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Udayan Ghar Programme

 Udayan Care had set up its first Udayan Ghar (Home) for children in 1996 and created its own model of LIFE: Living in Family Environment. This model enables erstwhile children in need of Care & Protection in to grow in a loving family environment. In these homes, the children are loved and cared for by a group of Mentor Parents-socially committed individuals (volunteers) who groom the children with a team of Coordinators at homes, along with resident Care Givers, Supervisors, & Volunteers.

These homes are located in busy, middle class neighborhoods, so children can reintegrate themselves into society through direct community involvement which helps mainstreaming the children ahead. Our children and young adults are receiving quality education in some of the best educational institutions such as: The Sagar School at Tijara, Alwar, Mata Bhagwati school, Genesis Global school, Tagore International School, East of Kailash, Banyan Tree School, Global Indian International School etc and colleges/ universities like College of Vocational Studies, University of Delhi, Hi- Tech Institute of Engineering, Ghaziabad, Punjab University, Lingaya’s University etc.

 Since inception Udayan Ghars have nurtured over 850 children with love, care and protection in 14 Homes across 4 states of India. Presently, there are 181 children across all homes. 24 of our young adults are also been supported through our After Care Programme.

 Workshops/ Activities during this Quarter

During the period of December - February, 2017-18, the team continued working for the betterment of children and the programme. The quarter went well with children enjoying their winter break, tantalizing events and a few corporate engagements. Workshops being a monthly affair addressed several concerns pertaining to Children, Care-givers, Mentor Parents and Coordinators.

Workshops were held with all the programme stakeholders (mentors, coordinators, caregivers, and children). In order to strengthen the stakeholders the following workshops were held during the quarter:

Children don't naturally know how to make good choices. Life skills help children know what to do in everyday situations as well as how to make good decisions about more abstract, long-term choices. Since, in a constantly changing environment, having life skills is an essential part of being able to meet the challenges of everyday life, Life Skill workshops at home were also held like every other quarter which focused on various subjects like self awareness & self identity, coping with emotions, relationship building, healthy & unhealthy relationships, knowing self, decision making, stress management, healthy habits; family & community, communication and problem solving.

YP Foundation, conduct workshops twice in a month at Ghaziabad girls ghar. A range of topics has been selected under the broad topic of sexuality.

Mentor father, Mr. Deepak Sharma and Ghar Admin., Ms. Anita Singh ensure that life skills workshops are conducted at Greater Noida ghar once in every month. The topics covered during the quarter include, knowing myself, worlds that make me happy & unhappy and working in a team

The boys at Mayur Vihar Ghars are grooming and growing out to be bold & confident. Ghar Coordinator, Mr. Tarni ensures that the boys get everything essential for their all round development of personality. During the quarter, the different life skills workshops were conducted on the topics including Feelings, Emotions & Memory, Bullying and Moral Values

Mentor mother, Ms. Rukmani Haldea ensures that her girls in Jaipur Ghar have an equal share for growth and development and are provided all the required skills enabling them to make informed decisions and deal with every day challenges of life. The girls were upraised on the topics such as, Relationship Abuse & Decision Making

Opportunities, events and outings are some of the things that never end for our Udayan Ghar children. The major recreation and co-curricular events that took place during the quarter include –

Theatre Show, I have Dream

Children from Sant Nagar, Mehrauli and Greater Noida Ghars were invited to experience an amazing theater show, ‘I Have a Dream’, musical adaptation of the film Mamma Mia. The show took place on 1^st Dec’17 at Sri Ram Center for Performing Arts, Delhi. The story truly showed the spirit of Woman Empowerment as the lead character was a single mother and believed in her to do the appropriate upbringing of her child.

A few quotes from the spectators (Udayan Ghar Girls):

“I loved it. The actors were good.”

“The music and dance was awesome”

“I am happy to watch a play for such a good cause”

“I learnt that we should be happy with the people who love us and not run for those who aren’t there”

“Woman should be strong as the mother in the play”

“We can do theatre as well, the play was great!

Art Workshop by Art Reach India Foundation

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”

-Pablo Picasso

Well said by the great artist but, luckily with support of like-minded people like, ArtReach India Foundation, Udayan Ghar children are being helped to sustain their artistic talents through Artroom Programme engaging children in art workshops led by different artists, exposure visits and art exhibitions where children’s art work is put on display.

On 3^rd & 9^th December, 2017 a specialized workshop was arranged by ArtReach India Foundation with the participants wherein psychologist and art therapist by profession, Ms. Avantika Malhoutra conducted sessions on expressive art therapy using visual arts and theater. The workshop aimed at training the children to conduct basic art therapy sessions and would help them to showcase and share the acquired skills in the upcoming art festival being organized by ArtReach India Foundation later in the month of December.

