By Mr Rahul Raja Sharma | Manager, Sunshine Homes
Sunshine Home
Udayan Care had set up its first Udayan Sunshine 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 678 children with love, care and protection in 13 Homes across 4 states of India. Presently, there are 164 children across all homes. 28 of our young adults are also been supported through our After Care Programme.
Workshops/ Activities during the repoting period
During the reporting period our team continued working for the success of the children and program. June was fun-filled and relaxing at the same time due to the good long summer vacations. Workshops being a monthly process addressed several concerns pertaining to Children, Care-givers, Mentor Parents and Coordinators.
Workshops were held with all the program stakeholders (mentors, coordinators, caregivers, and children) in enhancing stakeholders Unmet Emotional Needs, training on maintain of stock register, adolescent sexual health issues with children, disciplinary as a concern in Ghars with mentors. During the reporting period, education and aftercare committee meetings also took place.
“Life Skills” 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 solving problem.
Shanti Home on a monthly basis conducts workshop with our girls of Greater Noida home, Uttar Pradesh. The topics covered are Anger Management, Dealing with Emotions and Tensions.
Volunteers Ms. Shobha Sharma and Ms. Priyanka Jain from Image Graph conducted workshop with children in one of our Girls home in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh on Etiquettes and Manners.
Safety training on fire extinguisher was given by experts in one of our Boys Home in Gurgaon.
June unites the family together by celebrating Summer Breaks in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. This year Summer Camp was majorly sponsored by Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Many corporate involvements like Genpact, Research Now helped in making it a great success. Children were engaged in different activities like Zumba, Musical Play on Jungle Book, Play for Peace which involved children in learning like skills through play way methodology, Musical Choir by Manzil, NGO, Theatre by UK Volunteers, Art & Craft and Dance Fusion. Interesting parallel sessions were also done for the caregivers on the topics Sexuality by YP Foundation and Effective Communication by Mr. Rahul & Ms. Nidhi (Home Team).
SAP organized an outing for one of our Boys home in Gurgaon, Harayana at in Ambience Mall where they enjoyed a movie and games in FUN City along with awesome lunch.
Our Girls got a good exposure of Art by visiting Kiran Naddar Museum. Four children from Sant Nagar and Mehrauli, Delhi also involved themselves in Printing Classes being organized by them in the month of August. Text 100, corporate conducted Art Sessions with Sant Nagar Girls.
Korean Culture Center conducted Poetry Sessions with our Girls in Sant Nagar, Delhi. This quarter was a good time for Sant Nagar girls as they learnt Chocolate making and Gift Box making session from people associated with House of Hope, NGO.
Mehrauli girls gave a dance performance on patriotic songs in #every8minutes campaign, a wonderful initiative of ipartner India to mark the World Anti- Trafficking Day, which culminated at Dilli Haat.
Manjeet from Noida Boys and Sonal from Greater Noida got an opportunity to explore the Teen Expedition Programme in Kullu, Himachal Pardesh.
Children from Jaipur Home participated in Art of Meditation in Vipassana Meditation Center. Girls also went to Government Grass Farm (Nursery) and planted so many plants and the mentor mother explained them the important of plants in environment.
International Volunteers Linn and Anders organized a wonderful trip for Gurgaon Boys Home to Agra.
All the Ghars celebrated Independence Day, Rakshabandhan and Janmashtami.
Artreach India started with their monthly art workshops with children from different Homes - Mayur Vihar, Sant Nagar, Noida Girls and Greater Noida Home.
The achievements and awards are a never ending process for Udayan Family:
Success Story
Nisha (Name Changed), is a street child who was brought to Udayan Care by a police officer on late evening of 15th January 2016. The home staff couldn’t interact much with the child as she could not speak apart from a few words like “Nisha, Babu, Ghaur, Amma, Alla.”
Communication was the biggest hindrance between the home staff and the child. Despite all the challenges the staff at home gave her extra care and attention to develop a bond with her.
Slowly & gradually, the child started learned and developed eating skills, improved her vocabulary and also learnt several social skills simply by imitating other kids at home.
Today, after 6 months, the child is studying in special school of National Institute for Mental Health.
The love, support and care from the Home staff and mentor mothers has made her confident and cheerful child.
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