Udayan Care

Since the time of foundation of Udayan Care, i have ben associated with this loving family. Honestly i am not a very active volunteer/donor but needless to say that whenever and whichever way i have associated myself , it has been a cherishing moment of my life....

My experience about Udayan Care is fantastic and I really admire Udayan Care for it's supporting and caring for us. I wish every child of Udayan make the proud of this name and make their future bright to make urself and udayan members proud. I am thankful to udayan care for giving me a nice education from Sanskriti school. Whatever I have learnt that is from Udayan Care.

A colleague (Dee Jethwa) and I (both of us based in the UK) recently spent time at Udayan. We visited the Ghars, talked at length to the children and young people, their care givers, their mentor parents, Udayan staff and senior management and those responsible for the organisation's governance. Dee and I have lengthy experience of working in social care in the UK and I have managed residential care for children and young people here. We were greatly impressed by what we observed, what we heard (especially from the children and young people) and by all of those responsible for the service. It was a privilege to spend time at Udayan.

I worked with Udayan Care as a volunteer during my summer vacations in May-June 2007 and 2008. I used to help the girls at the Sant nagar Home with their studies. Its absolutely amazing the way all those children are looked after by the Udayan Care team. They are nutured with lots of love and values. I've seen them working, playing, dancing and studying together. The Udayan care team works very hard to give them the best. The mentors and mother mentors look after the children like their own family. While my time there, i've seen an 8 year old girl who had been recently brought into the family being welcomed and helped by everyone,younger and older, with instant love and care. And i've also seen, all the members organise a farewell party for a 20 year old who was leaving the house beacuse she got a job. Everyone was happy that she had made a place for herself in this world and yet sad that she was leaving the home.

I volunteered with Udayan Care this summer of 2009 and I honestly felt so much at home. I have volunteered with a lot of organizations before. I'm a student in Canada, so it was my first time volunteering in India but the whole staff was so friendly and they made me feel perfectly at home. I was never in doubt and if I had any questions, answers were easily available. The Santnagar environment was friendly and super fun. I LOVED all the kids! I miss them all so much. I learnt so much from this experience as well. It actually did not even feel like volunteering. It felt like just going to visit friends or my cousins or something. After spending about a month there, I got so used to going to Santnagar that after coming back to Canada, it felt really strange to not be able to go there everyday. I definately want to volunteer again every time I go visit India from now on. And what really moved me was that Udayan Care did not have orphanages like alot of other organizations do. They had homes. The kids had mentor mothers and the staff was like family to them. As well, the staff always looked for the kids' strengths. They were never forced necessarily to pursue a certain thing in life. If they loved art or dance they were encouraged to go for it. This I thought was better than alot of Indian parents as sometimes they put so much pressure on their kids. The staff of Udayan care are so supportive and encouraging of the kids as well as aware of all of their needs. I was truly touched by this organization and I would like to continue being a part of it for my entire life. This experience has moved me so much, it will always remain as one of my most valuable memories for my whole life.

I have been a part of Udayan Care for 6 years now and it is a relationship that i believe will always be ongoing. I originally came to Udayan Care as a volunteer working in the children's homes and particularly became a regular part of our Gurgaon boys home. Over the past years i have spent long periods of time regularly living and working directly with the children as well as the Managing Trustee in different capacities. I now continue this involvement on a daily basis from home in Australia running our International Volunteer program. Udayan Care is a huge part of my life and through my experiences and the relationships I have made, i have and continue to learn so much about myself, and what i want to contribute to this world. Udayan Care are about so much more than can be expressed on paper. Our children now have choice and possibility in their lives, not to mention the love and support completely comparable to that of a natural loving family environment. Udayan Care has consistently grown in the years i have been involved and this is due to the amazing people puling together and the calibre of their passion. Kiran Modi continues to be a source of such incredible inspiration to me. Through Kiran and Udayan Care my own life has been shaped to one that i am proud of and passionate about. It is one of giving and i look forward to sharing and growing through my continued involvement with Udayan care.

