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...
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...
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...
Experts say a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases ‘alarming’
March 21, 2021
Experts say that poor adherence to safety protocols is driving the surge. There were 37,000 new cases reported on 21 March, a sharp increase from the low of 10,000 per day experienced earlier in the year. More than 40 million people in India have received at least one ...
Meri Kirihimeti
December 26, 2020
When we look back on this year, we are very thankful to our sponsors for their generous support. The COVID-19 relief that was sent twice during the desperate time was a blessing. It was very badly needed and we got it at the right time to provide food items to people in need...
Children All Well.
July 31, 2020
Recent contact with our team in India has assured us that all our children are being well cared for. However, one of our team has contracted the COVID virus and is currently being cared for in hospital....
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