The Story


Isaac and Tara got married in 1990. After several years of trying, they came to discover that they could have not have children. Tara's desire was always to have a joyful presence in the house, with the laughter of children ringing around the hall.

Driven by this desire, Tara begin to look at options for adoption. In 1996, whom they named Sitara. Three years later, a precious baby boy, Tarun, was adopted into the family as well.
As they cared for their adopted children, something began to take place in their hearts. There was a burning desire to do more, to care for other unwanted babies. Both were driven by the horror of witnessing deplorable backgrounds and stories of children's abandonment.

This burning desire was what led to the establishing a home called STEPS in 2007. STEPS was created to be a safe haven for girls who were rescued from horrible situations and to provide a family environment for them to be nurtured and given the best childhood that they deserve.

STEPS' vision is to find, foster and free abandoned girls and to bring awareness about the abortion, abuse, and abandonment of girls in their society. Since 2007, the home has taken in 14 girls. Our girl each have unique stories on how they came to live at STEPS, from abuse, abandonment and trafficking syndicates.



The Need

We are asking for help to keep our precious girls in school for the upcoming school year. We need YOUR help to make a difference, and to provide our girls with a quality education.

We need 6,00,000 total for this next year. For each girl, it is roughly 35,000 INR for the whole academic year.

For sixteen of our girls, they are continuing to attend the same school they have attended in previous years. They are studying well, and are making great progress in their education.

For the remaining four girls, they have an opportunity to attend a new school. This school will help the girls who need a little extra help to flourish in an environment that will foster them.These four girls need a smaller environment, where individual attention and focus is given to them as we've discovered their learning disabilities, that need to be attended to.
We are thrilled to announce that we have five new girls, that have arrived in the past few months, that we need to get to school in this coming year. Due to extreme abuse, they have not been able to go to school until now. Now, we are able to give them a chance to attend school and further their education.
Because of sending four of our girls to a new school, and sending five new girls to school for the first time, we need a little more money this year for school fees. You can make this possible. You can allow our girls to continue their education in environments suited for their needs - to allow them to reach their full potential.

This 35,000 INR per year covers a variety of fees. You will be covering costs for:

Tuition
Uniforms
Books
Textbooks
Stationary

You can sponsor a girl's education for the next year!
Such intentional care for these girls have come at a large personal sacrifice of Isaac and Tara, as well as the board of trustees. The trustees are involved in running the more formal aspects of the voluntary and non-profit home (in compliance with government regulations). STEPS has been previously run on personal funds and monetary contributions raised from family, and friends.

STEPS needs generous people like YOU to champion our cause as we battle on the front lines of gender inequality and mistreatment of young girls. You can make a difference in the lives of our girls!