VATSALYA
Vatsalya Trust, Mumbai was born on 8th February 1983. The founders were Smt. Sanjivani Raykar, Late Dr. Shivram Athavale, Shri. G.A Damle and few others who felt a need for starting a charitable organization dedicated to the care and rehabilitation of destitute children.
Vatsalya' Name emerged from a Sanskrit word meaning affection and was considered appropriate for naming the proposed Charitable Trust.
After overcoming some initial obstacles an orphanage was started at Kanjur with 2 infant girls on 2nd June 1985. It was not a cakewalk. Nurturing, and rehabilitating infants involved several aspects: legal, medical, social and emotional. The number of infants started growing steadily but Vatsalya Trust had to deal with space and infrastructure constraints. Financial resources were also limited. Vatsalya undoubtedly kept working on all these fronts. Now, after 20 years of existence, Vatsalya’s social activities have taken deep roots in the society and the Trust stands on sound footing today
MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE
Vatsalya has a 3-tier structure, which includes:
Board of Trustees This Board comprises of prominent professionals and experienced social workers, who make policy decisions and are responsible for the important financial and organizational matters.
Managing Committee This committee comprises of individuals with long standing background of social service looks after the day to day working and actual execution of the policies.
A band of dedicated voluntary workers along with the staff who involve themselves in the success of all the projects
AIMS AND OBJECTIVE
- To rehabilitate homeless / destitute children by placing them in adoptive families.
- To provide adequate medical and developmental facilities through the childcare center till adoptive families are located.
- To serve destitute of all ages without any gender discrimination.
- To provide shelter, nutrition, formal education and vocational guidance to grown up children from socially and economically backward families.
- To provide temporary shelter and counseling services to women in distress.
- To provide congenial permanent shelter to aged men and women in the Vanaprasthashram.
- To organize periodical health awareness and community development programs.
PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN UNDER VATSALYA TRUST
- Child Care And Rehabilitaion Center - Adoption Cell
- Child And Parents Guidance - "KUSHI"
- Early Intervention Center- " AAKAR"
- Documentation, Training and Research Center - DOCTREC
- Urban Women Empowerment Programmes
- Balikashram - Sanpada Project
- Vanaprasthashram - Sanpada Project
- Aids You Can Provide
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PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF VATSALYA TRUST
CHILD CARE AND REHABILITATION CENTER -ADOPTION CELL
Until 15th Jan2006, 1001 destitute children have been provided love and warmth at the Center. At any given time there are about 60 children in the Child Care Center. The Centre has moved to its new building at Kanjur in September 2003. It can now comfortably accommodate 100 children
Vatsalya Trust believes in rehabilitation of children by way of in-country adoption. Only the special needs children who cannot get placed within the country are proposed for inter -country adoption so that they are not deprived of parental love. So far, 5 such special need children have been placed with NRI families in inter-country adoption, & while 822 children have been placed in adoption within the country. Currently there are about 45 children
How does the Organisations get the children? (Sources of the childrens in vatsalya )
The children arrive at vatsalya through 2 main sources, like unwed mother and second through police getting destitute babies in public place.
When child is found in the public place , police take the custody and place the child to such orphanage
When the child arrived here the trust or the organizations do all the medical check up take care of the child for few days until the child with the trust representative and the police is presented in front of the “CHILD WELFARE COMMITTEE”
After all the investigations done by the side of police, the committee declares the child as “destitute and legally free” and then hand over the responsibility of the child rehabilitation to the Trust
Only a Legally Free Child is allowed to be adopted
Who are eligible to adopt a child?
Legally a couple or a single person who are financially in a position to take care of a child can adopt a child.
How does the health and hygiene of a child taken care?
Children are feeded branded milk powder and other child food.
There is check up which take place twice in a week, and the child who are just few days or months old are taken special care only 2 to 3 care taker are allowed to go in the room where such children a kept, because these children are very much prone to infection so only selected care takers are allowed to go.
Any emergience regarding the health of a child, they are taken to ANKUR HOSPITAL which is just 5min away from Vatsalya,
How can a Parent adopt a child?
They need to take an appointment and register them selves with the trust.
Whole process of Adoption takes few months as there is lot of mental, social and the legal process.
When a couple desires to adopt there is a counseling session of the couple taken by the professionals individually as well as together.
Periodically pre & post adoption counseling sessions for the adoptive parents are organized by Vatsalya Trust.
There financial position ,there family background is properly investigated and then only the trust agrees to give them for adoption , as they need to be sure that the family can take the responsibility of the child and give them enough love and care.
There are lots of legal formalities which are to be done before the parents can take the child with them.
All the legal formalities are done by Vatsalya itself. And then there is a Farwell ceremony done for the child on behalf of the institute, In this Farwell ceremony all the family members of the parents who are adopting the child comes together , and with all the traditions the child is handed over to the parent.
What happen after the child is been adopted by the parents?
After the child is given for adoption to track the children’s current situation Vatsalya has initiated and supported an emotional support group of adoptive parents called Spandan? Here all the the parents who has adopted the child form Vatsalya forms a group called spandhan and do the follow up by visiting the parents who has newly adopted the child.
