By Kinjal Mehta | Assistant Manager -Donor Relations & Communication
In recent times due to many organizations working towards it a lot has been happening in adoption stream in India. Child adoption is seen as an increasing trend in India and across the world.
Most adoptions are either because the parents are not able to have their own kids or because they want to support and give a new lease of life to a child who has been left alone in the world. Earlier considered a taboo in India, adoption is now considered and spoken about freely in the Indian society.Adoption of older children above the age of 6 years is also slowly gaining momentum in India.
However, the focus has always been on the process, eligibility convincing the couple about adoption. Not much has been done to work on the child psyche or preparing the child, especially older children.
Children staying in these various Child Care Institutes(CCIs) believe that the CCI is their permanent home and that they become very comfortable living in that environment and around the staff and other kids. It becomes really difficult and challenging to shift them to a family based alternative care system.
These children need to be prepared to take the decision and we should help them to go through the transition from CCI to family. Hence the need of preparation program for alternative care is critical.
Child needs to be made aware about the option of moving into a loving and caring family through adoption. If older children are prepared well the transition becomes smoother for them as well as the parents.
CSA Goa along with District Child Protection Unit took this initiative of organizing a preparatory program for one of the CCI in Goa. Around 26 kids participated in this program and they were taken through a specially designed module. Through this initiative we tried our bit to make the transition smoother for the child as well as parents.
The focus should not only be the parents and their preparation but also prepare children for family based care & the world of opportunities it opens up for them.
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