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This study assesses the present situation of the deinstitutionalisation and alternative care arrangements in exile settlements concerning various cultural and socio-structural factors. It explores how elements of social structure and culture operate to transform the residential care institutions to community-based alternative care arrangements for 10,000 young Tibetans uprooted from Tibet and presently settled in India. Their day-to-day problems of repatriation and resettlement in an unfamiliar demography with distinct ethnic values are pushing them to the margins…
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This article reflects different programmes and resource components that may be promoted to keep children with either their own family or within alternative family care, satisfying the rights of their overall development. In India, the concept of promoting family-based care mechanisms through government systems has not been fully realised, owing to lack of synergy between resource allocation and existing government programmes, policies and plans of action for child protection. Additionally, the common public discourse is that Child Care Institutions (CCIs) offer…
“Current Aftercare Practices” (CAP) is a documentation exercise conducted in the State of Rajasthan and is part of a multi-state research and documentation conducted in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, and Delhi. Udayan Care has undertaken the CAP documentation in Rajasthan in partnership with Child Resource Centre, Department of Child Rights with support from UNICEF…
“Current Aftercare Practices” (CAP) is a research study conducted in the State of Maharashtra, and is part of a multi-state study conducted in Karnataka, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Delhi. The CAP study is an Udayan Care initiative, supported and funded by UNICEF, Tata Trusts and other partners; and is based on the premise that every child who leaves an Alternative Care setting…
“Current Aftercare Practices” (CAP) is a research study conducted in the State of Karnataka, and is part of a multi-state study, conducted in five States, including Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Delhi. This study is an initiative of Udayan Care, supported and funded by UNICEF, Tata Trusts and other partners, and is based on the premise that every child, who leaves an…
“Current Aftercare Practices” (CAP) is a documentation exercise conducted in the State of Gujarat and is part of a multi-state documentation conducted in Karnataka, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Delhi. Udayan Care has undertaken the CAP documentation in partnership with Gujarat State Child Protection Society and is supported and funded by UNICEF Gujarat. Implemented by Deepak…
“Current Aftercare Practices” (CAP) is a research study conducted in the State of Delhi, and is part of a multistate study conducted in Karnataka, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Maharashtra. The CAP study is an Udayan Care initiative, supported and funded by UNICEF, Tata Trusts and other partners; and is based on the premise that every child who leaves an Alternative Care setting…
The alarming prevalence of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) across the globe demands scrutinization of the present mechanisms in place to protect children from abuse. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child acknowledges that the family is the natural environment for the development and well-being of children. However, historically, children throughout South Asia have suffered homelessness, neglect and deprivation due to factors such as broken homes, lack of financial resources, physical and sexual abuse, and the age-old tradition of migrating parents in search of a better life,…
This study from the Institutionalised Children: Explorations and Beyond Special Issue on Aftercare was conducted on 47 young adults, between the ages of 17 and 29 years in 2017–2018. The sample represents a vulnerable population of children who grow up in various government and non-government child care institutions of New Delhi, India. The Juvenile Justice Act (2015) of India ordains for ‘aftercare’, which includes support and services in the domains of education, housing, skill development and vocational training,…
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Introduction: Even though children in orphanages experience's multifaceted psychosocial problems, limited research has focused on psychological protective factors that can lessen the effect of orphanhood.
Aim: To examine associations between mindfulness and psychological factors (i.e., depression, cognitive function, positive emotion, and negative emotion) among adolescent orphans.
Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive correlation study and 140 orphan children living in three orphan homes, Tamil Nadu, India were recruited. Study's instruments…