Udayan Care's Weblog

2011-04-22T07:41:00.002+05:30

5 of our Gurgaon boys, who were studying in Roseland Public School, have just finished their 10th Boards; they need admission in class XI, as Roseland is only till Xth. Schools, please come out and help; these are bright boys really wanting to study and make some sense of their lives.

The Sports Day in Udayan Care- January 2010

2010-02-25T13:08:00.001+05:30

Article in TheBetterIndia

2010-01-31T10:02:00.002+05:30

The article on the organization, and the work being done .

Success stories

2009-12-21T11:27:00.001+05:30

The success story of an Udayan Shalini Fellow Smita Verma

Some more udayan care success stories here

LEAP FORWARD IN ADVOCACY ISSUES

2009-11-15T09:47:00.002+05:30

Udayan Care is taking a leap forward in Advocacy issues. While we have always been campaigning for Child Protection Policies, better and superior laws and rules for positive mental health and well being; the recently concluded two-days national workshop on 6th and 7th November 2009 on "Positive Mental Health and Well being of Children in Institutional Care" was quite a landmark.
It marks the first time that Udayan Care, in its 16 years, has officially tied up in a collaborative venture with the Government of India; through its apex agency for Child Rights Protection – NCPCR – National Commission for Protection of Child Rights. The other apex academic institution – NIPCCD (National Institute for Public Cooperation and Child Development) were the intellectual partners. At the NGO level, QIC&AC – a confederation of about 30 odd NGOs working for child welfare, was represented here by Udayan Care, which took on the leadership role in bringing forth the good Mental Health management practices amongst different Child Care agencies from the length and breadth of the country!!! There were state representatives and NGO representatives from all over India, who deliberated on the best practices, there were mental health experts who dicussed issues suh as grieving & loss, etc. The workshop concluded with signing a pledge by all the members present to advocate for the need for a National Declaration to develop a Child Protection Policy for each Child Care organisation. A distict need for developing SOPs also emerged.

LEAP FORWARD IN ADVOCACY ISSUES

2009-11-15T09:47:00.001+05:30

LEAP FORWARD IN ADVOCACY ISSUES

2009-11-15T09:47:00.000+05:30

Opportunity to Help Build a Foster Home for Kids in Uttarakhand, Sept 27-Oct 3

2009-09-26T18:05:00.002+05:30

Friends do have a look at the our concept note and fill in the confirmation form attached.
And please spread the word among your friends/relatives/colleagues .
Remember you could be the one hogging all the smiles, and best wishes from the kids
when your name comes on the 'Wall of Gratitude' at the Dehradun home.

2009-09-15T15:36:00.001+05:30

THE UDAYAN CARE SUNRISE
Vol. 3, No. 4

Highlights of July – August, 2009
‘‘We provide shelter’
Udayan Care welcomes Ms. Gita Ranjan - Volunteer Coordinator, Ms. Deepshikha Ghose- Asst. Manager - Volunteer Management, and Mr. Adil Sanwari - Resource Mobiliser.
With the fresh flock in, we look forward to some fresh action soon.
UDAYAN GHAR PROGRAMME :
Not less than a dream!

Straight from a fairytale
Enter our Children’s Home at Sant Nagar and you enter a world full of fantasies. Ms. Sujata Ranganathan, the Architect and her team labored for days, pro bono, converting our 14 year old Children’s Home (the 1st Udayan Ghar) into a ‘Dream House’.
Any guesses on who took care of the soaring bills of the contractor? It was Indian Oil once again! The Corporate has been sponsoring this Home for children since past 5 years and they continued to support us in this endeavor too. The remaining amount was footed by one of the international volunteers at the home, Ms. Mehr Agarwal. This 18 year old, volunteered at the home two years back, when she was merely 16 and now she has returned to us as a donor. Good going kid!
Wanna join us?
The walls and furniture took their colour from the Mentor Mother of the Home, Ms. Isabel Sahni while they were draped by Ms. Kaushalya Madhwan, one of our donors and volunteers at the home.
We just cannot thank all of you enough for creating a masterpiece for our children. We hope a similar fortune for our other children’s homes too. Donors/ sponsors/ volunteers/ mentors, hope you are listening!
The Healing Touch!
MAX India foundation along with MAX Health Care very kindly agreed to do a general health check up of all our kids every quarter while JK Risk Managers & Insurance Brokers Ltd. provided health insurance to some of our children and are looking for sponsorship for more.
Our children will be healthier because of you now! Thank You!
Corporate Tinge!
The dynamics of professional relationships can only be understood if a person observes the interactions that take place in a strictly professional set up. Thus, we encourage our children to visit various Corporates and experience a life that will soon be their own.
Hence, Corporate Mentoring Program with CSC, Steria, Absolutdata, MakeMyTrip.Com and adidas continued at our various homes.
Varied Expressions!
Colour them wild
Orange, a Corporate at Gurgaon celebrated the completion of 4 years of their ‘Major Service Center’ with our boys from the Gurgaon Home. Children took part in a painting competition there.
Children from Greater Noida participated in a Talent Hunt organized by an NGO, Amrit Path and won a cheque of Rs.1100/- for their exemplary Yoga performance.
For the ‘BHAI’
Noida boys’ home hosted Rakhi celebration this year by inviting the entire Udayan family to their premises. Relationships rekindled as children once again pledged their love for each other.
Big FM celebrated Satkrishna Janmashthmi Function by inviting our children from Sant Nagar to their corporate office. Children stole hearts by giving a dance performance there. Girls from our Sant Nagar and Mehrauli Homes received an opportunity to think afresh when they were invited to a modern art exhibition that was organized by Mr. Anubhav Nath. His organization, the Ramchandernath Foundation roped in some well known artists who directed the inmates of Tihar jail into making some beautiful paintings which were then placed in an Art Exhibition at ‘Mati Ghar’. ‘Ek Bandar Hotel ke Andar’, this was the tiltle of the movie that was shown to our Sant Nagar children by DHL. The Corporate also donated nightgowns that brought more colour to the dreams of our children at Sant Nagar. The girls simply adored them.
9 girls from our Greater Noida Home, dressed in pink and black costumes sponsored by Mary Kay, presented a beautiful song at the Mary Kay’s Dealer Meet. Touched by our work, the Corporate has decided to donate us a dollar each on every sale of its 2 lipsticks.
In sync with Future!
Two of our girls from Sant Nagar joined vocational courses at South Delhi Polytechnic for Women after completing their schooling and are now staying at the institute hostel. The other two from Greater Noida found employment at a Cosmetic Shop and a Book Store at Greater Noida.
Seeking Solutions!
Mulling over matter!
Parents, since ages, have been spending sleepless nights over their children’s studies. The same is true for our mentor mothers and fathers. They continue to fret about it while the children spend their days in blissful ignorance. Therefore, this period too saw Dr. Deepak Gupta, our Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Ms. Priyanka Goenka, the Psychologist addressing the issue of motivating children towards studies.
In the month of July, the Caregivers found solace in Ms. Sadaf Farooq, the Social Worker at Sant Nagar Home who discussed solutions to the mental/ emotional/ physical problems that the caregivers face every day while dealing with the children. While August called for showing more ownership towards the homes and the responsibilities assigned to the caregivers.
Our Pillars of Strength!
Donors
Thank You Dear Donors for making our cause your own and helping our various projects grow through your donations. We thrive on you!
Volunteers
Teach India Campaign once again helped us showcase our work before thousands of people aspiring to volunteer with us. We were overwhelmed to receive almost 500 enrollments for our 9 Children’s Homes. We have already roped in a number of candidates and are still in the process of contacting more.
We are extremely grateful to Seamus Jennings and Dee Jethwa, social care experts who specially arrived from London to meet all our stakeholders in order to assess the strengths and gaps in our system and develop a replicable model of the same. We look forward to receiving trainings from them in near future on how to improvise upon our systems.
Joining Hands, Via and Volunteering Solutions continued to help us receive foreign volunteers for our children’s homes. Volunteers from Germany, Denmark, USA, Canada, Hungary, France and Ireland came to us during this period and continue to provide their services to our children with great commitment.
For two months, Ms. Nasreen Singh volunteered to work for our cause and helped us in our endeavor with the Times of India group, the Home of Joy initiative as well as our upcoming Marathon. She made presentations for us on Teach India Volunteer induction as well as helped us in our database.
Interns
SOIL sent us a few of their students from SIP (Social Initiative Program) to work as interns with us. We received another set of interns from Delhi University, Kamla Nehru College and Indraprastha University, New Delhi and one from University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun.
Our Pride!
CWC Member, Mayur Vihar, Dr. R. Narayan paid a visit to our Pratap Nagar Home for boys and certified it as a ‘fit’ organization for children.
Impressed by a presentation made on Life Skills by Dr. Kiran Modi at NCERT, the NEUPA teachers visited our Sant Nagar Home and interacted with our children.
The famous Anthropologist and Psychologist, Mr. Sudhir Kakar and his wife Ms. Katharina Poggendorf Kakar, Mr. Vikram Lal from Vikram Sarabhai Trust honored us by paying a visit to our Sant Nagar Home.
Our Greater Noida Home received Fellows from the Prime Minister’s Global Fellowship Program, England.

