Blog | Asha Jyothi

“Today I not only have my own beauty parlour but also employ three other women”:

Rani* comes from a poor background and is a school dropout. Her husband, an auto driver barely earned enough to make ends meet. As a...

“The sky is now the limit for me”

Due to certain unfortunate circumstances in his childhood, Fahim was unable to continue his education after 10th grade. A boy with many...

“I was the first girl to be formally employed in my family”

Sneha* comes from a remote village in the Indian state of Telangana. She lost her father to HIV/AIDS at a young age and the family...

Six students from Asha Tuition centres score a perfect 10 Grade Point Average in 2019 SSC public

The Asha Tuition Centres exist to assist children with after-school tutoring and academic help. Many of the children at our tuition...

“I can now dream of fulfilling my desire to be a successful IAS office one day”

Rani’s father passed away due to a heart attack while she was still a small baby. Struggling to come to terms with this loss, her mother...

Best Student of the year

Lekha* comes from the tribal Banjara people group who live around Hyderabad. Her father died in the year of 2009 due to Dengue fever....

"I never thought I could finish school when my father was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS"

Ravi’s* parents migrated to Hyderabad a few years ago, hoping to find some work. Uneducated, they worked as daily wage laborers at...