Foster Care for 100 Orphan Children in India

About Foster Care:

YCDA has initiated the Alternatives Form of Child Care programme focusing on care and protection of the children through community based rehabilitation and family focused alternative care arrangements to ensure the best interest of the children. YCDA plays a pioneer role in promoting non-institutional care in the State like Odisha through community centric childcare i.e. Foster Care/Group Foster Care   & Kinship Care.

YCDA started the Foster care & Group foster care initiative for the first time in the state of Odisha after due lunching of ICPS. YCDA considers that Foster care is the best option for the family and community to give care and protection who need of care and protection and the care arrangement is the most beneficial and desirable environment for the healthy growth and development of a children. Placing a child in foster care gives the child a safe place to grow, either until the family circumstances improve enough to reunite the child with the parents or till a permanent rehabilitation is done for the child. Children are usually sent to foster care when they are deprived of family care due to various reasons.

During the period, our foster parents continue to provide support, love, caring and stability to the children. All 100 children in Foster care arrangements are safe at home and continuing their education.

YCDA Support System During the Period:

Support Dry Ration kit to the families:

During the Period, the families are continued the support of Dry food ration, Hygiene kit & Learning materials for the 100 children in Foster & Kinship families. The families were provided with Rice, Dal, Oil, Onion, Potato, Sugar, Flaked Rice, Soap, Biscuit, learning kits includes art books, notebooks, colour pencil, pen kits . Educational materials, monthly tuition fees and other need based supports were provided to the children regularly during the period.

Time to time we have encouraged children provided with the learning & extra co-curricular materials & Make them engaged with different methodology like paper crafts, coloring, story telling the feeling, creative drawings.

Visit to Families & Counselling Support:

Family visit and monitoring is the major part of the program to strengthen the system. Our social workers regularly visits & reviewed the children progress in education, health, psychosocial & recreation and provided support accordingly. All the 100 children are in family based care. Time to time along with YCDA, Child welfare committee & District child Protection unit are also going for monitoring, interact with the neighbors to assess the progress & safety of the children. Now children have improved their education standard and enjoying their life in a family.

Training to Caregivers on Good Parenting Skill:

This COVID-19 pandemic has placed families & children under immense and unique pressure, putting their physical, mental and social well-being at risk. Looking this training has been conducted for the 100 caregivers/parents to enhancing their capacities to deal with child‘s behavior, emotions & depressions etc & could actively take care of the children. All the care givers gain knowledge and skill on their responsibilities towards parental care, deal with child’s behavior and relationship building. They are now using the learnt skills in their day-to-day life & nurturing the child safely.

Celebrating India Festival Joy of Giving:

We all experienced the spirit of giving happiness  & Joy through Sharing & Caring in some points of our lives and in this period with a small initiative through community contribution , we tried to bring hope in children & needy to get away of this COVID & bring new normal in their lives . Taking an objective to help the needy & spread the message of an act of giving & getting happiness the festival of giving has been celebrated at both Boudh & Balangir districts of Western Odisha, India.                                                                                    The community learnt the act of giving for kindness & support for the cause. With this generosity support of education kits for children, cash & nutrition kits for needy peoples, we are very much happy!!! We have made a happy day in children’s life & able of give happiness, Hope &   Joy among 100 children & needy peoples.

Voice of a Grandparent:

I am very much happy that My Grandchildren are living with me. Since 5 years ago my Daughter in law died and Son was disabled accidentally, I am taking care of these 3 children and looking after their education. I usually tell them stories at bed time. I am very much thankful to you for the support which helped in continuing the children education, getting 4 times nutritious meal & met health needs in emergency. The children are very much happy with me and enjoying a lot with me.

Thank You

SUPPORTERS & GLOBAL GIVING for your generosity..

• YCDA Progress Report of Children in Foster Care (PDF)