By Girish Kulkarni | Founder, Snehalaya
Today is July Bonus Day where all donations over US$100 will be matched by up to 50%. we truly appreciate your support in caring for and protecting babies awaiting adoption. Today we have a further ask.
Our shelter home offers care and protection to girls, some as young as 13, who have fallen pregnant for a range of reasons. We are the primary childcare institution for girls placed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in our district and shelter many victims of rape. We provide support and counselling to all the girls in our care, discussing their options. Whether they decide to keep their babies or not, they have special needs to safely give birth to healthy babies, including nutrition and pre and post-natal care.
Some choose to keep their babies and we desperately need to upgrade their accommodation to create a comfortable and child-friendly home for them and their babies. We need furniture, baby equipment, toys, nappies, milk and more to provide the care they so desperately need. Even when our young mothers choose to give their baby up for adoption there is still often a window where they are nursing their babies before relinquishing them.
Any donation you make over $100 today will go directly to developing and improving our mother and baby facilities.
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