The Udayan Care, a public charitable trust that provides homes to orphaned children, give financial support and mentoring to girls to continue higher education, recently organised its second biennial international conference at Amity University Noida. The conference titled Improving Standards of Care for Alternative Child and Youth Care Systems, Policies and Practices was supported by UNICEF and several corporates along with National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
Founder-president of Amity Education Group Dr Ashok Chauhan; joint secretary of Ministry of Women and Child Development Rashmi Saxena Sahni, Joachim Theis, chief of child protection or UNICEF and secretary at Ministry of Women and Child Development V Somasundaran were also present. Stuti Narain Kacker, chairperson of NCPCR, said: “The job of care givers in chronically critically ill is important as it is about retrieving our children.”
Dr Sima Samar, chairperson of Afghanistan Human Rights Commission said: “Taking care of children in institutions is not a burden but the sole responsibility of state Governments.” Dr Kiran Modi, managing trustee of Udayan Care said: “This conference is a momentous time in history for children. We are trying our best to address issues that caregivers and youth in aftercare face in India and South Asia.”