UDAYAN SHALINI FELLOWSHIP :
Exploring Possibilities!
Choosing The Best
One of our resource persons, Mr. Sameer Pathak, who also volunteers at our Udayan Ghar, Noida made possible an extremely interactive and informative workshop for our USF Fellows in Delhi, on the choice of career. The zeal to secure an empowered future was evident in the Fellows as they attended the workshop that was organized at Mahavir Senior Model School.
Mr. Pathak invited 7 professionals from different walks of life who inspired our girls to transform themselves into eternal winners. Successful people from Media, Marketing, Information Technology, Fashion and Apparel, Mass Communication, Retail and Pharmaceuticals shared pros and cons of their profession with the group. It was a great exposure for our Fellows as they received first hand information on the various options available. This workshop enabled them to choose a path that would turn their dreams into reality. Children of class X and above, who are living at Udayan Ghars too gained from this workshop.This was at Delhi while at Aurangabad, 16 Fellows attended a discussion held by Ms. Aparna Mathur, Ms. Dimpi Machhhar and Ms. Anuradha Dhoot on current issues. They also received inputs on the Computer course that they are pursuing in Post Grdauation.
In search of Need, Ambition and Talent !
Testing Times
Selection process for the 8th batch at Delhi saw 316 aspiring candidates appear for a NAT exam. This exam is meant to hunt the degree of need, ambition and talent in a candidate. A similar process was held for the 2nd batch of induction at Dehradun. 280 candidates appeared for the exam. We thank Kusuma Foundation for sponsoring yet another 100 Fellows at our Dehradun Chapter.
Setting the Sails High!
Mohd. Faheem Khan, the Sr. Program Coordinator has been assigned the task of steadying our chapter at Dehradun. Under his skilled guidance, fresh inductions will be held and our new appointees shall be fully trained so that they can take on the responsibility of the entire Chapter.

UDAYAN OUTREACH PROGRAMME :
With the Sr. Coordinator of the Program shifting his base to Dehradun for managing the USF Chapter there, Mr. Sajan Mathew, Sr. Program Coordinator, USF Delhi was handed the responsibilities of managing the Outreach Program. Therefore, he was introduced to the beneficiaries as well as their HIV infected parents.
Mr. Mathew conducted his first workshop with the beneficiaries in the month of August on the importance of studies in life. An increased interest was seen in the children as the facilitator broke the monotony of the session through lighthearted jokes.

UDAYAN CARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM :
Hear!Hear!
Yet another Community Mobilization Program was carried out in Badarpur and Pehladpur with an aim to sensitize masses on the importance of technical education as it would help them acquire latest skills and expertise. This would create a positive impact on their living standards and make them more self-reliant as well as increase job opportunities for them.
Great Minds at Work
Independence Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm at our Badarpur Computer Center. Students and the faculty arranged competitions in Drawing and Mehandi and a Lemon and Spoon race. They entertained the audience through poems, songs, jokes and Gazals. Later, prizes were given out by our Centre Manager, Mr. Bipin Bhatnagar and refreshment served.
37 new enrollments took place at our Vinod Nagar center while 24 students were presented certificates for passing out. At Badarpur, 22 joined in as 25 received certificates while at Gurgaon 23 new candidates were enrolled and 14 were certified. Dharuhera saw 21 joinings and 24 passed outs while at Greater Noida 7 new candidates joined our course and 3 were handed certificates. On the whole, 110 new candidates joined our various centers with a total of 90 candidates were certified during this period.

FUND RAISING!
Rakhi stalls put up at Mary Kay, Tatvakala, Ankur and HP brought in huge profits as the employees chose to aid our organization by purchasing Rakhis and other decorative pieces from our stalls.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS :
Our children plan to give a beautiful performance, directed by Stephen Marazzi, the famous Theatre and Music Director, during the Joy of Giving Week (September 27- October 3, 2009) that has been conceptualized and organised by Giveindia. Under our ‘Employee Corporate Partnership-in-Giving’ Initiative, we hope to get volunteers to engage in acts of giving- money, time, skills or simple acts of kindness. With this aid we dream of building two separate homes for boys and girls at Dehradun and bring in more needy children under our sheltered care. 14 Corporates already registered. Join us quick!

Airtel Delhi Half Marathon (1st November):- Come, participate in the Corporate Challenge (2.9lac) or become, our Dream Teamer. Raise Rs.1 Lac for our children by 28th October, 2009. Call us fast!

Your support will help to transform the lives of many, many more innocent lives.