What if a Parent form outside country wants to adopt a child from vatsalya?
As per the Legal rules an Adoption center has to give first preference to the Area in the jurisdiction for accepting an adoptive parent desire.
In order to facilitate the implementation of the norms, principles and procedures relating to adoption of children laid down by the Supreme Court, several steps have been taken by the Government of India. Setting up of Central Adoption & Resource Agency (CARA), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Women & Child Development is one such step. CARA deals with all matters concerning in-country adoption and regulates inter-country adoption.
SO if a parent from outside country wants to adopt they have to contact the Indian government recognized agencies with in that country and hence the application to vatsalya will come through the CARA
The Agencies in different country has a responsibility that they do all the necessary investigation about the desirous parent. And give the report to the CARA.
What about the children who are not adopted ?
Those children are placed in an Ashram where there education is taken care off and the child is set to lead a life by taking up a good career.
If the Child is a girl they are sent to BALIKASHRAM which is at sanpada and is a project of the VATSALAYA TRUST.
Special Features
Annual get-together of adoptive families, donors and well-wishers is also a regular feature
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CHILD AND PARENTS GUIDANCE CENTER -"KUSHI"
Vatsalya realized the need to work on various psychosocial problems of children which most of the time remain undealt with mainly due to ignorance by the parents or non availability or inaccessibility of child guidance centers.
KHUSHI- the Child and Parents Guidance Centre has been set up by Vatsalya on 4th Oct.2003.
This Center caters to the needs of the children with various problems such as : Psychological, behavioral, emotional, scholastic as well as social, including mental disorders like autism, hyperactivity, depression; Adjustment problems of adolescents are also dealt with in this Center.
To deal with the above mentioned problems, various therapies such as play therapy, behavioral therapy, speech therapy, family therapy, pharmaco therapy & remedial education are used.
KHUSHI works with parents so as to help them understand their Childs problem and thus guide them to overcome the situation, as parents are important stakeholders in Childs healthy development. In addition to this KHUSHI also conducts Activity workshops for children in various age groups.
KHUSHI organizes various workshops for teachers on various issues related to identifying and understanding students psychological, behavioral, emotional, scholastic needs and problems.
Beneficiaries of this Center are children in the age group of 3 to 18 years and their parents. A team comprising of professionals such as special educator, psychiatrist, pediatrician, counselor and clinical psychologist work for KHUSHI.
This Project has e psychologist like Ramila and Kavita Joshi who is a clinical Psycologist.
They both give there full time to this project, they undertake seminars in different schools, and they also have plans to conduct seminars at national and international levels.
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EARLY INTERVENTION CENTER - "AAKAR"
Vatsalya Trust has started Aakar- Early Intervention Center on 26thJune 2005 for the children who are in age group of 0-12 years, and who are at the risk of developing handicapping conditions due to various factors like problems during delivery or pregnancy or due to any hereditary factor running in family.
The term Early Intervention means intervention or diagnosing at early age. Timing of this intervention becomes particularly important as the rate of human learning and development is faster in the preschool years.
The main aim of this Center is to provide facilities like special education, speech therapy, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy for all the needful children irrespective of their affordability at minimal cost.
| Facilities provided for the children who may have difficulties like: | Main features of Aakar are: Well-qualified team of professional like |
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Mental Retardation Developmental Delays Speech Therapy Delayed Milestones Autism and other pervasive disorder (ADHD) Children with multiple disorder Cerebral Palsy Infants at high risk (prenatal asphyxia, premature babies |
Pediatricians Occupational Therapist Speech Therapist Special Educator Physic Therapist Parental Counseling Provision of advance aids/equipments for therapy. Individual of group sessions as required. |
DOCUMENTATION, TRAINING AND RESEARCH CENTER - DOCTREC
Over the years, Vatsalya has come up as a unique orphanage cum childcare center; also promoting adoption. Now the new dimension has been added to its activities by creating an academic base covering all facets of children’s issues. On 14th November 2003 Vatsalya Trust initiated? DoTReC? Documentation, Training and Research Center.
The Documentation, Training and Research Center: DoTReC works for:
Providing reliable basic information on all aspects of child issues such as child labor, street children, destitute children, child prostitution, child development, child abuse and so on.
- Establishing a resource center by networking with organizations already working on specific children’s issues. It also makes efforts to provide adequate facilities and support to researchers by focusing on different children’s issues and their multidimensional aspects.
- Arranging short-term training and refresher courses on child related issues.
- oday the Documentation wing of the Center has a sizable collection of nearly 300 books, 2000 newspaper clippings, journal and magazine articles addressing children’s issues. The wing also has a collection of policies and laws related to children.
- Today the Training wing conducts sessions on -
Spreading awareness and stimulating sensitivity for child related issues in masses Capacity Building for Personnel working for and with children Personality Development Training Programmes for Children Life skill training programmes for adolescents. The beneficiaries of 28 different training programmes conducted so far are 2523.
