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India celebrated her 67th Republic Day on 26th January 2016. Joining the nation in the celebration was Aasraa Trust with over 200 children, teachers and slum community members of the Govindgarh area in Dehradun. Govindgarh is the heart of the ‘basti’ community where our street & slum children reside. Aasraa Trust runs four important programs in this […]

I never had many expectations about Aasraa Trust before I came here. I just knew it was a charity which was based in Dehradun which helps out under-privileged children. So what I was about to discover and see was completely indescribable. Where the children live is somewhere no one in the world should live. I’ve […]

I have crossed the Bindal bridge a million times but never during a festival. What does a celebration under the bridge look like? We decided to go down the small bumpy hill to see Bindal during  Chhatt celebrations ( festival dedicated to Sun God). We cross the running stream with a jump. The life of […]

It was summer vacation in my school and I had to come to Dehradun, from my hometown of Boston in the United States to visit my grandparents and family. My grandparents had helped to build a shelter for homeless people in Dehradun called Rein Basera. In the mornings, they had a program at the shelter […]

Home coming is always special. This homecoming is slightly different but extremely special. We found one of our dearest street child we lost track of a few years ago and she has come to stay with us! Bhagwati, was probably 12 when we met her, though she looked 8! Emaciated, subdued, gentle, soft spoken, Bhagwati won […]