Head Office, Udayan Care16/97 A, 1st Floor, Vikram Vihar, Lajpat Nagar-IV, New Delhi-110024, Tel.: 011-29840151/32603837, Telefax: 011-29840151For further details, visit us: http://www.udayancare.org/ e-mail us at: udayancare@gmail.com, info@udayancare.org,Powered by SRI

RUN FOR HOPE:Delhi Half Marathon 2009

2009-09-02T15:33:00.005+05:30

The Delhi Half Marathon offers an excellent opportunity to extend a helping hand in raising funds for social causes.

In the last 3 years, more than 75,000 Delhi-ites ran the 6 km Great Delhi Run as well 21 kms half marathon, raising more than Rs. 4.5 crores for social organisations.

Udayan Care has raised Rs. 51 lakhs and over 600 people ran for us from 2005 - 2008.

We have to build our 11th Children's home in Dehradun, for which a benevolent donor has given a beautiful piece of land. This Home shall keep 24 kids away from the misery & cruelty of streets and provide them all opportunities to grow into better citizens of tomorrow. Your support at the event 2009 will help to transform the lives of many, many more such innocent lives.

The two ways in which you can represent our cause in the Delhi Half Marathon 2009 are:

1.Become a DREAM TEAM member: A Dream team member is an individual who commits to collect at least Rs 1 lakh for Udayan Care purely through personal contacts. But she/he has to pay Rs.10,000 upfront as personal contribution.

2.Corporate Challenge: A Company that contributes a minimum of Rs 2.09 lakhs and sends a group of upto 30 employees to run for Udayan Care.

The facebook page for confirming your attendance is here (login into facebook before clicking this!!)

Make sure you are there!!

HOME OF JOY: Joy of Giving Week

2009-09-01T12:04:00.005+05:30

Udayan Care plans its biggest campaign “Home of JOY: An Employee Corporate Partnership in Giving” initiative, in the Joy of Giving Week, organised by Give India.

The biggest ever “employee-corporate partnership–in-giving” under CSR, is all set to be rolled out in the months of August and September. This is for setting up our 11th Children’s Home in Dehradun, “Home of Joy”.

The grand finale shall be during the 'The Joy of Giving Week’ to be celebrated all over India from September 27- October 3, 2009. Conceptualized by Give India, the Joy of Giving Week, aims to get people from all walks of life together to engage in acts of giving- money, time, skills or simple acts of kindness. This unique initiative has enabled and strengthened Udayan Care to come up with this ambitious and one of a kind fundraiser!!!

We urge the corporates, individuals to come forward and contribute in spreading joy, laughter and hope!!

Our facebook cause page (login into facebook before clicking this)

Newsletter Update

2009-07-21T16:42:00.001+05:30

The latest newsletter on the site .

2009-05-13T10:57:00.000+05:30

As a part of Teach India initiative, I came in touch with Udayan Care and was assigned to teach at Udayan Ghar at Noida. Ms. Anjana Jain at Udayan Ghar requested me to take Master Ajay, a student of Class IV under my wings. Being with the children at Udayan Ghar has been a very satisfying & learning experience for me and I look forward to continuing my relationship with the children who need our loving care & support . Ms. Anjana Jain, Birendra & Rita at Udayan Ghar, Noida and Udayan Care are doing an excellent job of looking after the disadvataged children.

God bless. With warm regards, Cdr Ashok Kumar Dua (Retd)
Associate Professor & Dean Students' Affairs Krishna Institute of Engineering & Technology 13 Km Stone, Ghaziabad-Meerut Road Ghaziabad - 201 206 (India) Tel.: 0120-2675314, 2675315 Extn. 285 Mobile: 9811891379 E-mail: ashokkdua20@kiet.edu, ashokdua@hotmail.com Website: www.kiet.edu

Volunteer Experience:ISHA VATSA

2009-05-05T14:25:00.004+05:30

Udayan is a Sanskrit word signifying 'Eternal Sunrise'. The aim of UDAYAN CARE is to bring sunshine into the lives of the disadvantaged.
Udayan Care is a Trust under the Indian Trust Act registered with Sub Registrar III, on February, 1994.
With the very simple yet superb values “Courage, Commitment, Trust“ , the trust states its mission statement as 'Regenerate the rhythm of life of the disadvantaged.’
It goes without saying that this is not just an institution but the home where children get their foster parents; get the new window to the world which was not open for them before coming here.

The basic MISSION of UDAYAN CARE is :

Udayan Care's mission is to transform disadvantaged lives and make them into 'Eternal Winners'.
It supports the education of deserving girl students from weaker sections of the society through its 'Udayan Shalini Fellowship Program'.
It helps them shape their own futures:
It helps children overcome their past traumas and help them recognize and express their individual abilities, interests and talents.
It ensures that children receive quality education and skills training to be successful and contributing members of society.

The VISION of UDAYAN CARE is:

Establishing more Udayan Ghar across the country based on its model of Group Fostering, Mentoring, Community Ownership and Quality Care.
Reaching out to many more disadvantaged but deserving girls on a National level for Fellowship program .
Conducting more vocational courses under CREAT to enable our children as well as the nearby community to be self-reliant and to face the challenges of the world .Get Health Curriculum included in the regular school curriculum.
Reaching out to more non +) ve children of HIV affected parents.

Our Experience:

My first day in UDAYAN:

6th of August, 2006, it was a hot Sunday noon, not the usual one but the first Sunday of August, Yes, it was a friendship day, my first friendship day when I was all alone having no friend of mine physically present with me.
I was waiting for this day very eagerly due to several reasons not just because it was FRIENDSHIP DAY and I was certain to get calls from my loved ones and I was dead sure to cherish those gone days again, but there were some other reasons too.
I had received a forwarded mail days before from Vikas an IBMer asking for people who were ready for volunteer themselves for UDAYAN CARE.
I had contacted the person whose name was given in that mail and he gave me his words to pick me up on this day to UDAYAN. But that person could not reach my residence and at last we decided to meet at a place known both to us and after half an hour, I was in the middle of a gathering of chirping, twiddling, twirling kids in the premises of UDAYAN.
For a moment I was speechless as kids started talking to that new friend of mine who had taken me there and I did not know how to introduce myself. Was I supposed to say: Hey Dear! Meet me Isha, a person who wants to make a difference in this world so she is in front of you, one who is going to turn your world upside down just by giving her few hours or something very simple and casual like Hey me Isha and you….??
In spite of being a very talkative person, I really couldn't speak to those kids because I really didn't know at that point if I had given enough thoughts about how I could make a difference to their life, if I was going to do something really meaningful to them. It seems strange but let me be honest that I really was clueless about my own thinking. Well that day was not bad at all; I met few more IBMers and many more people from different organizations.
We all sat together to decide what we were going to do to. I deliberately chose the children of lower classes to teach as I thought that it would be easier to mould them but My God! They simply proved me simpleton. William Wordsworth would have been very delighted if he had seen these children proving his quote: CHILD IS THE FATHER OF MAN.
Anyways, the day was a nice beginning since I made a start and there was something which had set me thinking, other than getting the company of twenty one amazing, small kids cum friends along with many more companions.
It is really amazing to see the curiosity in few of them to know about anything and everything.
At times, questions are very tough, sometimes the queries are simply French and German to me but most of time they are very silly and funny and Thank God, I am able to convince or confuse them.
It is never easy to start a thing in a new way but then life is generous enough to give us opportunities from time to time. We just need to come forward a step or two and the whole journey keeps on slipping beneath our feet. Some time when the world seems to be a very tough place to live in, these kids make me realize that life is still beautiful; we just need to keep our eyes open.
It was that single step I had taken days ago; I need to think a lot in coming days to keep on moving to achieve some of the aim set by my subconscious mind while thinking of these kids.
So think, think and think……

…Isha

P.S: Thanks a lot Isha for this wonderful initiative, hopefully other volunteers will also post their experience.

