Give Care & Shelter to 70 Orphans in Delhi Yearly

A beautiful baby, born with a big challenge and was under Asharan’s care since 28th May. During this time of crisis, no child care homes were medically prepared to receive a child like this, including Asharan. The tragedy is that there wasn’t an equipped hospital to admit this child without COVID scare. So it was a question of chance. The baby was born with Meningo Myelocele at her lumbar region, a severe form of spino - bifida. The spine was not closed normally at her lower back  but was just inside a big sac of a thin membrane that was ruptured. She also developed a breathing issue and was back in a central government Hospital far from Asharan because of their neurology department. Patient care givers to sit with the baby were hard to get and expensive to get because of the COVID 19 scare in most of the hospitals. The CWC, Child line and Asharan worked together to find a solution. Unfortunately, the baby passed away inspite of the intensive hospital care. on 12th June.

During this difficult time, few of you have offered us extra help. Few of you did not stop helping. We are extremely grateful to you and pray that you lack nothing.

The special need kids are improving steadily by the continued care by the staff here and online classes. The older kids are home schooled now and they are doing well.

The renovation work is in progress at a slow pace to avoid exposure.

 Wish list

Asharan requires more well-wishers to provide regular monetary support to care for the orphaned and lost children.

-         Sponsor a child

-         Sponsor a caregiver

-         Sponsor an attendant for  hospitalized kids

-         Sponsor a nurse

-         Sponsor PPE kit

Asharan Orphanage, HOPE foundation, Delhi was started in 1997 to give care and protection to young children who have no one else in their lives. Asharan has cared for about 712 children since 1997. The children here are at the age group of 6 months to 7 years presently. In 2019, Asharan cared for 59 kids.  10 orphan children found families through adoption in  2019 and 25 lost children were restored back to their biological families.

Thank you for your support.  May you be blessed in increasing measures!             

Sharad and Sakshi, the children with special needs have started schooling in a special school. Both of them are 4 years old now. Though Saakshi cannot hold her body up still, she shows much excitement about the whole process of getting ready in the morning and travelling to the school with Francis Bhayya and the teacher. School is a new experience for both of them and they look forward to it every day.

Both Sakshi and Sharad were abandoned at birth in different hospitals. Both were prematurely born and had to be in the incubator for a long time. Both are under treatment for convulsions. Sharad is able to walk but not talk. Sakshi is learning to sit and balance her neck at the age of four. She too does not speak.

Thank you for supporting such children in Asharan. Asharan had been a refuge for over 700  children since it was started. Many of them have found families through adoption.

Renovation of Asharan building is still on. The toilets and kitchens on 1^st floor are getting renovated now.

A big thank you to all those who are supporting the rennovation work. You are helping the kids here to have a better place to stay.

Status of renovation work.

Work completed

-          Emergency exit and external stairs,

-          Four emergency exits

-          Boundary fence behind the building

-          Three drainage systems on ground floor,

-          Painting of the outside wall except for a small portion below

-          Purchased new chairs for the class room

-          replacing  doorframes and  windows

-          2 bath rooms – pipes, fittings, tiles and flooring replaced

Work in process

  Plumbing : Replacing the complete pipeline of the building, including bathrooms, kitchens and washing areas, construction of storage space.

Pending work

 Replacing some of the shelves in kitchens and kids rooms, class room; fixing tiles in  bathrooms, kitchens, wash area, terrace; repair of the front and side boundary. Replacing the bamboo fence and painting of building interior and fence on two sides, carpentry work,  some electric work, etc

 Wish list

-         Asharan requires more well-wishers to provide regular monetary support to care for the orphaned and lost children.

-         Sponsor a child

-         Sponsor a caregiver

-         Sponsor physiotherapy

-         Our future dream is for a more spacious home for the kids and to raise a corpus to sustain Asharan’s work for the future.

We are extremely grateful to all those who have extended your support this quarter. Thank you for supporting the renovation work. We appreciate you for being socially responsible. 

Asharan Orphanage, HOPE foundation, Delhi was started in 1997 to give care and protection to young children who have no one else in their lives. Asharan has cared for 708 children since 1997. The children here are at the age group of new born to 7 years presently. In 2019, Asharan cared for 59 kids.  10 orphan children found families through adoption in  2019 and 25 lost children were restored back to their biological families

 May you be blessed in increasing measures!