's young people
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05/06/2007
Llanelli team visit Chanderpuri
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30/05/2007
Star fundraiser visits Asha for 3 weeks
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16/05/2007
Slum women tackle crime in their area
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01/05/2007
Asha is visited by the New Zealand Minister of Trade and Defence
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25/04/2007
Success of Asha's free treatment week
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24/04/2007
Tearfund Transform team renovate Asha centre at Anna Nagar
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07/04/2007
Asha & World Health Day 2007
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04/04/2007
Free Treatment For The Poorest This Easter Week
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30/03/2007
A team of volunteers from Aberdeen are welcomed to the home of the British Deputy High Commissioner
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28/03/2007
Slum dwellers flock to Asha clinic for free treatment this week
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28/03/2007
Aberdeen Team complete the Asha Centre at Mayapuri
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24/03/2007
24th March is World TB Day - Read About Asha's Involvement
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16/03/2007
Visitors from Tear Netherlands see Asha's work
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13/03/2007
River Church Team Visits Asha
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09/03/2007
International Women's Day is Celebrated in Asha Slums
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06/03/2007
Asha Treasurer's Book Is Launched
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26/02/2007
Asha Centre at Zakhira Now Complete
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21/02/2007
Wendy Butler visits from the British High Commission
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07/02/2007
Refurbished Resource Centre at Jeevan Nagar Slum
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07/02/2007
New Zealand High Commissioner visits Asha
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01/02/2007
TEAR Fund Netherlands visit Asha
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26/01/2007
City Life Church Team Visits Asha
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06/01/2007
Renovated Polyclinic Unveiled
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05/01/2007
Restore Team Visits Asha
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22/12/2006
Christmas Parties For Slum Children
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