Posted: 01/11/2007
After a very hectic week at the Asha centre at Seelampur, the Global Generation team from Kent in the UK - along with Asha staff and the people of Seelampur - got together for the inauguration of the center on 26th October.
The 17-member team managed to renovate the centre - Asha's biggest, with 10 rooms - in just 5 days!
Earlier on the day of the inauguration, 7 members from the team went to visit another Asha slum at Zakhira. There, Sarah Miller presented Anandi, a member of the ‘Mahila Mandal' who had cleared her midwife training, with a certificate and her instruments.
The slum community of Trilokpuri were very impressed to watch the team from St. Swithun's, Bathford (UK), refurbishing their centre: seeing the team of 9 that included 8 retired people, some of whom were the age of their grandparents, working so hard bewildered the local residents.
Cathy and John stayed on for a week after the team left and continued to work at the centre, digging out over 2 tonnes of rubble from the perimeter!
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The 2 teams from northern Ireland- Methodist College and Ballymena Academy - worked in the centres at Kalkaji and Tigiri. The beautifully painted centres were inaugurated on 2nd December with much enthusiasm and cheer.
The students and teachers were resplendent in traditional Indian sarees and kurtas for the special occasion, and many emotional speeches were made as the students described the impact their time in Kalkaji and Tigri had made on them.
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So many things have got better in my area since Asha has been here. I had months of training, and at first people didn't want to listen to me, but now they are happy they can get healthcare within the community.
