Dr.
Kiran Modi shares the programs of
Udayan Care.
We
are running several programs and our
main insistence is on mentoring. We
run all our program in a different
way to bring the maximum impact.
In
We studied orphanage system, prevalent
in home and abroad. Later on we discovered
and developed our own model called
Udayan Ghar. These are sunshine homes
for orphan and abandoned children.
In one home, 12 children live together
as a unit like a small family. The
mentors known as lifetime volunteers
commit themselves to look after them
as their own children. The mentor
parents form a small group of 3 to
4 people in a group. The children
have caretakers and care givers who
stay with them in the house, psychologist
and other social work staff to look
after them. There are 9 homes, out
of which 4 are in Delhi, 2 in Noida,
1 in Greater Noida, 1 in Gurgaon and
last one just started in Kurukshetra.
Second program is called Udayan Shalini
Fellowship program. Shalini means
dignified and empowered women. The
idea of this program is to get the
girls from the disadvantaged family
for higher education and to empower
them. The desire of these girls to
give back to the society makes them
dignified. It is a program with us
to teach children of how to give back
to the society.
In the Ghar program, they are also
exposed to higher education. We home
school them for a little while and
get them admitted to the regular best
schools in Delhi like DPS, Sanskriti
School.
In the 9 Homes, we can accommodate
150 children. We still have some vacancy;
we are looking around for suitable
children who need shelter. These children
come from totally disadvantaged and
illiterate background. We get them
through CWC (Child Welfare Committee)
located in every district of India,
Child Help Line and other NGO's who
are working with children.
According to law, children can stay
in these Homes till 18. After that
it is their personal choice to continue
studying. Interested children (above
18 years old) are then shifted to
our After Care System in Greater Noida.
Currently there are 4-5 children studying.
Some children are already moved out
in life.
We are running 7 vocational centers
like computers, grooming center, stitching
and tailoring center around Delhi.
Here we also encourage a lot of other
communities to come in and learn.
