Dr Kiran Martin

Asha

Asha (formally Asha Community Health and Development Society) works with the urban poor across 95 slum colonies in Delhi, running 13 community centres that serve more than 700,000 residents. Its programmes span healthcare, education, women's empowerment, financial inclusion and basic infrastructure improvement, aiming at long-term, community-led transformation rather than one-off aid.

Asha reports the following, on its own site:

• Over 6,000 slum children have entered university through Asha's higher education programme since 2008