WHO WE ARE
The Indian Association for Promotion of Adoption (IAPA) was established in 1970 in Mumbai by a group of professional social workers, lawyers, and adoptive parents with the firm resolve that every child has a right to a family and that adoption is the most effective way to rehabilitate destitute children.
VARADAAN is the Vidarbha Chapter IAPA, Mumbai, established in Nagpur in 1990.
It is a registered Society which is also licensed under the Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection) Act 2015. VARADAAN strictly adheres to the Guidelines prescribed by CARA (Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India) while placing a child in adoption. The broad aim of VARADAAN is child welfare and the promotion of Indian adoption.
VARADAAN commenced its activities in Nagpur by forming the `Voluntary Coordinating Agency [now known as Adoption Coordination Agency (ACA)], Vidarbha Region in 1990. The seven recognized adoption placement agencies working in this region became members of the VCA-VR. Subsequently, the VCA-VR became an independent registered body with VARADAAN as one of its members; when VARADAAN set up its own Child Care Unit in 1994 and commenced adoption placement work. A team of trained and experienced social workers, committed to the cause of child welfare, work with VARADAAN as full-time staff members, handling its various activities.
The broad aim of VARADAAN is child welfare and the promotion of Indian adoption.
- To create awareness, favorable public opinion and a social climate and facilities conducive for promoting adoption of abandoned, destitute and orphan children through adoption services, education and other promotional work
- To act as a liaison between pre-adoptive parents and children awaiting adoption
- To arrange meetings of adoptive families so as to facilitate the formation of self-help groups
- To set up child care units for abandoned infants and counseling and medical care facilities for unwed mothers
- To promote appropriate legislation and activities for protection of child rights in general and the rights of the adopted child in particular.
- To provide supportive services to school going children and children in difficult circumstances.
- To provide supportive services to school going children and children in difficult circumstances.
- To provide services which promote deinstitutionalization of children from marginalized families, promote prevention of family disintegration and ensure that the child is brought up in his own family environment.
Profile Of The Organisation :
Name or Organization : VARADAAN Indian Association for Promotion of Adoption & Child Welfare,Vidarbha Chapter Nagpur – 4400122
Year of Establishment : 1990
Name of the Acts Under Which Registered : Societies Registration Act, 1860 and Maharashtra/232/91/Nagpur
Date of Registration : 20th June,1991.
Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950 F-9351(Nagpur) Dated 29th July, 1991.
Licenses : Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection) Act 2015
Vision : Every Child ……. Childhood
Provide protective services to children in securing the rights with a special focus on children in difficult circumstances, orphan, abandoned, underprivileged children and marginalized children.
Mission
To provide an ideal residential care facility for children and provide the best possible institutional care while attempting their family-based rehabilitation. Identify children who are abused, whose rights are violated, or who are vulnerable and/or in difficult circumstances and render appropriate supportive services to them. Services would include registering cases of child rights violation with appropriate authorities, follow-up of such cases, advocacy on child rights, counseling, guidance, emotional support, vocational training, and support for educational needs.
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