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Aarti is a true home for girls who do not have a safe place to call home. The 125 girls living here are either orphaned or unable to find a safe environment from domestic abuse. The girls live in a sustainable green campus called Aarti Village. Each girl lives with nine/ten other girls in a cottage that she calls home, with a house mother to create a loving family unit. Most of the girls who are often abused, find safety, comfort, love and learn to dream of a better tomorrow with Aarti. Over the years, our children have found happiness in all facets of their life - as nurses, engineers, entrepreneurs, artists, chefs, teachers and mothers. Aarti Home is a ‘Home’ that the girls can come to irrespective of how old they are. Our girls consider it their own home even after they have spread their wings, and it is not uncommon to find them at Aarti celebrating Diwali or birth of their child. The girls have developed strong familial bonds as they live together under the same roof in Aarti Village. There is a feeling of unity and togetherness that pervades throughout the village. The sense of ownership and belonging that the girls carry with them even after leaving for further education and other pursuits is unmistakable.
Family Based Care
Child care and protection with love of their parents
As we saw our girls build and grow their dreams, we saw many children who were neglected at home and forced into early marriages, prostitution and child labour. We were seeing boys and girls as young as 8 being abused or forced into sex work. This led us to find a way to reach children who have parents but lose their childhood due to poverty. Family based care was formed in 2018, where Aarti Home cares for the children with support for education, nutrition and basic necessities. Our social workers visit the children every month at their homes. They help build the children’s dreams, create scaffolding through monetary and physical support so that the children can enjoy the safety of a home and have a childhood with the love of her mother, hugs of her siblings. We have a 5-step process towards being able to take the children out of the cycle of hunger, abuse and addiction.
Life At Aarti Village
Aarti is not an institution but a living home where children can be just themselves.
Always Being There
One of the first child to join Aarti Home, Bharati got married in 2005, and now lives with her husband’s family in Kerala. She is actively involved in their family business. Aarti Home will always be the maternal home for Bharati from where she gets emotional and maternal support. Not just Bharati, all the girls who have moved away are always welcome at Aarti.
Healthcare
Most of our committee members are established doctors in the town. They are available at all times and generously provide general medical care and support to our children. We have an in-house psychologist who provides constant counselling for children who have been deeply traumatised.
Living Arrangements and Schedules
Girls at Aarti live in different blocks of a two-story house where they eat, learn, play and sleep. They are cared for 24/7 by full time staff in the home. Every morning, the children practise yoga in the garden guided by a yoga master. They play and study in the evenings after school. On weekends, they watch movies, read, or play games.
Bonding with the Children
We form strong bonds with all the children making them an important part of our big family. Each child has a unique personality and is treated according to their individual needs. We firmly believe that this approach will help erase memories of their painful past and instil a deeper sense of security. This also enables better integration of new children into the Aarti family.