Academics!
Two of our children (Simi from Mehrauli Home and Akash from Mayur Vihar Home) got admitted to a very reputed residential school, called Sagar School in Rajasthan, courtesy the school. We are truly grateful to the school authorities.
Our Earning Members!
Two of our boys, Jagpal and Rakesh from Gurgaon Home have received an opportunity to work with the Crown Plaza Hotel as paid trainees. Jagpal is being trained to be a Chef whereas Rakesh is underoing a training in Housekeeping. This endeavour was made possible with the help of Youthreach and Crown Plaza Hotel. Thanks to both!!!
Monica from Sant Nagar Home, on reaching adulthood, entered into the fiscal world. Her debut at M.M.Exports has transformed her into a confident young lady and a feeling of happiness and satisfaction has permeated her life.
We Reinstate!
After spending more than 11 years with us, Sunita from Sant Nagar Home reached the age of maturity and was restored back to her family, from whom she had parted as a lost child.
9 more add up to the team of 105 Udayan Care Children!
Our newest home at Noida has welcomed 6 new boys and the Mayur Vihar Home has accomodated 3, thus, taking up the strength to 114.
Representation Abroad!
A research paper was presented in Australia by Dr. Deepak Gupta on a study on the perception of quality of parenting practiced by ‘Udayan Care’ in its four residential homes, out of the existing six. Through this research, an attempt was made to study child rearing practices and parental (mentor mothers/care takers) attitude of rejection, overprotection and emotional warmth, as well as the Individual Programme Plan (IPP) on the part of the mentors and a sense of acceptance/rejection in ‘Udayan Care’ children.
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A
Refreshing Start! |
Activities
On 28th of July, the children of Udayan Care celebrated the end of their
summer vacations and the beginning of a new academic session with a
picnic at the Garden of Five Senses.,The entire staff of Udayan Care,
the children and their caretakers let their hair down and enjoyed themselves
to the fullest. Children were exposed to various art and cultural activities
that culminated in a performance at Siri Fort Auditorium. Two of our
children (Lilima from Sant Nagar Home and Jyoti from Mehrauli Home)
staged beautiful dance performances, as part of Firoze’s dance
troupe.
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Bond
of Love |
Festivities
Begin
Raksha Bandhan marks the beginning of a series of festivals
in India. As the country takes a dip into the colourful celebrations
that continue till Holi, children at Udayan Care too rejoiced at the
onset of fiesta. Udayan girls made beautiful Rakhis out of silken threads
and ribbons for their brothers staying at Udayan Care boys’ homes.
On 25th of August all children from Udayan Care were gathered at Indraprastha
Park and celebrated this festival of love and brotherhood.
Monthly
Workshops
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Managing
Volunteers |
Caregivers shared their experiences with one of our volunteers, Ms. Vibhuti Sharma in the workshop held in July while the August workshop was directed towards improving their relationship with the volunteers frequenting their homes.
Workshops aimed at inculcating good behaviour in children and making them understand the importance of following rules marked the month of July while in August, informative workshops commemorating Friendship Day and Independence Day featured most.
Corporate Volunteering & Mentoring
On July 21st, the children from Mehrauli and Gurgaon Homes enjoyed a ‘fun workshop’ organised by the Royal Bank of Scotland at Unitech Park’ Gurgaon. After a day full of sports activities, all the children were treated with delicious lunch and gifted colour boxes and water bottles.
ADIDAS joined hands with Udayan Care to provide a training in sports to the boys at Gurgaon Home. Different teams from Adidas visit the home each Friday and guide the boys in various sport activities. As a part of Corporate Mentoring Programme, the children from Sant Nagar and Mayur Vihar Homes continued to visit CSC every Tuesday, and children from Greater NOIDA visited XANSA every Thursday to interact with their mentors.
The children staged a beautiful programme at CSC on the eve of Independence Day.
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Envisioning
Our Way To Success |
Developing
Organizational Strengths
The mentors and
all those who play a pivotal role in the life of children at Udayan
Care, were part of an envisioning exercise held by Mr. Rajiv Khurana,
an management consultant, on 29th July, 2007. This was third in a
series of such exercises.
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Under Udayan Care’s Residential Programme for orphaned and abandoned children: Udayan Ghars (HOMES), 114 children are growing with love and protection in 6 Homes across Delhi and neighbouring states.
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Under Udayan Shalini Fellowships we have touched the lives of more than 448 girls through monetary and mentoring support. With new girls being inducted in Kurukshetra and West Bengal chapters as in Delhi, the numbers by October end shall reach 800.
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Udayan Outreach Programme sustains its regular workshops and home visits of the children of the HIV affected. The monetary support for education and nutrition of these children continues to be a regular feature at Udayan Care.
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Construction of vocational cum educational center at Chandrapadi Village in District Nagapattanam is in full swing. This work is being done under SUGAM Project to help the Tsunami victims reflourish. Our educational programme with the existing government schools there continues.
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Our Volunteer Programme continues to endow us with indispensable volunteers. Volunteers from UK, USA and France have spent some memorable moments with the children at our 6 homes
July – August, 2007 Vol. I, No. 3
