The Bihar government, following the formation of the new NDA administration after the November 2025 assembly elections, launched statewide anti-encroachment drives targeting illegal structures, including those occupied by street vendors. These operations, often involving bulldozers, aimed to clear public spaces such as roads, footpaths, and markets to improve traffic flow and comply with court directives. The drives began immediately post-election and intensified through Dec

January 03, 2026, (Saturday:) in the Sah Sahagaddi Masjid Slum under Ward No. 09, the birth anniversary of India's first female teacher and social reformer poetess Savitribai Phule Ji was celebrated by the women of our focus community with great enthusiasm as "Savitri Bai- Fatima Sheikh Jayanti. The birth anniversary ceremony was presided over by ML leader and former Grand Alliance candidate from the Digha Assembly, Prof. Divya Gautam, and conducted by ML leader and social

It was a day of Pure Joy, a fun-filled experience for seventy five kids from our focus communities on the 23rd December. Despite the fog and cold, they were in high spirits as they travelled to St. Michael’s High School in the school bus generously provided by the Jesuit fathers. In the bus commuting to Saint Michael's Nirmal Anand, the annual pre-Christmas celebration mentored by Fr. Nobert Menezes SJ brought Aashray Abhiyan children and the staff and students of St. Micha

Amidst the ongoing, so-called 'encroachment drives' that are being unleashed on the poor slum dwellers and street vendors of Patna by the newly elected State Government, where the norms and 'due process' appear to be grossly ignored and flouted, Aashray Abhiyan, held a community outreach program for our focus populations. On the 10th of December, Wednesday, a program to mark Human Rights Day was held among the community at Stand Road in Patna. It was organised by Saraswati De

The 26th of November is regarded as Indian Constitution Day. We mark the day when our Constitution came into force, the guiding principle of our Great Indian Democracy, which says that every citizen of India has the same unalienable rights, no matter if they are rich, poor, man, woman, Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Christian, Atheist, Bengali or Bihari. Our Constitution governs the laws of this land and makes us the secular, socialist, democratic, republic we are proud of. Constit

We have one learning center which we were able to retain after the covid wave.  This we began on the demand from the children to 'please begin the school'.  This gave us the indication that we need to turn our attention to the children’s needs.  As you know, most of the people we work with, [the children's parents] are daily wage earners who leave the home in the morning and return in the evening.  So, when the children spend about three hours in the learning center, they fe

Everyone begins life under parental and school care, learning values like sharing, tolerance, and forgiveness first at home and then in...

On the occasion of World Environment Day, we organized a rally from Raghunath School, Kankerbagh to Patliputra Indoor Stadium, in...

A memorial ceremony was organized on the 241st death anniversary of Irish Catholic religious sister Nano Nagle and to commemorate Pope...

During these troubled times, we gradually witness the erosion of human values; the erasing from our memory the sacrifice of those who...

January 14th is a special day across India, filled with joy and a sense of renewal. Different regions celebrate in their own unique ways,...

It’s not by sheer accident that the three major celebrations were jointly celebrated….. the festival of colors, the opening of the fast,...

Gratitude is the attitude of the heart…as 2023 comes to a close we the ‘Aashray Abhiyan’ gathered together to recall the many blessings,...