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Unlike the other Delhi Udayan Ghars, it is in the
newly developed township of Greater Noida, about 35 kms. away from Delhi,
with all the beauty of a pristine, just opening up township. Called Jagshanti
Udayan Ghar, this has more facilities as compared to the other Udayan Ghars,
as there are increased spaces. The number of children it caters to is also
more. We have 40 girls residing there. It is designed to be like three Udayan
Ghars - Homes - at one location.
Unlike the other
Homes, it is not in a three-bed room flat. It is housed in a beautiful building,
which has a ground floor, three storey, and a lovely basement. The building is
called Jagshanti Udayan Care, and on its second and third floors are the three
units of Udayan Ghar. Here 4-5 children share a bedroom, which has beautiful
beds, cupboards and study tables. Children's open kitchen and the huge eating
area are on the first floor, which looks down to the beautifully manicured
sunken garden as well as the cityscape out. The tuition rooms, their playrooms
with table tennis, etc., their library all are situated on this floor only.
Their TV room, meditation room, etc. are all on the second floor. There are
volunteers' rooms with attached baths, too, in which our volunteers, from
India and abroad, come and stay.
On the ground floor, there is a Counseling Center as well as a Computer
Center, which are used by the nearby communities too. The basement has a
Stitching and Tailoring Center, Yoga, Dance cum Art Center and Beauty Therapy
Center. Outside, there is a kitchen garden, a basketball court and play areas,
where you would find our girls cycling. We have one Mentor Mother, two caregivers
as well as other support staff here.
The Home is a part of what we call CREATE, therefore,
it has a Director and a social worker too, besides their 2 Mentor Mothers.
The girls get a lot of volunteers as well tutors to help them in different
subjects as well as learn co curricular activities.
Girls are studying in Delhi Public School, Greater Noida,
Dharam Public School, Ascent Public School, G. M. Memorial School and Pragyan
School. All the Managements have been kind enough to partner Udayan Care in the
education of the children through counselors fee or total fee waiver. Some girls
who have come to us quite grown up are going through Open School. All of them
zealously take part in co-curricular activities and help out in household chores.
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