By Anuj Singh | Chief Operating Officer
SAMPARC Children’s home, Bhaje for the care of 133 orphan, poor, needy and disadvantaged girl children is situated at the footstep of famous Bhaje Caves, 10Km from Lonavala, District Pune, Maharashtra, India.
The Children’s home was started with 7 orphan children by Mr. Amitkumar Banerjee and Mrs. Lata Pande who laid the foundation of the organization in a mud house in the year 1990.
The children’s upbringing and education is in a family environment of care and protection of Project Incharge, Counsellor, Social Workers, House Mothers and Tutors who work with the children under guidance and help of Mrs. Ratna Banerjee, Trustee and coordinator of the Project.
Overall health of all the children is good and all the children are attending school & college regularly. During this period children received First Semester results and children have performed well. As per the results secured the tutors are working with the children to improve their results in final exams. Also children enjoyed Christmas and New Year Celebrations. Children and staff actively participated in making arrangements. Children enjoyed dance, cake & camp fire. Some children presented Christmas Prayer.
Children have enough and tasty food prepared in clean kitchen and the same is monitored regularly by Social Worker. Children receive balanced food which includes right proportion of pulses, grains, vegetables, diary, sprouts, and leafy vegetables as their daily intake.
Children have milk and fruits daily. Every Sunday children have special breakfast & meals and also during festivals sweet dish and special Menu is prepared as per the choice of the children. Children have meals along with the house mother and home incharge to ensure personal attention when children are having meals.
The children’s Home is equipped with water purifier and children are provided with clean drinking water. Regular maintenance of Purifier and water testing is done and it is ensured that children have clean drinking water. The kitchen & dining area is sanitized and is always clean and the store room is also kept clean.
To ensure well-being of the children– HB level, weight, height, overall health checkup, is regularly monitored. Weight and Height of each child is measured on 30th of every month.
During this period children participated in Sports competitions and won accolades. Following are the details of the same-
SPORTS-DISTRICT LEVEL
From 29th November to 1st December 2019 Children participated inChacha Nehru Balmohostav organized by District of Women & Child Development, Pune at Wagoli, Pune and they won following accolades–
SPORTS-DIVISIONAL LEVEL
Children participated in Divisional Level Bal Mahotsav competition representing Pune District from 6th to 8th January 2020. Children from 5 districts Pune, Satara, Sangali, Kolhapur, Solapur participated in the Competitions organized by District Women & Child Welfare Department and won following prizes-
Also children have performed very well in Annual School Sports competitions and have won many prizes in various competitions.
All the children are progressing well and are looking forward towards a bright future.
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