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About the foundation: Ladli Foundation is a grassroots-level non-profit organization known for implementing impactful & Innovative social initiatives to uplift vulnerable people in urban & rural slums. The organization is granted special consultative status in United Nations ECOSOC and conferred with the National Award by Govt. of India for directly serving over one million beneficiaries through its action-research-based projects by promoting sustainable living for achieving UN SDGs. In India, the organization is actively working at the national level with a team of highly experienced grassroots-level recognized social workers in association with District Administrations and Police Departments with their effective community outreach and sustainable approach. The International wing of Ladli Foundation is also listed as a public charity in the United States Ladli Foundation USA -A NJ Non-profit Corporation granted federal income tax-exemption status under 501 (C)(3).
Ek Ladli Meri Bhi is a social initiative promoted by the Ladli Foundation. A Unique Social Adoption Program to Empower those Underprivileged Girls who lost their parents during Covid 19 Pandemic.
Ek Ladli Meri Bhi is a social initiative promoted by the Ladli Foundation. A Unique Social Adoption Program to Empower those Underprivileged Girls who lost their parents during Covid 19 Pandemic.“EK LADLI MERI BHI” is an innovative and first-of-its-kind initiative to involve the privileged section of society to socially adopt the slum-dwelling and highly vulnerable, underprivileged young girls(“Ladli”), and become their social guardians to provide them Healthcare, Skill Development and sustainable growth to make them self-reliant, by protecting them from the risk of child marriage, exploitation, trafficking, and other evil practice prevailed in the society.
About the Initiative
The initiative aims to connect one privileged family with one disadvantaged girl to take the responsibility to give her basic & primary healthcare & skill training through Annual contributions. The initiative focuses to provide a safe and transparent institutionalized avenue to practice the idea of social adoption with a direct communication model allowing the social guardian to connect with their “Ladli” to monitor the impact of their contribution for better donor engagement and to enhance the sense of satisfaction. The program's unique feature will provide quarterly access to virtual/in-person meet with Ladli for her growth assessment and motivation for future endeavors.
| Areas | Actions |
| 1. Sustainable Education | • The beneficiary will be provided Digital Tabs with Pre-loaded Skills and technical course content from BYJUS E-Learning. • Skill Centre Free to gain technical knowledge • Stationery and IEC Support to fulfill the essential requirement for enhancing training performance. • Capacity Building of Parents / Local Guardians to provide a Safe Space • Career Counselling Support |
| 2. Sustainable Healthcare | • Medical Health Insurance of INR 5 Lakhs to provide quality healthcare in private hospitals. • Annual Health Check-Up to know any critical health issues for a timely intervention. • Diet and nutritional support • Regular Sensitization Workshops on different sensitive issues related to Health, Hygiene, and Safety |
| 3. Skill Development | • Basis Computer & English Language Training. • Skill development training and career opportunities • Support for Higher Education |
Monitoring Mechanism ChartImpact & Outcome
• The long-term association and support of social guardians will ensure beneficiaries' holistic development and well-being.
• Direct association with emotional quotient will help them to protect from child marriages, trafficking, and other evil practices against girls and women.
• The transparent approach of the program will motivate the masses to replicate the idea as a part of Individual Social Responsibility, which will help to bring reformative societal changes towards the status of women.
• Thousands of vulnerable young girls will get direct support for their overall growth.
• It is an effort to create a safe and transparent institutionalized avenue to bridge the gap between the privileged and underprivileged sections for the overall development of society.
How will the “ Beneficiary” be selected for Social Adoption?
• On the basis organization’s baseline surveys, we identify the beneficiary girls and conduct vulnerability assessments with our selected parameters.
• Based on vulnerability assessment, we shortlist the beneficiaries in extreme need due to dire circumstances such as losing their parents, living with a single mother, being homeless, being ragpickers, etc.
• After shortlisting the beneficiary, we take consent from local guardians to enroll the beneficiary and to make her profile for social adoption.
In India, the probability of girls getting primary education is about 42 percent lower than boys, and it remains so even when other variables, such as religion and caste, are controlled. Barriers to their development include poverty, child marriage, inequality, gender-based violence, lack of basic amenities, etc. The covid-19 pandemic has badly impacted the lives of slum-dwelling people. It has made them more vulnerable, especially those young girls who lost their bread earners during the pandemic, which left these girls amid various social evils like child marriage, human trafficking, sexual abuse, and many other heinous crimes. It is time now that we, as socially responsible persons, shall take responsibility for these vulnerable girls by adopting them socially and providing them with social security, which will encourage them to be empowered and live a respectable life.