Yoga Day Celebration with Team adidas

On 2^nd Decemeber’17 Children from Gurgaon and Mehrauli Ghars celebrated Yoga Day with team adidas at DLF mall, Saket, Delhi. The children along with the team performed different asana and were also made aware of uncountable benefits of doing yoga. Children enjoyed the event.

Art Festival by Art Reach India Foundation

The art festival was organised by Art Reach India Foundation at Bikaner House, Delhi from 22^nd to 24^th December’17. The aim of the festival was to showcase and celebrate art by children, young people and women from marginalized communities across India. The 3 days festival included art exhibition & sale, art & craft workshops, film screening and some amazing performances.

Udayan Ghar children being part of their art room and teaching fellowship programme had the exciting opportunity to visit and get involved in the activities. One of the major attractions of the festival had been Udayan Care booth led by the ghar children where, they shared interactive ways of expressing emotions, gratitude and kindness with the visitors. Their artefacts were also displayed at the festival.

Christmas Celebration

From home to home, heart to heart and from one place to another, the joy and warmth of Christmas brings us closer to each other.

The joy of Christmas was just doubled for Udayan Ghar children when Corporates like Genpact, Wipro, Indian Terrain & India Today Group stepped in, to celebrate Christmas with children. Apart, from receiving Christmas presents, children got involved in numerous fun filled activities and enjoyed some mouth watering eats.

Following the similar lines, mentors, social workers and care staff in each of the ghar did not lag behind and tried their best to make this Christmas a special one for children.

Adidas Udayan Care Winter Carnival, 2018 – Its Winterrific

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand, for a talk beside the fire and for a short break from busy school days. The winters at Udayan Care are Winterrific, as the season forecasts the upcoming amazing events. One such event, Winter Carnival, 2018 was organized at Jagshanti Udayan Ghar, Greater Noida in association with adidas, wherein children across all the Udayan Ghars came together for fun, recreation and showcased their talent through their charming and heart-winning performances. The environment was energizing and full of excitement throughout and delicious eats, exciting games, beautiful décor and music was all there to set the mood. The dance competition, Udayan Ghar ke Sitare remained to be the USP of this tantalizing event, drawing in large participation from ghar children.

Makhar Sankranti Celebration

On 14^th January, 2018, girls at Jaipur Ghar celebrated Makhar Snakranti. The pleasant weather, delicious eats and companionship of nears and dears while they all flew colorful kites doubled the fun of celebration.

A Day with Team Accenture

On 20^th January, 2018, employees from Accenture visited the Udayan Ghar for Boys, Mayur Vihar. The main aim of the visit had been the interaction with children, organizing games & quiz with them and of course enjoying the mouth watering eats that they got along with them.

Republic Day Celebration

Republic Day was celebrated across different Udayan Ghars on 26^th January’18. Each home celebrated the glorious with its own taste where, some sang patriotic songs, participated in quiz and others hoisted flag, made presentation on revolutionaries and shared their stories. The day is celebrated at Udayan Care in order to inculcate patriotism, loyalty and a sense of responsibility in children towards the nation.12^th adidas-Udayan Care Annual Sports Day, 2018, Clash of Titans

Explosive energy, cheering crowd, salubrious environment and valiant efforts to be the best was all witnessed at the 12^th adidas – Udayan Care Annual Sports Day, 2018, Clash of Titans. The event marking the 12 years old commitment of adidas & Udayan Care to celebrate and inculcate the true spirit of sportsmanship, teamwork & competitive spirit among the young Udayanites through annual sports meet was held at Plaza Farms in Mehrauli on 11^th February’18.

The event drawing in participation from across different Udayan Ghars, in different races set as per the children’s age group, came out to be wonderful.

Visit to India Art Fair

On 12^th February’18, children got an amazing opportunity to visit to India Art Fair at NSIC Exhibition Grounds in Delhi. A walk through the artifacts not only worked as an experiential learning for the children but, also inspired them to produce such works which is beyond anyone’s imagination.

Success Story (any one)

“I am not slow, I fly low”

Tormented by the fate and abandoned by her parents, little June ended up staying in an orphanage. The non-conducive environment at the orphanage compelled the honourable Child Welfare Committee to transfer the child at Jagshanti Udayan Ghar, Greater Noida for long term care and protection.

Joining the ghar family in October, 2016, June was provided with all the required love, warmth and care by the team consisting of caregivers, mentor parents and, mental health & social work professionals.

Enrolled in a regular school where she couldn’t adjust and performed, June was then assessed by the mental health professional and was found having an I.Q. of 59% thereby making her a child with borderline intelligence. She was later, enrolled in Mata Bhagwanti Chadha Niketan, a school for children with special needs.

