'Making young Lives Shine'(Our Vision) across 15 States of India: Empowering Vulnerable Children, youth and Women since 1994

Udayan is a Sanskrit word that means eternal sunshine. Registered in 1994 as a Public Charitable Trust, Udayan Care works to empower vulnerable children, women and youth, in 28 cities across 15 states of India. During the last 27 years, Udayan Care has spread its work by establishing more family homes, promoting girl higher education and women empowerment.. Udayan Care is working for improving the lives children, youths, and women who are separated from their families or lack parental care.?

?Udayan Care has nurtured over 30,000 young minds to date.. Lot of efforts are being constantly ??put in for vulnerable children, youth and women by Udayan Care across 15 states of India.?

As a convener of the?Udayan Shalini Fellowship(USF) Program of Greater Noida ?Chapter and mentor father of the girls home in Greater Noida , I've the firsthand experience of the commendable efforts being made to?make a difference in the lives of these vulnerable children, youth and women by Udayan Care across the 15 states of India.

Let me share the national footprint of Udayan Care:

• Bihar

Aftercare Outreach Programme Bihar

The project in Bihar started in December 2019 as a pilot. It covers three child care institutions and a Aftercare home in two district of Bihar i.e. Patna and Gaya. It is being implemented by Udayan Care, in partnership with UNICEF State office for Bihar and with the support of Bihar State Child Protection Society.?

• Gujarat – Ahmedabad and Vadodara?

In 2018, Udayan Care started the Vadodara USF chapter , along with its long-term partner Lotus Charitable Trust, set up Udayan Shalini Fellowships Programme in Vadodara to reach out to needy girls. After the USF programme In Vadodara, Udayan Care wanted to spread its wings to the rest of the cities in Gujarat.?Currently there are??177shalinis in the program in Vadodara.

We are now starting a USF Chapter in Ahmedabad in current financial year with support to 80 girls in Ahmedabad and Sanand.

• Himachal Pradesh – Baddi?

?In 2017, Udayan Care, along with its long-term partner iPartner India and Luminous Power Technologies, decided to set up Udayan Shalini Fellowships Programme in Baddi to reach out to more needy girls. In December 2017, Udayan Care inducted 100 girls from Baddi and nearby areas for their mentoring and higher education. Currently, USF is supporting 184 Shalinis at the Baddi Chapter.

• Karnataka - Bengaluru?

?We started the Bangalore chapter in 2018 . Udayan Care managed to secure support from convergys, Synivderse, Pegasystems, UC USA and a couple of other corporate sponsors. The selection process, written tests and interviews, is underway and, Induction is planned for late October. Currently, USF is supporting 181 Shalinis at the Bengaluru Chapter.

• ?Madhya Pradesh

Demonstration Model Project

The proposed project essentially addresses the rights of Children without Parental Care (CWPC), with a strong focus on non-institutional care programming in the continuum of care approach. The overall aim of the project is to work on a narrative that promotes to change the ways we care for CWPC in more non-institutional care settings that lead to their deinstitutionalization, linkages for family strengthening and independent living at the earliest and ultimately becoming contributing citizens of the country.

Thus the project looks to intervene in the care and transition phase of the CPWC life, working on quality care and ensuring standards of care for children living in institutional care by aiming to enhance alternative non-institutional approaches to care, leading to their social and independent living skills for life outside, by working with the system to evolve appropriate mechanisms.

• ?Maharashtra – Aurangabad, South Mumbai, Thane?and Pune

?Regardless of a higher literacy rate in Mumbai, the young women from economically weaker sections in Mumbai frequently discontinue ?their higher education because of various reasons especially, money-related issues.However,through our USF program in Mumbai we are ?supporting 132 Shalinis at the Mumbai Chapter.

• ?Uttar Pradesh – Noida, Ghaziabad, Greater Noida?

?Udayan care started one new chapter of the Udayan Shalini Fellowship in 2019 at Noida. It aims to support the higher education of girls who are socially or economically backwards. It also offers very robust training and mentoring to enable the girls to get a job. Currently, USF is supporting 90 Shalinis at the Noida Chapter and 240 Shalinis in the Greater Noida Chapter.

Likewise, Udayan Care runs programmes in other states like Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.

?Together we can continue to empower and give them the education, skills and security that they deserve. Join Udayan Care today and help expand our operations further across India.

I would like you to join our movement as a volunteer .To know more visit our website:?www.udayancare.org