Last November residents of Gandhinagar slum, Lucknow were forced to vacate their homes since Hospital Building was to be constructed there. After protest by Dr Sandeep Pandey, Asha Parivar & Socialist Party – India, Government gave an option to relocate…
History
In the summer of 1991, a few students including V. J. P. Srivatsav, Deepak Gupta, and Sandeep Pandey got together to think of ways in which they could play a role in the development of India, the country of their…
Objective
At Asha Parivar our objective is to work towards creating a society in which all human beings live their lives with dignity and justice. For this it is important to strengthen our democratic processes, so that ordinary people can become…
Volunteer/Intern
Volunteering with Asha Parivar is a chance to understand first-hand the issues which affect ordinary people in our country, and contribute to grassroots movements which are working to bring real and lasting change. Sign up to volunteer or intern with…
Publications
Asha Parivar is part of the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM). The NAPM brings out a monthly Hindi news magazine ‘Sacchi Mucchi’, and a bi-monthly English magazine ‘The Movement of India’, which carry the latest news updates, analysis and…
Projects
Asha Parivar has helped conceptualize and implement to two innovative projects: a cooperative credit society called Al-Khair, which provides easy loans at zero interest to those in need, and a network of public information centres or Jan Suchna Kendras, which…