In working with Udayan Care on a daily basis as from December 2004 I have come to admire the staff and the students of this organization. The quality is in the mix of commitment, persistence, discipline and mutual respect from both staff and children. while recapitulating the last 4 years, the elements that make me classify Udayan Care as a first class organization are: 1) The ability of the chair person to transfer her personal passionate commitment into repeatable business processes; 2) Udayan Care delivers stable, confident, intelligently curious, skillful personalities who grow on the consequences of their decisions, in spite of starting with children without any basis in health, safety, affiliation, esteem; 3) The ability to think scale without ever compromising full commitment to the little personalities; 4) The ability to understand and mitigate risk involved in sending developed children into the world out there. 5) Continuous pressure on exceeding achievements in delivering financially auditable figures - in India; 6) Relationship management resulting in retention of sponsors and other types of support; 7) Successfully fighting bureaucracy in a growing organization, in particular, in India, is an achievement; 8) Repeatability, quality, affordability, reliability; 9) The ability to let go if things do not work out well. I would recommend this organization to anyone, even my own children if needed.

i was associate with udayan care during my internship of 6 months. i really appreciate the efforts of the team of udayan care. I was really satisfied and touched to see how beautifully a home environment is created for children. It provides good quality of amenities to children and at the same time it takes care of the volunteers working for the cause. to quote an experience which changed my perspective to life was the values imbibed in children by the mentor parents and caregivers. all of them were open to sharing. like in any other family children had difference in opinion but yet they were protective and concerned about each other. udayan care in true sense is successful in creating a well knit "family" for the children. all the best. kudos to you!!

My mother is a mentor mother at one of the homes that Udayan Care runs. It is such a joy to go into this home and witness the transformation in the lives of these little girls through constant love and care. When you walk into the home you are surrounded by laughing, giggling children, excited to see you and show you all they have accomplished. When I heard the stories of these children and the background they came from I'm amazed at the progress they've made and how happy, normal and contented they seem. One story I remember vividly my mother telling me. One 6 year old girl said to her one day that we must have been bad to have been born in our families that treated us so badly. Then she paused for a moment and said, "But we must have done something good to have come across people like you to take care of us and love us". It was such an wonderful testimonial and reward for my mother.

I was associated with Udayan Care as an intern roughly for a period of 3 months. During my brief stint at the organisation, I was overwhelmed with the scale of work handled by the members of the team and the dedication each one put to make children smile. It requires a lot of patience and expertise to coordinate the wide range of tasks that the Udayan Care undertakes. My best wishes to the team.

Udyan care is an organisation which can really bring about well being of the underpriviliged children and women. The effort put in by the organisation is exemplary and the homes established by them provides a sense of belonging to the children staying there.Apart from the care, the basic education gives the children the right to live their lives respectably and also fosters a spirit of contributing something to the society.I hope that the organisation will continue to do their good work in the future.

Wishes to the Udayan Care Team! I have been to Udayan Care centres in Sant Nagar and Gurgaon Homes, interacted with children and staff members. The happiness, sense of belonging, care and satisfaction is quite evident on the innocent faces. This is for sure attributed to the sincere efforts of Udayan team in providing quality care, education and food to children. Personal interaction with the Director, Ms. Kiran Modi will speak of her commitment and dedication to the cause of the children. She and her team's efforts needs regular motivation and all good wishes from everyone. I feel so touched that Udayan uses an all 'inclusive' approach towards girls and boys from different social background and diversities...

Udayan Care's noble cause is towards transforming the lives of disadvantaged children and women, the organization supports the needful in every possible manner that they can. My experience with Udayan Care was something for which i do not end up rewarding myself that I worked with them as a volunteer. The project carried out by me was to redraft the Human Resource Manual of Udayan Care with the introduction of new procedures; studying the present Human Resource Policies & Udayan Care’s focus on employee requirements. Working with Udayan Care, the most important learning that came across is their potential in terms of skills & capabilities of staff, volunteers and administration. Also, involved was the support given by our very own Managing Trustee, Mrs. Modi, she's gem of a person showcasing her charismatic persona for development of Udayan Care. I would be proud to get associated with Udayan Care in the near future with all my support.

I was so pleasantly surprised to visit & interact with children at Udayan Care. Not only are they well cared for but also truly loved. The children across as very wholesome, happy and carefree. The best thing about Udayan is the emphasis they lay on quality education. All the children go to mainstream schools & colleges. And they lead lives which are very similar to their other classmates...pocket money, weekly outings & even an annual holiday!!! This is probably what prevents these children from growing up with complexes.

Recently, in a meeting, Udayan Care Trustee, Mr. Suresh Neotia said, " Udayan Care does things differently" I think he is absolutely right. Our Rehabilitation Homes for orphaned and abandoned children is just so different. Children get such bonding and family feeing in our LIFE (Living In Family Environment) Homes. Mentored by life time volunteers, children experience family and give back so much love and warmth. Same is Udayan Shalini Fellowship Programme.

Excellent work in rural development particularly working in water sector and tribal development. Professionalism in dealing with donor and other agencies and working with government.