The first Step

2009-05-05T08:40:00.001+05:30

2009-04-27T18:41:00.000+05:30

Udayan care has some vacancies for Chief Operating Officer and Program Manager in the organisation. Do check out the website for that.

Newsletter-july 9

2008-09-17T12:53:00.000+05:30

THE UDAYAN CARE SUNRISEVol. I, No.9 Highlights of July - August, 2008
Udayan Care is a Public Charitable Trust, working for the last 14 years, for the quality care of disadvantaged children and women. The vision is to ‘Regenerate the rhythm of life of the disadvantaged’.In the Words of Children:
Moments of Pride!
Our PrideA history of deprivation did not deter Smitha Verma, our Udayan Shalini Fellow from becoming a model of compassion. After receiving Fellowship from us from Class XI onwards, she completed B.Tech from Indraprastha College and got a job at Fluor Daniel Construction & Refineries. As soon as she became independent, she volunteered to provide financial support to 2 girls in their studies. Even though many corporates and volunteers came forward with donations and help, what we really appreciated was a student –to – student contribution, made by Gaurav Ajmera, a B.Tech student of IIT, Delhi and his friends from INSPIRE group, Tarun, Geetika, Sandeep, Ayush, Ashish, Ritesh, Puneet Meena and Puneet Gupta. They raised Rs. 15,000/- for us out of their pocket money.Spokesperson, Congress man and a leading jurist, Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, with his group of friends from 'Walkers' Gang' celebrated the birthday of their dear friend Mr. Memani (from Ernst & Young), with a difference. The group invoked blessings of God and the love of our children by donating a sum of Rs.51000/- to Udayan Care. Workforce Rejuvenated As a part of advocacy, Udayan Care participated in the formulation of J.J.Rules, alongwith many other NGOs.We participated in a workshop on ‘Communication Strategies for Social Change’, organized by American Center, New Delhi.With support from Kusuma Foundation and Udayan Care, the Program Coordinators received an opportunity to learn the art of raising funds, at the 19th International Conference, organized by South Asian Fund Raising Group, (SAFRG) in Agra. Dr. Modi, the Managing Trustee was invited to speak on Brand Building in the Conference.Udayan Care participated in Training on Entrepreneurship Skills, organized by Dhriiti.Techniques of motivating adolescents were discussed in great detail, in our Monthly Mentors’ Workshop and the same was introduced to the Caregivers. Home of Hope supports this monthly intervention.
UDAYAN GHAR PROGRAMME :
Resham ki DorBOND 2008!Rakhi, a festival of love and affection is being celebrated at Udayan Care since years, with an aim of not only renewing the bond between the kinfolk but also enabling those who do not have or have lost their brothers and sisters, to find new attachments. Thus, children of all our Homes received yet another opportunity to develop a special bond between them, on the eve of Rakhi.Yet Another Home!With the continued support from Yaakov’s Light, Udayan Care is soon to open its 9th Home at Kurukshetra. This Home will be for girls (5th in succession). We seek your contribution in helping the orphaned and abandoned girls of your area find solace in this Home. (For further details, contact us on the numbers given below)Friendly AlliancesBrand Activation Support in partnership with Kaleidoscope organized a theatre initiative/festival, staged a show Karna; Warrior of the Sun at Siri Fort Auditorium. Passes to the show were allocated to Udayan Care free of Cost. Grabbing this opportunity, we brought all our children from all 7 Homes to watch this play. It was indeed an enjoyable event!Ms. Nupur Sachdeva from British Council of India, alongwith 10 British students visited our Greater Noida home on the 29th of July. Children entertained the visitors with a colorful cultural program that was followed by a football match between our girls and the visitors. DHL celebrated their Volunteers day with our children on the 9th of August. Four groups of volunteers visited Sant Nagar, Mayur Vihar, Mehrauli and Gurgaon homes and showed animation movies- Hanuman and ‘Ghatotkatch’. An extempore was organised on the topic, ‘Freedom and what it means to us’. Gen Pact has decided to facilitate health checkups for our children at Mehrauli. All for a ‘cause’Udayan Care has affiliated with the Teach India campaign, a Times of India initiative. We are overwhelmed by the responses of Teach India volunteers who registered for Udayan Care. We conducted three orientation sessions in the month of August and shall be placing Dipped in Colorabout hundred volunteers in all our eight homes soon. TERI, an NGO launched a book for children and requested our children to participate in a painting competition. Children from 3 of our Homes; Sant Nagar, Mehrauli and Gurgaon participated in the event. The theme chosen for this competition was 'Environment'. Prizes were given to the winners and certificates were issued to all the participants. It was a fun-filled evening for our children as they roamed about in the Mall enjoying their snacks, which were also sponsored by TERI. Children from all homes were invited to a picnic organized by Family Vision at Heritage Campus, Gurgaon. The kids really enjoyed the games and the sumptuous food arranged for them by the organizers. Our children participated in an event organized by Plan India at Rajghat. This was in succession to the painting competition that was organized earlier this year. 14 children from Udayan Care were amongst the select few who were invited for Group Discussion/ Extempore and other brainstorming sessions. Internationally ‘Ours’
Zulu!!!!Volunteers from Ireland, UK, Denmark, France, Australia and USA joined our various Homes and spent quality time with our children. Activities such as Zulu Dance and football matches were held at our boys’ Homes at Gurgaon and Noida.Martin Hoenel from Germany not only gave his services to our Noida Home for boys but also proved to be extremely useful in maintaining our huge database for USF, with the help of MIS Software. Besides many other activities, our volunteer Jesse introduced Soccer to our children at Greater Noida while Hannah Behrendt taught German language there.Corporate CooperateAs CSC started its 4th Batch with our children at Sant Nagar and Mayur Vihar, Xansa decided to take another plunge into our Corporate Mentoring Program while Google continued to mentor our children at Mehrauli. We THANK them for their efforts! UDAYAN SHALINI FELLOWSHIP :
No Tolerance MotionSay NO to Tobacco!130 Udayan Shalini Fellows participated in a social awareness campaign held at Mongolpuri on 27th July. Socio-economic impact of alcohol consumption and related health hazards were propagated in the community through attractive informative banners and pamphlets.USF Futchhas!About 440 girls were interviewed and screened for our Dehradun chapter. 200 candidates shall be selected and inducted within the next month. Just like Mahavir Sr. Model School, that supports our Delhi Chapter, Welham Girls School, Dehradun too provided us their venue for conducting these NAT (Need, Ambition, Talent) Tests. With great pleasure we here add that the School promised us its premises, staff and senior girls as volunteers for all future activities related to our USF Chapter in Dehradun. Activity Cornucopia
The Beginners3 Quarterly Workshops held simultaneously in Delhi, Kolkata and Kurukshetra discussed issues such as Sexual harassment, Women empowerment, Benefits of Yoga in great detail. 16 Mentors from our Dehradun Chapter were briefed on the USF Program and their roles and responsibilities within the Program. This Orientation was held at the IMA Blood Bank, Dehradun.Our second series of HR & Marketing classes commenced in August. Under this program, monthly sessions are held throughout the year for our beneficiaries.
UDAYAN OUTREACH PROGRAMME : A New BeginningMs. Anita, single mother of one of our beneficiaries started a new chapter in her life when she got married to a person of similar HIV status. This marriage was the third in succession, within this program.Facilitating AwarenessWorkshops conducted with the HIV+ve parents of our beneficiaries aimed at creating awareness on their right to medical treatment and the facilities available to them in government hospitals.
Tints & ShadesCreative Expression65 Children affected due to the HIV+ve status of their parents were given an opportunity to express their emotional turmoil through drawings and story telling. UDAYAN CARE COMPUTER TRAINING AND LEARNING CENTRES: Hear! Hear!One World South Asia organized a Community Radio Program wherein our CTLC Program Coordinators and 2 of our Alumni were invited to conduct a Program on Women Empowerment and Literacy. Ex.Prof. from JNU, Ms. Jaya Indrishan, was our chief guest who threw light on the situation of women in India and the importance of education in a woman’s life. This programme was aired on September 3rd.Community Engaged Of all our 5 CTLCs, our center at Narsinghpur has picked up real fast. Despite widespread ignorance, conservatism and poverty in the community, children have enrolled in this center and are on their path to progress.As a part of promotional activity, a cultural event was organized on 22nd July that included competitions in singing and drawing and potato and needle races.
Talking SenseMicrosoft helped us set up a model of our CTLC during a conference held at Pragati Maidan, on ICT for Development. Mr. Michael Rawding (Vice President – Microsoft Unlimited Potential Group) inaugurated the Microsoft Stall This model, in the form of a hut-like structure, with 2 PCs and a few chairs, was used by Mr. Anshuman Verma (Team Lease – Microsoft Unlimited Potential Group) to give a brief demonstration on our CTLCs and share information on our Unlimited Potential – Community Technology Skills Program.

FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES : Our stalls at CSC, Convergys and Tech Mahindra sold products designed by the Udayan Care Design Studio, such as memo pads, fridge magnets, horse magnet frames, cat purses, laptrays, jewellery, T-shirts, carry bags, rag dolls, coffee mugs, tote bags, mufflers, silk tops and candles . . to name a few.To try out our products, visit our website or write to us for a catalog.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS : Pt. Chunnulal Mishra, the Indian Classical Music Maestro, has been invited to perform in a Musical Event being organized by us on17th and 18th Oct. We shall be sending out invitations soon.Marathon, 2008 (9th Nov.) You can contribute in our cause by running in the Marathon. For further details contact us at the address given below.Head Office, Udayan Care16/97 A, 1st Floor, Vikram Vihar, Lajpat Nagar-IV, New Delhi-110024, Tel.: 011-29840151/32603837, Telefax: 011-29840151For further details, visit us: www.udayancare.org e-mail us at: udayancare@gmail.com

2008-07-30T18:38:00.000+05:30

THE UDAYAN CARE SUNRISE
Vol. I, No.8

Highlights of May - June, 2008

Udayan Care is a Public Charitable Trust, working for the last 14 years, for the quality care of disadvantaged children and women. The vision is to ‘Regenerate the rhythm of life of the disadvantaged’.
Mr. Suresh Neotia, our long time associate and Ms. Meera Sawhney, our Board Member were requested to join us as our Trustees. Both of them gracefully agreed to the same. We thank them for accepting our request.
Credibility Alliance has given Udayan Care accreditation for compliance to Credibility Alliance’s ‘desirable norms’.
One of our Alumni, Ms. Swasthi Udayan left her cushy career in Hospitality and decided to work for the cause of orphaned and abandoned children. She joined us as Executive Assistant in the month of May, 2008.
Our New Abode!
Udayan Care now resides permanently at 16/97 A, First Floor, Vikram Vihar, Lajpat Nagar- IV, New Delhi. Shri Gobind Deoji Trust and Mr. Suresh Neotia, our Trustee, very kindly gifted us this premises and sponsored its entire furnishing and décor. We just cannot thank them enough.
UDAYAN GHAR PROGRAMME :
Dreams turn real!
A joint effort of Singapore Airlines and Singapore Tourism Board made it possible for our children to realize their dreams of traveling abroad. 11 children from our 3 girls’ homes received an opportunity to visit Singapore between 9th and 12th of May, 2008 alongwith their Programme Coordinators. The entire expense of travel, boarding, lodging and also of visiting places was taken care of by them. Not only this, they also took care of a medical emergency wherein, one of our girls had to be taken to a Doctor as she suddenly became unwell.

At Singapore, the children were taken on a Night Safari and then to the zoological park to have breakfast with Orangutans. On a trip to Santosa Island, they enjoyed Luge, Cable Ride, Dolphin show, 4D Animation Show, Underwater World and what not.
Shopping rides to Boogie’s Village, Mustafa Shopping Center and China Town and delectable cuisine formed a part of the schedule.Shows such as ‘Songs of the Seas’, Bird Shows and Animal Shows tugged at their heartstrings as the children kept talking about them for days.
A certificate was presented by the Captain of the Flight in which the children traveled, which marked the beginning of wonderful and memorable moments ahead.
Skirmished Summers!
One-week camp was organized between 25th and 31st May, for the children at our Greater Noida Home. All children from all our homes participated in the Camp and enjoyed learning new skills. A range of articles such as scented sand candles, decorative glasses, rag dolls, bead jewellery and coasters were developed by the children for the purpose of fundraising. The fund raising team led by Ms. Isabel Sahni, one our mentor mothers organized this ‘learning through fun’ activity.

Another volunteer, Martin Honel taught the children how to create Balloon lamps, Pom-poms and sceneries, handprints, paperweights made of clay.
Besides these creative workshops, children also participated in debate, extempore, essay writing and poster making competitions. Mr. Daman Dev Sood, another volunteer conducted a workshop on Possibility Thinking.Prizes were given away to the children who came out with best looking products. Besides these, Mani Sharma Awards were also given to the children for best academic performance. Mrs. Sharma has launched this award in the memory of her son Mani Sharma. This monetary award is given away to our children every year.
The Camp wound up with an evening full of cultural programme and prize distribution followed by a joint celebration of Birthdays of all children born in the month of May.
In Feature !
An enchanting article on our Alumni, Ms. Swasthi Udayan and her life at Udayan Care Home featured in ‘andpersand’ magazine in the month of May, 2008. Extensive details of our organization also found many interested readers.

