By Mr. Dileep Kumar | Project Leader
Scholarships to Deprived Children (44197)
A progress report of March 2020
“Virmani Trust is working for a life of Dignity and self-Reliance for the Disadvantaged”
Case Study: Aditya
Educational Qualification:
Qualified with UGC NET (Social Work) exam two times.
His parents abandoned him at the age of four. He was identified by the police on the street as an abandoned child and was later handed over to SOS Children’s Village, Pune, India. He grew up at the SOS Children’s Village up to the seven standards. Later he completed his Bachelor in Social Work (BSW) and Masters in Social Work (MSW) with the financial support of SOS Children’s Village. Completing these degrees opened doors to opportunities and enhanced his ability to live independently. In the year 2011, he was granted the “Gandhi Fellowship” by Kaivalya Education Foundation. During the fellowship, he worked with vulnerable and destitute children as well as youth across India.
His immersion in child rights and youth development, including his childhood experiences helped him realize his innate potential and the need for a contribution towards the aftercare program, especially for the welfare and development of youth leaving care. These realizations motivated him and he enrolled in the integrated MPhil-PhD (Social Work), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai on “Aftercare Programme for Orphan and Destitute Youth: A Case Study of SOS Youth House.” Currently, he is working on his Ph.D. entitled “The Journey of Orphan and Destitute Youth in Aftercare Programme in Maharashtra.”Through research, he could explore and understand contemporary issues and challenges faced in relation to aftercare programs by youth leaving institutional care in Maharashtra. The findings of this research can be used for suggesting policy and programs for the Youth Leaving Care (Orphan and Destitute youth) in Maharashtra. He has been working with children in need of care and protection on finding ways to expand existing support systems to support Youth Leaving Care. He is also engaged in mobilizing and collecting data on Youth Leaving Care across India. Data collection is done through online and offline platforms, for understanding their needs, challenges and for building a support network to address their issues relating to legal, financial, education/ skill development, marital, counseling and temporary housing, etc.
To conclude, he comes from a unique background where he has experienced the life of the research subject he is studying and one who he would like to impact. He has transformed the limitation in his life into an opportunity to form a support network for Youth Leaving Care, in order to sustain peace and equality in the society from self-change to social change.
We would also like to have a larger network so that we become a part of global charitable funding initiatives and plugin mainline organization that manages these initiatives across the world. We are looking for a contribution to all this and are grateful for your support, which enables us to carry this forward. We express our gratitude to our donors for making the change in society happen. Even a small contribution is more valuable and very useful for our society.
We all thank our well-wishers and supporters for their donations and request them to also help us with constructive ideas and thought to take this program forward.
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