ASHA's 20th Celebration
February 28, 2024
YOUR INVITATION TO ATTEND
Village Baptist and ASHA New Zealand would like to invite you to attend the 20th Anniversary of the ASHA Ministry in India....
The Jeanette Wakefield Hall at Godipokhari
July 5, 2023
ASHA works for the educational, social, spiritual and economic development of the downtrodden communities in India and aims to bring lasting changes into the communities they support. One such community is Godipokhari, which is in the Khordha district of Odisha.This commun...
Thousands Flee
May 25, 2023
The state of Manipur in India has experienced a violent conflict that has resulted in many deaths and displacements. The conflict started when some groups opposed the demand of another group to get special benefits from the government. The groups belong to different ethnicit...
40C heat pounds India
April 21, 2023
The heatwave that has been plaguing the states of West Bengal, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh in India is forecast to continue through the coming week. Daytime temperatures of 40C have been recorded for several consecutive days in these regions, about 5C above the seasonal average...
Heat Wave
July 19, 2022
India recorded 280 heat wave days across 16 states in 2022 — most in decade
We have just had an update arrive from ASHA India
"Now we have a little rain so we are very happy because the summer heat was very much unbearable to us."Please see below recent news article
In 2022, India recorded its hottest March. This triggered an early onslaught of heat...
Vaccine Roll-Out
November 2, 2021
Over 1 billion people in India have had their first Covid Vaccine and 329 million are now fully vaccinated. These are staggering numbers however it represents only 23.8% of the population being fully vaccinated.
We received news over the weekend from our ASHA India Tea...
Site Manager Update
July 6, 2021
Thankful for NZ Assistance
Our Site Manager brought great news to us this week. He reports that all is well with the sponsor children. They are so very grateful for the continued support from the sponsors. They are also extremely thankful for the assistance from New Zealand which has...
A powerful cyclone has torn into Eastern India
June 1, 2021
Cyclone Yaas, which intensified into a "very severe cyclonic storm", hit the states of West Bengal and Orissa - also known as Odisha. This is the second cyclone to hit the country in a week after Cyclone Tauktae killed more than 150 people.
It comes as India is already...
India struggles with COVID
April 28, 2021
Even though the COVID situation in India is grim, we are grateful that technology has allowed us to keep in regular contact with our ASHA India Team. They want you to know that all financial support, via our child sponsorship and general donations, is making a hug...
Construction Projects in Full Swing
March 23, 2021
We are very excited that building work at our new centre is now in full swing. It is great to see this project nearing completion as it means that we will no longer be reliant on rented accommodation for our children. We are also about halfway through building staff ac...
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