This division of Vatsalya is taken care by Ms Medha, she is the project coordinator.
This division also take care of the website , they also take care of the library to facilitate the students or professional who wants documentary help for there project, This facility is available with a very minimal amount.
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URBAN WOMEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMMES
With the basic understanding that helping women to be reliant and economically self-sufficient betters her child’s future, Vatsalya Trust has started Urban Women Empowerment Programmes. Till date the Trust has conducted various short term as well as long term courses.
| Long Term Courses | Short Term Courses |
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Nursing Assistants Training Course:- This Course consists of 4 months theory & 6 months practical training in the reputed large scale hospital. Balwadi Teachers Training Course:- This Course is of 1 year duration & in addition to the course curriculum exposure to various schools & balwadis is also provided to the participants. |
Art & Painting Course Artificial Leather Article Making Course Artificial Jewellery Designing Course Bakery Products Making Course |
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BALIKASHRAM - SANPADA PROJECT
It was in June 1999 that the three storeyed building of Vatsalya, came-up in Navi-Mumbai at Sanpada. The following activities are being conducted in this project.
Here currently, 61 girls in the age group of 4 to 16 years are provided shelter, nourishment, medical care and all educational and developmental facilities. They are either destitute girls or those coming from economically weaker sections of the society. Emphasis is on education and personality development in such a way that when they go back to the family they will feel more confident and self-reliant. During the year, several events, competitions, discussions sessions etc. are innovatively scheduled to ensure all round development of these girls. Providing higher education to those who show the necessary talent and vocational training courses to others who have no inclination for higher formal education is the general policy guideline.
Vocational courses: Trust also conducts vocational courses like tailoring, fashion designing, beautician, and mehendi on regular basis. These vocational courses are open for girls in Balikashram as well as to women from weaker sections in society.
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VANAPRASHTASHRAM - SANPADA PROJECT
It was in June 1999 that the three storeyed building of ?Vatsalya? came-up in Navi-Mumbai at Sanpada.? The following activities are being conducted in this project.
There is an Elder’s Home on the first floor of the building. The rapidly changing society has brought forward a new situation, i.e. the problem of lonely elders. Keeping true to the meaning of its name, Vatsalya has started a home to offer care & love, born out of gratitude to these senior citizens at Sanpada. At a time Vatsalya looks after 20 elders in Vanaprasthashram. There is a prayer hall, library and recreational facilities and also a provision for periodical medical checkup.
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AIDS YOU CAN PROVIDE
Adoption Cell
Corpus Fund: Donate Rs.5000/- or more on the occasion of birthday of a family member or in the memory of a departed member. Only the interest on the donation is used for milk or food for the children on the specific day & is kept inforced.
Financial Adoption Scheme: Donate Rs. 3600/- lump sum for one year or in installments of say Rs. 300/-per month for 12 months. The proceeds are used for the milk to the orphans in the Trust.
Diwali Bhet coupons: Every year during Diwali Festival coupons of Rs. 10/-, Rs. 20/-,Rs.50/- and Rs.100/- denominations are printed. Our well wishers and volunteers who collect the amounts through their personal contacts in various fields. Many of the schools are collecting fund under this scheme, through their students during Diwali Festival. You can also volunteer to raise funds by offering such coupons to your associates. We also need to support for children with special needs. We would appreciate if people come forward to support medical expenses for treatments for Thalessemia, Mentally challenged, Visual impaired children.
Khushi
Sponsoring Workshop for teachers
Sponsoring purchase of test materials
Share your expertise with us
E-mail: khushi_vatsalya@yahoo.com
DoTRec
Sponsor monthly subscriptions of newspapers, magazines, weeklies, journals, e-forums and e- bulletins.
Sponsor study / research expenses
Share your expertise
E-mail: dotrec_vatsalya@yahoo.co.in
UWEP
Sponsor one trainee
Sponsor material, equipments for the trainings
Share your expertise with us
Balikashram, Sanpada Project
Meals for children: Any donor can pay Rs.3500/- in memory of some of their family members or for birthday on a particular day. Meals as per donor’s desire can be served to girls and senior citizens in Vanaprasthashram.
Milk Scheme: Donors can pay Rs.200/- per day, so that the milk can be served to the children in Balikashram.
Education Adoption: Donors can pay Rs. 4 to 5 Thousand per year, or in installments, with a view to bear the educational expenditure of one girl student in Balikashram.
Financial Adoption: on payment of Rs. 18000/- per year one can bear the expenditure of one of the girls in Balikashram, for her entire education, health and meals etc.
Balika Dattak Yojana: An amount of Rs.15000/- is paid by the donor and is invested in fixed deposit, earmarked for the girls. This amount is made available to that girl, if she completes her studies, and starts some service or in case if she desires, the amount can be utilized for her higher studies, and if this is also not possible, the said amount may be used for her marriage in lump sum.
Material needs includes food grains, vegetables, fruits, baby soaps, baby oils, baby clothes, toys etc. Please contact us for more details
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