Children’s Home

Bapuji Childrens Home, started with 8 children, is now giving shelter to around 40; majority of who are girls. Most of them are abandoned children. They are either committed by the Child Welfare Committee or abandoned by destitute mothers.

Infants are kept in the home for a minimum period of 2 months & are checked for various diseases & physical problems. Proper medical and nutritional support is given based on needs. Babies who are in good health and who are less than 4 years of age are put up for adoption. The adoption procedure is followed strictly according to applicable Indian laws and guidelines. The children are given to people who are educated and well placed in society. Follow-up is done regularly, of the children given in adoption, to ensure that the adopted children are well adjusted.

Children in the age group of 4 - 11 years are given in foster care i.e. temporary custody. Once the child adjusts well with the foster parents the temporary care is converted into adoption.

Children who live in the Home are sent to local schools. Those who are weak in certain subjects are provided with special coaching. They are encouraged to excel in their education and a lot of importance is given to their holistic development. Effort is made to place children who have completed their high school into good working environments. This gives them a sense of pride as they start earning and feel useful. Besides working, some of the girls also continue education through correspondence.

Lately some of the bright girls have found admission in nursing colleges and are pursuing their studies to join this noble medical profession in due course of time.

Children come, children go, but life at the Home goes on. With the girls growing up and attaining marriageable age one more responsibility of the trust is to find suitable bridegrooms for these girls. The Home has celebrated 26 weddings so far, out of which some were Church Weddings. Now the families have started to grow; several girls have become mothers themselves. Yet they don't forget their childhood and the time they spent at the Home. They visit this home regularly along with their husbands and children.