After Care Support

Dear donor,

“Be an everlasting change”

After reaching 18 years, many children in Child Care Institutes must leave and often fall off the radar. This lack of visibility in aftercare is an area of concern in India and there are yawning gaps in the ‘Aftercare' service of these Care Leavers, many of whom are orphans. They face heightened challenges and poorer outcomes on the journey to independence.

Aftercare is a profound and rewarding journey filled with joy, challenges, and responsibilities. This journey often involves unique circumstances that require extraordinary love, patience, and understanding.

Aftercare marks a significant transition in the lives of children who have endured an uncertain and often tumultuous journey in their past. In this phase, children grapple with complex emotions and challenges as they embark on their path toward independence and adulthood.

At El Shaddai, we have an aftercare program for children attaining eighteen years of age, providing for their education, employing them in skills and placement, and places for stay to facilitate their reintegration into the mainstream.

Our children from the aftercare programme attend Higher Secondary Schools, and colleges, work at Hotels, and dance academies and are even employed in our El Shaddai Schools as teachers. It truly gives us great happiness to see our children growing so beautifully into young adults.

We are happy to narrate a lovely story of one of our child from our Girl's Home.

Malti (name changed) came to our home with her sister at the age of 4, due to her parent’s poor economic background. She did her schooling in our Shanti Niketan school and went for higher studies through correspondence. During her academics, she was very passionate about dancing. She never missed a single competition or a dance programme. Whenever she danced one could see the joy on her face. When we saw how passionate she was, we decided to enrol her in one of the leading dance academy at Goa, India. Her joy knew no bounds and her dancing talent was recognized by her teacher who instantly offered her the role of a dance teacher. Now she could study part-time and dance the other half. She is super thrilled and thankful for the love and support provided by El Shaddai.

We wish to help more and more children to fulfil their dreams and live their lives to the fullest. We have been able to achieve all this only because of your generous help and support through your kind donations. We are eternally grateful for aiding in our mission of a happy and successful After Care Programme.

El Shaddai Family!

Links:

• https://childrescue.net/

Dear Friend,

We hope all is well with you as we present our most current report on After Care Support. We hope you enjoy reading about our young inspirers!

Caring is one of our organization's key values; we care for those no one else does. As a result, we endeavour to provide the best aftercare services possible to enable children to take ownership of their own skills. Aftercare adolescents have enormous potential, and we must help them to become strong and self-sufficient people who enjoy a better life with dignity and contribute to society. We always offer quality care for our children, who live in modest houses known as El Shaddai Cottages.

Here is the story of Sitara (name changed), a young girl originally from Maharashtra, who became a part of the El Shaddai family when she was 10 years old.

Her father had left the family; he was a waste collector. Her mother supported herself by selling fish. After the father abandoned the family, the mother was left to care for the three children alone, with no one to assist her. The mother's income was insufficient to give her children enough food, clothes, and education. To avoid further suffering she came to us for help and requested us to admit her daughter into our care where she was quickly admitted to one of our children's homes and welcomed into a loving environment which offered her comfort, companionship, nourishing food, education and the possibility of a secure future. She has a brother and a sister who are also under our care.

Recently, she completed her higher secondary school education in Arts and is currently being guided by us to pursue a career in Hotel Management, by interning at a hotel in Goa, where she will gain hands-on work experience as well as be encouraged to continue her further studies through correspondence learning.

Children like this girl act as a beacon of inspiration for all those who have been through an unsteady childhood!

Many such children are grateful for the opportunities they receive to renew their lives. By sponsoring our work, you demonstrate your commitment towards social responsibility and therefore, we can make a difference in the lives of many children with your help. We greatly appreciate your support and the trust you have placed in our organization and the work that we undertake.

 
Sincerely,

El Shaddai family 

Links:

• https://www.childrescue.net/