Centre of Excellence In Alternative Care, India

In India, and throughout the world, children are separated from their parents for many reasons including: natural disasters, diseases, abuse or neglect, social exclusion, death of one or more parent, and even a lack of household resources. When a child is living outside of the care and protection of parents, or is at risk of being so, he/she is vulnerable to exploitation and a loss of developmentally necessary love and support. These children are in need of alternative care services.

Alternative Care then can be understood as, “regarding the protection and well-being of children who are deprived of parental care or who are at risk of being so.”