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We are extremely happy to welcome on board our new school partners- Welham Boys’ School (WBS) & Summer Valley School (SVS) that are helping us expand our reach to new children in new areas of Dehradun.  Our projects ‘Street Smart’(initiation to education) and ‘Wings of Doon’ (after school remedial program) will now also operate from […]

As we welcomed July, there was a wave of excitement and renewed vigor in the office. First off, we were re-opening for the new session after the summer holidays and secondly because our dear friend and supporter Ravi Kantamsetty had agreed to visit us in Dehradun all the way from Dallas, Texas. Ravi Kantamsetty is […]

Look at his infectious smile. Look at those bunny teeth shining through. Look at those monkey ears. Feel his boundless energy.  It is hard to believe that this child was abandoned by his parents, twice.  Also, he is deaf and mute. He takes only a few seconds to make friends. It is like you have […]

Summer holidays are almost over… yes…it is the end of a dreamy summer the children had been waiting for all year! As our children pack their bags to come back to school life again, let’s take a look at the summer that was… While most of the kids did make their way home, there were […]

Geeta Didi, as she is fondly called by the Aasraa family, is the caretaker of the youngest children at Aasraa. Pre-teens come into the learning centres accompanied by their younger siblings. Only a few years older themselves, these youngsters are forced to bring along their little brothers and sisters, as their parents are unable to […]