Corporate Collaborate !
As a part of Corporate Mentoring Programme, Xansa India invited all our girls from Greater Noida home for lunch at their office on the 6th of June. A video conferencing was organized between our children and the CSR Chief, Ms. Gayatri Mohan, who was in Chennai at that time and wanted to talk to our girls. Discussions on global warming followed games and the children spent a good time learning new things.
American Express organized training for our 17 children on Personal Effectiveness at their office in Gurgaon on the 7th of June. This was a full day training packed with activities such as personality grooming, table manners and professional etiquettes, dressing sense, time management and team building. Certificates of participation were presented to the children.
Volunteers from Google organized an event on environmental issues at two of our homes; Greater Noida and Mehrauli on the 18th and 19th of June respectively. Children from rest of the homes joined too.
Essay writing and Poster making competitions were organized and the children were briefed on various environmental issues such as ‘Global Warming’ and ‘Green House Effect’.
The team performed a very interesting skit on saving trees and made presentations on effects of pollution and on saving the environment.
Oriental Zaika, a restaurant in Neeti Bagh invited our children from Greater Noida Home for lunch on 26th June 2008. Its owner, Ms. Rekha Vohra Bhalla sponsored this event. Children enjoyed Chinese cuisine, which was different from their regular menu.
Adidas continued with its efforts to make ‘sportsmen’ out of our children. As a part of their intervention, the Adidas team took children of Gurgaon Home to watch live cricket match at Firozshah Kotla.

NGO Collaborate !
Youthreach continued to support our children by providing them with tennis coaching. Mr. Jaideep and Mr. Naresh coached our children at Panchsheel Club. Also, dance classes were held under the skillful guidance of Mr. Feroze from Ashley Lobo group. Family Vision, another non-profit organization visited our Sant Nagar Home and showed CDs and DVDs based on Value based Education to our children. Later, they presented us with 4 suitcases full of such CDs to be distributed to our other homes. This effort was made in collaboration with Oriental Bank of Commerce who organized funds for dissemination of CDs.
National & International Camaraderie !
Four students from Bluebells International School, New Delhi started teaching our girls at Sant Nagar while some students from Modern School joined us to complete their 50 hours of Social Work. A talented bunch of research students from Punjab University, Allahabad Agricultural Institute (Deemed University), Lady Sri Ram College and
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun joined us in carrying out various researches. Thus, all our homes received opportunities of meaningful interaction with a number of volunteers from Delhi and outside.
Kristen Benson from Australia, Nikki Hartley, Jyothish Krishnan, Sonya Nanda, Adrien Lane, Dave Prager, Jenny Steeves, Katherine Rollins and Caitlin E Mason a biologist from USA, Steve Pearson and Jesse George-Nichol from Princeton University, USA Keren Williams and Danielle Laograo from UK and Hannah Behrendt from Germany volunteered with us at our various homes
Our Scorebooks !
Six of our children who appeared in Boards this year passed out with flying colours. Pinki, Ruchi (Greater Noida Home) and Kiran (Sant Nagar Home) passed out class XII with 80%, 72% and 60% marks respectively while Neelam (Greater Noida Home), Jyoti (Mehrauli Home) and Sachin (Mayur Vihar Home) passed class X with 75%, 68% and 59% marks respectively.
11 children scored above
90% marks while another 11 scored above 80% in their classes. 4 girls and 3 boys received A+ grades in Primary section.
Building Capacities !
Participated in a training programme on ‘Utilization of Volunteers’, organized by Joining Hands and conducted by Dr. Ajanta Chakravarty.
15 children from 4 homes participated in a programme ‘GENext’, that was organized by Doordarshan on the issue of ‘Drug Abuse and Youth’.
Were a part of National Convention on Child Rights, organized by Open Forum at National Bal Bhawan.
As a part of our capacity building programme, two interns from Punjab University did a Research study on ‘Essence of Relationships in Institutionalised Children’.
Attention- seeking Behaviour and Reinforcements were a few issues taken up under our Para Counseling Workshop during these two months. Our Mental Health Programme continues to be supported by Home of Hope.
UDAYAN SHALINI FELLOWSHIP :
Bonding Anew !
The first residential camp of the year was held at Jagshanti Udayan Care, Greater Noida from 15th June to 21st June 08. Besides a series of workshops held on ‘Leadership qualities’, debates on various social issues, quiz competitions and essay writings enriched the girls. They also received a chance of going to a nearby village for a survey and imparted information on the importance of Computer education in life. Ms. Priyanka from Breakthrough
, an organization working on the rights of women, took a session on ‘Domestic Violence’ with our girls. The Fellows also attended a comprehensive workshop on leadership by Mr. Vikram Dutt, our honoraray Advisor, Core Committee Member and Mentor.
Scaling Newer Heights !
The USF Programme has spread its wings to two more places; Dehradun in Uttarakhand and Aurangabad in Maharashtra. A Core Committee has been set up in Dehradun and our workstation is in place now. Mr. M.P.Mittal has agreed to be our convenor for Dehradun chapter. Efforts have been initiated for inducting 200 Fellows at our Dehradun chapter, which is being supported by Kusuma Foundation. As a result of our successful communication with the Ministry, various government institutions have been directed to provide all necessary assistance to us for making this programme a success.
At Aurangabad, the Committee has been formed by a group of devoted and dedicated ladies who have taken up this challenge. Ms. Monika Dass has very gracefully agreed to be our Convenor there. 8 girls have already appeared for our induction test ‘NAT’.

Donors Assist !
Besides helping us with funds, the Bharti Foundation has this time gone a step further and identified for us a few more dedicated souls who shall be mentors to our Bharti Udayan Shalini Fellows. We were able to organize an initial meeting of these Mentors with our girls on 14th June.
Grouped together!
Three small group workshops were conducted on issues such as ‘Choice of Career and Courses, Leadership etc. during this period.
Kurukshetra activated !
The first quarterly workshop and cheque distribution for the year 2008-09 was conducted on 9th May 08, for our Fellows at Kurukshetra. Dr. Kiran Modi, Mr. Vikram Dutt, and the Senior Programme coordinators visited Kurukshetra University where Mrs Usha Bajpai the wife of the hon’ble vice chancellor of Kurukshetra University graced the occasion. The theme of this workshop was ‘Developing Effective Communication Skills’.
UDAYAN OUTREACH PROGRAMME :
Putting Life in Rhythm !
Workshop on ‘Rhythm of life of the HIV+ve’ was conducted wherein a discussion was held with an aim to develop a desire amongst the HIV+ve to lead a quality life. Time Management was another topic on which discussions were held with them.
With an aim to develop confidence and a feeling of trust in the children of the HIV+ve people, workshops were held with them. Over 64 children affected by HIV participated in these workshops.
We Embrace!
Home visits were conducted not only to assess the health and financial status of the HIV affected but also to make them feel a part of the society. It was found that people in general estranged such families and avoided any contact with them. Our visit to their homes not only brings joy to the families but also helps in transforming the prejudiced society.
Efforts succeed !
Our efforts to motivate children of HIV+ve parents resulted in 3 children (2 girls and 1 boy) passing out Class X with very good percentage.
UDAYAN CARE COMPUTER TRAINING AND LEARNING CENTRES:
150 new students were enrolled at our Centers while 51 certificates (30 at Dharuhera, 11 at Badarpur and 10 at Gurgaon center) were awarded to the passing out students.
Mass Awakening !
A publicity campaign was conducted on 28th and 29th May, 2008 in the Badarpur area by the students and faculties of Kisawarna Udayan Care Computer Learning Center. The purpose of the campaign was to make people aware of computer education and its importance.

