By Mr. Rahul Raja Sharma | Assistant Manager, Ghar Programme
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 546 children with love, care and protection in 13 Homes across 4 states of India. Presently, there are 166 children across all homes. 33 of our young adults are also been supported through our After Care Programme.
Workshops/ Activities during this Quarter
During the period of Sept, Oct & Nov 2015 the program bagged lots of achievement. Our children brought applaud to their Udayan Family. Children got the opportunity to attend workshops outside home and many workshops were conducted by the organization addressing several concerns pertaining to their overall growth & development.
Workshops were held focused on Digital Storytelling through the medium of technology, Right to Play Campaign & Children Sports Mela with the children by Delhi Child Right Club. On the other hand sessions with all the program stakeholders (mentors, coordinators, caregivers, and children) were conducted to encourage Child Safety, enhance the understanding of Grievances and Concerns raised by the team, Safety at Home and Emotional & Behavioral Development in Children by various trained professionals dealing in terms of child rights and child psychology during this quarter.
“Life Skills” workshops at home were also held during this quarter which focused on various subjects like Problems and Solutions, Coping with Emotions, Understanding Feelings, Network of Relationships, fire and prevention, Managing Difference and Conflicts, Beliefs & Values, My Body & Me and Identifying Problems.
On 3rd Sept’15, Udayan Care organized Training Workshop-“To Deliver Better Outcomes for Institutions: Towards a Socially Adjusted Young Person” atIndian International Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
Children participated in a lot of events organized at home and outside. Janmashtmi was celebrated at home level. Boys celebrated it by performing the customary game played during Janmashtmi “Dahi Haandi” while the other children performed the rituals visiting the temple and also gave beautiful performance by participating in cultural event within the community on the occasion. Joy of Giving was one of the major events held during this period where children from different homes celebrated the JOY of Giving in different ways. Children donated their favorite clothes to children in slum, some shared their talent of art, dance and computer with children from village and others distributed food to the poor.
Our children also participated in HUDCO painting competition where they had a platform to showcase the theme of the event Safety at Public Places through painting. Accenture very actively works with our children at Greater Noida. They conducted session on Communication Skills and also spread awareness amongst children on Cyber Safety. On 14th November Udayan Ghars celebrated Children’s Day with a theme on generating awareness about Importance of education/ Right to education amongst themselves along with involving the community/ neighborhood. The Research & Documentation associate of the Ghar Program attended a National Seminar on Child Protection and presented a paper on “To Evaluate the Current and on-Going Changes in Children's Trauma, Attachment, Self-concept and Ego-resiliency” at Christ University, Bangalore on November 18, 2015.
On 3rd October, 2015 – Nihal*, Deep*, Rahul* and Shivam* made us proud by participating in an Open Karate Championship for the children of Delhi and NCR region organized at Ghaziabad by Grand Pix on 3rd October 2015. Our children participated in this open championship representing their Karate Club (Shito-Ryu karate–do association Uttar Pradesh) where they are enrolled to hone their talent named. The following is the details of the category in which the children participated:
Consequently exhibiting consistent performance, on 28th November, 2015 Rahul*, Deep*, Nihal* and Shivam* participated in the Inter-State Karate Competition and bagged medals:
On the other hand Hemant* & Anil* from Mayur Vihar home bagged Bronze & Gold medal by participating in Open State Taekwondo Championship held at Taalkatora stadium, Delhi.
Participation in Inter NGO sports meet at Modern School also bagged in 2nd and 3rd prize for our boys (Mayur Vihar) and Girls (Ghaziabad) in dress relay race.
Parallely our Girls from Ghaziabad Homeparticipated in poster making competition in which Sapna* (child) bagged 2nd prize on the topic ‘Right to Play’ organized by Delhi Child Rights Club (DCRC) facilitated by Butterflies.
Suraj* from Gurgaon Boys Home studying in X standard did wonders by participating in Handloom Utsav in Lady Irwin College by dressing models with newspapers.He won 1st prize in the competition for which he was also been covered/ interviewed by the print media “Times of India”
Mamta* got a cheque of Rs.8 lakh from Mr. Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi for winning bronze medal in power lifting at the Special Olympics World Summer games 2015, Los Angeles, USA
Educational Walk at Humayun’s Tomb on International Education Week organized by United Stated- Indian Educational Foundation (USIEF) proved to be an insightful experience for the children of Mayur Vihar & Sant Nagar where the children expressed that they had a great exposure and learning experience about Mughal's Era.
Success Story
Raja*came to Udayan Care at the age of 8. The child ran away from his home and was traced by the government personnel and was thus referred to Udayan Care for his long term care and protection.
Every child is unique and so was Raja. With passing time, care and over all support Raja’s innate talent resurfaced. He exhibited his brilliant talent & deep interest in football. Simultaneously, constant efforts were put into the restoration of the child to his family. With adequate coaching, dedication & passion towards football Raja shined as an upcoming football talent. However, knowing the fact that he also needs to have adequate academic background to support his area of interest he is managing his academics at school by taking extra classes after school hours i.e. Genesis Global Public School, Noida. Raja is the core member of his school football team and has participated in many football matches/tournaments held at Delhi like Modern school inter NGO- sport meet, GD Goenkan world school football tournament, All India football championship, Pathways inter-school athlete meet etc.
On 28.11.2015 Raja won 5 gold medals & won trophy of best athlete in annual sport day 2015 at Genesis Global School.
The champs’ football wagon did not stop here as he has been shortlisted to represent Delhi in a football tournament which is going to be in Kolkata in January 2016, therefore if selected he will be get a brilliant opportunity to go to Spain and later on to Germany to get Internationally trained in football!!!!
*names are changed to protect the real identities of children
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