Being groomed by the ghar team, June started showing improvements, gained confidence, became interactive and now has an improved level of self esteem. She learnt the skills to carry out her day to day activities and developed her relationship building skills as well.

Apart, she also developed interest towards sports and has always been encouraged to come forth & participate in all sports related events.

Recently, June participated in the Futsal NCC cum National Championship (a football championship) organized at Shri Prem Nagar Ashram, Uttarakhand on 19^th Febraury’18 where she not only played extremely well but, also helped her team won the 1^st prize. June was awarded with a gold medal for her heart winning performance.

She has also won her hearts in the 12^th adidas Udayan Care Annual Sports Day’18 where she ran for 100m dash race and bagged the 3^rd prize. Her run was indeed electrifying.

Udayan Ghar Programme

Udayan Care had set up its first Udayan Ghar (Home) for children in 1996 and created its own model of LIFE: Living in Family Environment. This model enables erstwhile children in need of Care & Protection in to grow in a loving family environment. In these homes, the children are loved and cared for by a group of Mentor Parents-socially committed individuals (volunteers) who groom the children with a team of Coordinators at homes, along with resident Care Givers, Supervisors, & Volunteers.

These homes are located in busy, middle class neighborhoods, so children can reintegrate themselves into society through direct community involvement which helps mainstreaming the children ahead. Our children and young adults are receiving quality education in some of the best educational institutions such as: The Sagar School at Tijara, Alwar, Mata Bhagwati school, Genesis Global school, Tagore International School, East of Kailash, Banyan Tree School, Global Indian International School etc and colleges/ universities like College of Vocational Studies, University of Delhi, Hi- Tech Institute of Engineering, Ghaziabad, Punjab University, Lingaya’s University etc.

Since inception Udayan Ghars have nurtured over 800 children with love, care and protection in 13 Homes across 4 states of India. Presently, there are 187 children across all homes. 27 of our young adults are also been supported through our After Care Programme.

 Workshops/ Activities during this Quarter

During the period of September - November, 2017 the team continued working for the betterment of children and the programme. The quarter went well with children engrossed in studies preparing for their mid-term examinations and a few corporate engagements. Workshops being a monthly affair addressed several concerns pertaining to Children, Care-givers, Mentor Parents and Coordinators.

Workshops were held with all the programme stakeholders (mentors, coordinators, caregivers, and children). In order to strengthen the stakeholders.

Since, in a constantly changing environment, having life skills is an essential part of being able to meet the challenges of everyday life, Life Skill workshops at home were also held like every other quarter which focused on various subjects like self awareness & self identity, coping with emotions, relationship building, healthy & unhealthy relationships, knowing self, decision making, stress management, healthy habits; family & community, communication and problem solving.

YP Foundation, conduct workshops twice in a month at Ghaziabad girls ghar. A range of topics has been selected under the broad topic of sexuality.

Mentor father, Mr. Deepak Sharma ensures that girls at Greater Noida ghar do not lag behind others in any respect and always try to get inspiring figures to interact with and motivate the girls. In the month of October, Ms. Suniti, S.P, Rural-GB Nagar was invited to guide girls about importance of education and how goals are set to achieve a career of choice.

Psychologist, Ms. Dipti Dash conducts life skill workshops every month with both Noida Boys and Girls. The topics covered so far include, knowing Myself, Managing Emotions and Relationship.

Opportunities, Events and outings are some of the things that never end for our Udayan Ghar children. The major recreation and co-curricular events that took place during the quarter include –

 HUDCO Painting Competition

On 3^rd September’17, a Painting Competition was organized by HUDCO at the HUDCO Art Gallery, New Delhi. The first Monday of October has been designated by the United Nations as the World Habitat Day. Every year, as part of the celebrations to observe the World Habitat Day, the Housing and Urban Development Corporation Ltd. (HUDCO) organises a painting competition for underprivileged children, on themes related to habitat issues.

A total of 10 children from Ghaziabad, Sant Nagar and Mehrauli Homes participated in the competition where they were asked to draw and paint on the theme, ‘My City of the Future’.

Talent Hunt Event by Cognizant

On 10^th September’17, Cognizant organized a talent hunt programme at Airforce Grounds, Subroto Park, New Delhi. The full day event had number of activities planned where the children were given the opportunity to participate where their interest lies. A complete manual was given laying out the rules and regulations for participation. From Udayan Care, Mehrauli Homes, Greater Noida Home & Gurugram Home participated and won prizes. 

There were different competitions scheduled in the programme which were divided according to the classes of the children. Group I consisted of children till V standard and Group II had children from VI to XII standard.  All the children were given amazing lunch boxes and school bags too!

 Dan Utsav (Joy of Giving Week) Celebration

“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.” - Winston S. Churchill

The first week of October is celebrated in India as Joy of Giving Week.