On 19th June, our Survey Team consisted of Fellows from our USF Program who approached around 100 people in Sakipur village, Greater Noida and gave them information about our Udayan Care computer Training & Learning Center, Microsoft certification of the courses provided by the center and other facilities. As a result, lots of queries were generated which were deftly handled by the Coordinators.
Match ‘Mobilizing’ !
Cricket being the most popular game in India, there could have been no other medium to mobilize the local population and make them aware about the importance of learning computer. With this idea in mind a cricket match was organized to mobilize the community and get them interested in computer learning, in Dharuhera Center on 31st May.
FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES :
Draped for Udayan Care !
Andpersand Magazine, India's leading luxury lifestyle magazine hosted a party on 8th May at Kuki, GK II to raise funds for Udayan Care. The evening was highlighted by an auction of a one-of-a-kind haute couture creation by Gauri and Nainika Karan. One of these creations was purchased by Mr. Naveen Talwar, our long time donor and associate.
Besides the auction, the party also saw an exhibition of paintings by India's leading painters to raise funds for Udayan Care.
Young inventors !
A plethora of articles were designed by our children during their Summer Camp this year. Under the skillful guidance of Ms. Isabel Sahni, Ms. Julie Lantry, Sukhmani, Shipra Harshita and Swasthi children from all 7 homes joined hands in creating beautiful articles such as scented sand candles, decorative glasses, rag dolls, bead jewellery and coasters.
The Design Team was sad to bid farewell to Inger Alsted, who has returned to Denmark. We will remember her every time we look at our 2009 calendar, which she designed. We acknowledge, with grateful thanks, the help given to us by Mr. Dinesh Joshi in finalising the details of the calendar
The team has been busy developing products to show to Indian companies. It is hoped that Udayan Care will be able to procure orders and create a new source of fund-raising. Julie Lantry, a leading member of the Design Lab will be returning to Australia in July and we are very grateful to her for all her help. She will be representing Udayan Care at the Melbourne Trade Fair. We have high hopes of not only achieving good orders but also of increasing the visibility of Udayan Care. We look forward to welcoming Julie back towards the end of this year.In the coming weeks we will be approaching corporates with samples of our products and would be grateful for any assistance in this effort.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS :
In the forthcoming months, we plan to do a series of events ranging from music concerts to fashion shows.
A new Udayan Care home is coming up in Kurukshetra, courtesy Yaakov’s Light and Home of Hope.

Change Of address

2008-06-23T06:10:00.002+05:30

The office of Udayan care has been shifted to a new location

Udayan Care16/97 A, Vikram Vihar, Lajpat Nagar IV,New Delhi 110024

Those of you who would like to volunteer or help in any way possible ,can get in touch ,the nos. are:
Ph: 32016122 / 32603837/24527825

2008-05-23T23:41:00.006+05:30

Udayan Care is a Public Charitable Trust, working for the last 14 years, for the quality care of disadvantaged children and women. The vision is to 'Regenerate the rhythm of life of the disadvantaged'.
Eventful days!
With the active participation of Sanjay Gupta and Anurag Gupta from American Express, and their team of volunteers, such as Archana Bhatia (HR) and Atul Kapoor (Finance) as well as volunteers from their process management team, we are all geared up to improvise best practices as well as evolve a manual of policies and procedures for consolidation and expansion of our programmes.

Our Policy on Child Protection got finalised with the help of a German volunteer, Ms. Melanie Effenburger. Almost 3 months were spent on this very participatory process with all the stakeholders, mentor parents, the professional staff, caregivers, volunteers and children.
We participated in various consultations, including the one organized by Prayas on J.J.Rules, and QIC&AC.
Udayan Shalini Fellowships Programme is now geared up for launching the chapters in Aurangabad, Maharashtra, and Dehradoon, Uttaranchal.
Now we have over 64 children affected with HIV/AIDS in our fold. Indian Oil Corporation and Mr. Seth Call also joined in to support our Udayan Outreach Programme with the existing donors like Kidstuf Promos & Events and some individuals.
Our Uttam Nagar Computer Training and Learning Center was shifted to Greater Noida. The strength at our 5 centers grew up to 3052.

International Contribution !
Kristen Benson, our international volunteer coordinator from Australia, is back at our New Delhi Office and is bringing additional advantages to the Program.
Melanie Effenburger from Germany helped develop training programs for our newly instated Child Protection Policy and Niti (USA) and Kachina trained the girls in Sant Nagar Home.
Julien Lesenechal and Antoine from France finished their voluntary assignment at the Gurgaon home after 5 months, and left behind a beautiful, artistic impression on the walls of newly painted home.
Martin Hoenel and Phillip Wolf from Germany began working full time in the office after spending last 6 months in the Noida boys home.
Debbie from UK began focusing on English speaking lessons with the very eager group of boys at Gurgaon Home.
Our Interns!
Twelve students from several reputed Indian colleges and universities have successfully completed their internships with Udayan Care. We extend our thanks to Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication and Jaypee Business School, Noida for sending their students to our organization for summer training/ internship. We wish to have a long-term association with these institutions.
Aiming at Perfection !
The Credibility Alliance conducted an audit for our organization wherein the designated assessor checked all the documents and made a visit to our Homes at NOIDA and Greater Noida. He took away a very positive impression of our organization.
Yet Another Award !
Dr. Kiran Modi, our Managing Trustee was presented with a bursary to attend an International Conference on Fundraising at San Diego, USA.
Presentations Galore !
Dr. Modi made an inspiring presentation at Princeton University that was attended by professors from different faculties, students and our already signed up international volunteers. Mr. Ricky Surie, our long time donor and friend organized this event and another with the elite gathering of Mc Kinsey Development Group where some very interesting suggestions came up.
Another opportunity came when, Mr. Suresh Neotia, our member and long time donor, invited a few important people of Kolkata at his residence on 12th April and presented Udayan Care with a very appealing speech. Dr. Kiran Modi's presentation of Udayan Care's work was truly appreciated. Our Convenor, Kolkata Chapter, Ms Kusum Bhandari's emotional appeal also had a great impact.

FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES:
CONTINUUM- The Cycle of Life
Drops and Splashes !
Children from all 6 homes contributed to the event by making beautiful paintings under the skillful guidance of Ms. Mithu Sen, the famous artist. They also took part in the film being developed on the organization, which was to be shown during the exhibition.
Charity of Choice !
The Metropolitan Hotel, New Delhi launched Udayan Care as the hotel's charity of choice in an exclusive luncheon on the 25th of March 2007. The lunch was hosted by Metropolitan Hotel where Udayan Care's friends and life long volunteers participated. The interactive event also helped Udayan Care promote its impending art-show Continuum-a cycle of life. The Metropolitan hotel has very kindly decided to dedicate rent of one of their Suites to Udayan Care.

Udayan Care successfully conducted its first major art exhibition Continuum-the cycle of lif, on 5th and 6th April, with Hyatt Regency, Delhi so graciously playing the co-hosts. With 121 artworks from the best of contemporary Indian artists, curated by the noted Curators Sushma Bahl and Archana B. Sapra, the exhibition showcased plurality of thoughts in physical, metaphorical, theological, philosophical, socio-political or conceptual essence through a wide range of art works in different aesthetics, materials, techniques, styles and sizes-
Signing Ontwo or three dimensional- paintings or drawings or sculptures or new media- digital, installation or other forms of art. The objective of the show was to raise funds for our ninth home, which is being constructed in Modinagar; U.P. With some artists donating full amount to some half of the sale proceeds from their works for the cause, the event proved to be a celebrity event with Chitrangda Singh endorsing the cause of Udayan Care with her presence. The corporate society too contributed to this creative art project and helped raise funds for the cause. Perfect Relations took up their job of creating awareness about Udayan Care and the exhibition so perfectly!!! Vatica Group as usual supported whole-heartedly. We are truly thankful to all the others like Coca Cola and Professional Couriers for encouraging us by partnering with us in the event. The beautiful invites and the catalogues, so masterfully printed by Ajanta Offset Printing Press, were appreciated hugely by one and all. Meenu and Meetu of ROOTs fame put in their dazzling event management skill and the audience had a taste of soulful Sufi music and modern dance. The young and lively painter, Sakshi Nayar compered the event.
Product Raisers
A brainchild of Isabel Sahni, the mentor mother of Sant Nagar Home, our Design Studio has the active participation of various professionals to design new products and identify target markets, besides Madhu Gupta, mentor mother, Mayur Vihar Home and Shreela Bajoria, a member. We are grateful to the following for rendering us their precious time and support :
Julie Lantry
a fashion designer from Australia, currently based in Delhi
Swati Jain
a textile designer who specializes in sourcing work from village craftsmen and has her own production unit in Noida
Ashish Srivastava
producer of household novelty items for the export market and has a wealth of knowledge of the local market
Inger Alsted
graphic designer from Germany
Triveni Mahajan
jewellery designer
Bess Nielsen
textile designer from Denmark, based in Paris, expert on Khaadi

Udayan Ghars (HOMES) :
The final countdown began in the month of March as results of final exams started coming out. We had a reason to celebrate as we achieved 98% success this year.
Practice SessionThose children who appeared for their Board exams of Class X and XII are still awaiting their results.
Workshop on Counseling Skills, being conducted by Dr. Deepak Gupta and Ms. Priyanka Goenka continued for our Mentor Mothers, Caregivers as well as the Program Coordinators.
At our Sant Nagar Home for Girls :
Delegates from the British High Commission, including Ms. Wendy Butler, Chairman, Charity Committee and the wife of Deputy High Commissioner paid a visit to the home and made a magnanimous donation of draperies and linen, clothes, suitcases, cushions and what not.
Kiran Udayan, awaiting her Class XII result, succeeded in getting a summer job at Mc Donalds’, Greater Noida.
At our Mayur Vihar Home for Boys :
CWC Members visited our Home on the 8th of March.
At our Mehrauli Home for Girls :
American Express gifted movie coupons to our children at Mehrauli Home, which they made use of on the 2nd of March to watch Jodha Akbar at PVR, Saket.
An Award Function was organized at Uppal’s Orchid on the 15th of March by HDFC Bank, for their employees. A few children from our Mehrauli Home, accompanied by our Managing Trustee, Dr. Kiran Modi, were invited to the function where the children were treated with snacks and given a bagful of stationeries. HDFC Bank also so graciously donated a cheque of Rs 1,00,000/-.
Children looked forward to the volunteers from Google to do various activities with!!!
At our Greater Noida Home for Girls :
Pinki Biswas and Ruchi Mahajan too succeeded in getting summer jobs for themselves. Pinki has started working as a Front Office Executive at M.P.S. Technologies Limited while Ruchi is working at Mc Donalds, Greater Noida. We hope they have a great experience working there and learn a lot!
At our Gurgaon Home for Boys:
Fidelity invited our boys to play Holi and have lunch with them. All our boys had a gala time there.
Raring to Dare!
Our boys were treated to a practice session between the Delhi Daredevils and the Rajasthan Royals at Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium on Friday 18th April. The children met the Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath and took his autographs while chatting with him. A big THANK YOU to adidas for organizing this event for our boys.
A group of 10 corporate volunteers from GE India spent an afternoon at the Guragon boy’s home on Saturday the 19th April. The day was jam packed with games and competitions and prizes were distributed later.
At our Noida Home for Boys :
24th of March proved to be a memorable day for our 9 boys of the Yaakov’s Light Udayan Ghar, as they received admission in Rockwood School.
At our Noida Home for Girls :
We received the much-awaited license to run a second Home in partnership with Yaakov's Light and Home of Hope, at Noida, this time for our girls. Currently, we are in the process of bringing in girls, who hail from U.P., to the home.
At our Pratap Nagar Home for Boys :
We await a license for our newest and the eighth home at Pratap Nagar.
The architectural designs for the 9th Home at Modinagar U. P. are all ready to start work.
At our Modinagar Home for Girls :
The architectural designs for the 9th Home at Modinagar U. P. are all ready to start work.

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2008-05-18T22:27:00.002+05:30

In an effort to raise funds SKILLSLAB is being organised by Mr. Rajiv Khurana, international management trainer, certified management consultant, author and newspaper coulmnist with over 27 years of professional experience. The funds raised would be used for UDAYAN GHAR projects.

2008-04-27T20:02:00.000+05:30

This is Rahul Anand, who is very fortunate to be a part of this organisation , and help in whatever little way I can. This is basically a forum to discuss,contemplate issues regarding what more could done for the unprivileged children and how Udayan Care is doing an amazing job in this regard.And to discuss various innovative ideas to help children learn, prosper and develop a well rounded personality , so that they can become confident, independent individuals.

Also, volunteers can tell us about their experiences , and also various new developments that will be happening will be updated on the blog.

P.S: guys , anybody who is interested in volunteering, CSR or contributing in whatever way, plz. check out the udayancare website.