About NGO:

CSA is a Pune-based NGO. We aim at optimizing rehabilitation outcomes for rural institutionalized children. We focus on adoption (complete/permanent rehabilitation) for 0-6 year-olds. We encourage city parents to adopt from rural agencies. For un-adopted children, we aim at quality care. We support agencies with child development (nutrition, health, play-education, recreation, clothes, bedding), improving living (infrastructure, potable water, electricity, sanitation, mosquito-netting, furniture) and work conditions (training the childcare and social workers), aiming at a high degree of professionalism.

We create local awareness, promote, sensitize and advocate change by escalating and finding resolution to road-blocks. Effectively, we work on the ecosystem to bring about change.Beginning with a cluster of Adoption agencies in a given geography, we concurrently add Orphanages (older children); we offer childcare, vocation and skills-development-support. Where possible, we move eligible children into the adoption stream.

Fund Usage:

The Project will address 3 adoption agencies (approx. 30 children) and 7 orphanages (approx. 200 children) in Chattisgarh and Goa. All adoption agencies will be handheld for a period of 5 years during which we shall up grade the agencies working towards excellent care standards. We shall

1. Facilitate adoptions
2. Support child care and living conditions.
3. Support work conditions.

We shall create awareness and sensitize the officials in the Adoption chain through workshops and awareness programes. We shall promote through outdoor hoardings and media.
We shall work closely with the State WCD to advocate change and where possible, to bring eligible children into the adoption stream.

For the orphanage children, we shall improve living conditions and provide vocation training and skills development opportunities. Where applicable we shall support academics through back-up coaching. Nutrition and Recreation will also, be areas of focus.

Costs
Year 1	27 lakhs
Adoption agency @ 3 lakhs *3 agencies	9 lakhs
Orphanages @ 2 lakhs *7 orphanages	14 lakhs
Awareness programmes	3 lakhs
Outdoor Hoardings	1 lakh
Year 2	25 lakhs
Years 3, 4& 5	10 lakhs each

Impact:

Kalahandi is one of the most backward Districts of Orissa. The Nehru Seva Sangh in Kalahandi runs both an adoption agency, and an orphanage. There were about 13 children in the adoption agency and approx. 200 in the orphanage.

CSA began referring parents from metropolitan cities and found homes for 8 orphan children. Amongst the un-adopted children, there were two and a half year old twins. Nilufer Mistry, a single parent from Mumbai, approached CSA, we suggested the siblings. She agreed. The process began and within the span of 4 months, Nilufer had her children home under foster care.

However, Nilufer's Court Order had not materialized. CSA intervened and learned that all adoption related Court petitions were pending since 2005. We approached and met the Hon. Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court along with the full bench. A Directive was issued to all District Courts to clear all pending Court Orders. Nilufer and several other parents have now formalized their adoptions; the adoptions are now legal!

Page Url :
http://www.unitedwaymumbai.org/ngo36_csa.htm

Founded Year: 2002

Cause category: Children

Our Supporters

• Gauri
• Brajesh Mishra
• suchith rao
• Salesh Chacko
• Sanjay Datta
• Deepak Deshpande
• Prashant Bhirud ( ITS)
• Victor Alexander