By Girish Kulkarni | Founder, Snehalaya
Thank you for supporting our infants. Unfortunately, just as we were beginning to catch up on the delays caused by COVID we now face another challenge in placing children with their new families. Changes in the way that adoptions are approved have caused further delays in legally releasing children to their adoptive parents. While babies can be placed through a foster care scheme until the legalities are completed it is not so straightforward for older children, and we currently have 13 still awaiting the completion of their adoption process since last September with no progress in sight.
Most of our children and babies are relinquished to us as a result of poverty, poor health, underage sex or rape. They are the children of girls like 17-year-old Anuradha (name changed) who was raped by someone she knew from a farm close to her home. A prominent person feared in her village, he threatened her and her parents if she exposed him. Terrified and with no-one to turn to she had no choice but to endure repeated rapes over many months.
When she complained of abdominal pain, her mother took her to a doctor who announced that Anuradha was around six months pregnant. Seeing the family's distress he recommended they contact our adoption center for help in registering a complaint against the rapist. As a minor mother, Anuradha was admitted to our shelter home for care and protection and when she gave birth a few months later she chose to give her baby up for adoption rather than be reminded of her rapist every day.
We are glad to report that her rapist has been arrested and the case against him is underway in the courts. Her baby has also settled well into a new family and Anuradha was able to continue her education, passing her 10 std exams with excellent marks which should help her in her ambition to become a police officer.
By supporting this project, you are giving new life and family to babies while are also giving support and hope to young girls like Anuradha. Thank you.
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