Why Foster Care India's work is timely and needed
A personal account explaining why family preservation and foster care deserve attention as alternatives to institutional placement for children in need of protection.
From the Field
Voices and Observations
This space gathers writing from people involved with Foster Care India's work, offering a closer look at the realities behind family preservation, kinship care, and institutional alternatives.
Stories from the villages
Accounts drawn from communities around Udaipur describing the day-to-day circumstances that shape decisions about a child's care and the pull between family life and institutional settings.
Orphanage care versus family care
Reflections comparing the experience of growing up in an institution with the experience of growing up within a family, grounded in observations from the field.
Posts here sit alongside the organization's broader advocacy, capacity building, and direct practice work. For periodic summaries of activities, see the Updates page; for formal yearly summaries, see Reports. To learn more about the trust itself, visit About.
The blog serves as a gathering place for voices from across the spectrum of child protection work in India, offering firsthand accounts and thoughtful reflections from those engaged in the field. Contributors include practitioners, advocates, and community members who share observations drawn from real encounters with families, children, and local systems. These writings explore the complexities of shifting from institutional models toward family-based care, highlighting both the challenges and the quiet victories that emerge along the way. Through these stories, readers gain a grounded understanding of what kinship care, foster placement, and family preservation look like in practice, moving beyond abstract concepts into lived experience.