Dan utsav was celebrated across different Udayan Ghars while spreading the joy among the ones who know the joy yet, metaphorically have hardly witnessed it. Children across ghars gave away their belongings such as clothes, stationary, toys and even some eats bought from their pocket money to children in the nearby community, slums and/or under privileged schools.

 Visit of K9 School at Noida Girls and Boys Ghar

On 8^th October, 2017 a team consisting of behavioral psychologists, volunteers and Stella and Phulki (therapy dogs) visited from K9 School our Noida Boys and Girls Ghars for interaction with the children. The basic objective was to introduce canine therapyidea and practices of canine assisted activities and canine assisted therapy which are being successfully used in many parts of the world in schools, homes, hospitals to address the needs of special children and provide supportive therapy to those dealing with grief, loss, childhood trauma associated with abuse, and a variety of cognitive, emotional and behavioral issues.

Auro Camp, Nainital – 18^th October to 22^nd October’17

This Diwali, we thought of gifting a wider smile to our ghar children and planned to take them for Auro Camp at Van Niwas, Nainital in association with Sri Aurobindo Asharam. The objective of the camp was mainly to celebrate Diwali, and provide fun & thrill, build courage, stamina & self confidence and channelize energy of children towards value added activities. Children were engaged in activities such as trekking, rock climbing, rappelling, meditation etc. catering to their all round personality development.

A team of carers also went with the children where, apart from their engagement in activities, they also got an opportunity to revive their relationship with children and rejuvenate themselves.

Diwali Celebration

We immensely thank Mercer and Benetton forlighting the contours of hope, joy and happiness in the lives of our children and making this Diwali a memorable one!

Children were invited at the corporate office of Benetton on 17^th October’17 and a group of employees from Mercer visited our Jagshanti Udayan Ghar for Girls, Greater Noida on the same day to celebrate Diwali. Children were engaged different activities such as dance, games and rangoli making.

The children were given refreshment after Pooja and later gifts were also distributed among them.

 MAMD Family Day Celebration by Baxter

Every year Baxter celebrates MAMD family day in which all the employees along with family members come together and celebrate the auspicious day. Likewise every year, Baxter has invited the Udayan Care children to be a part of the celebration. Twenty eight children from Udayan Care Home, Gurgaon participated in the event organized at Tivoli on Oct 29^th, 2017.

The children have given an amazing group dance performance and won the heart of everyone over there. Activities such as Tattoo making, shooting gun, football board, remote car racing, and fun house for the younger kids. Apart from these thrilling activities, children enjoyed delicious eats as well.

 New Home (Udayan Ghar for Girls) at Faridabad

Udayan Care proudly announces the establishment of its 14^th Udayan Ghar at Faridabad, Haryana. The ghar would cater to the protection & developmental needs of orphaned, abandoned and at-risk girls. The ghar will soon be operational.

 Saksham Pedal Delhi

On 5^th November’17 Children from different Udayan Ghars participated in the event, Saksham Pedal Delhi. The event was an initiative by PCRA aimed at propagating the importance of fuel conservation and efficient energy utilization among citizens. As a part of the event, children pedaled bicycles for 5 km. Later, they were given refreshment.

 Theater Show by Salam Balak Trust

Sheroes, a theatre show, written, directed and acted by the children of Salam Balak Trust was something really enjoyed by the children across different Udayan Ghars. The children were truly motivated and shared a good feedback.

 Art Room Programme

If children are exploring, thinking, experimenting and trying new ideas on their art notebook, then creativity and inventiveness has a chance to blossom.

ArtReach India continued to organize art workshops where children are being provided with a platform to learn, explore and enhance their artistic talent. During the quarter, the workshops were conducted on 9^th September, 14^th October & 11^th November at Sanskriti Pratishthan.

Success Story (any one)

“Keep your face always toward the sunshine—and shadows will fall behind you”

-    Walt Whitman

 The pain of losing parents is too overwhelming to be contained in a little child’s heart. By 2006, Muskaan had lost both her parents and was just six years old when she was handed over to Udayan Care by her uncle.

Udayan Ghar team consisting of mentor parents, social workers and, care staff nurtured Muskaan and helped her develop a sense of trust, bonding and security. The caring, non-judgmental and loving environment provided by the Udayan Care family helped her grow into a sincere, hardworking, and cheerful girl. Now, Muskaan is not just a sincere student but is also a good writer who likes to pen down her thoughts as beautiful poems.

This year, she appeared for the XII board exams and secured 74.6%. Her belief in herself was reinforced by motivation from her mentor father and she got admission in the prestigious Ashoka University with full scholarship. Now Muskaan is all set to give a constructive shape to her career.