“To be in your children’s memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today.” – Barbara Johnson

As we begin a new year, it’s a good time to reflect on what we can do differently. We have another chance to set things right with our children. Many global studies show a significant impact on the psycho-social wellbeing of children with more than 8 in 10 reporting an increase in negative feelings during this pandemic. One third of households had a child or parent reporting violence in the home. Children reported that violence was higher at home when schools were closed, implying that there is continuing violence against them at other times too. Such studies expose what's happening behind closed doors. It's not something to take lightly. Domestic and family violence tears lives apart! It affects everyone and has big personal, social and economic effects.

Our children can lead us into taking the right steps to build a better post COVID-19 future which ensures practicing love and respect within the family. We must remember that if we want to be in their memories tomorrow, we have to be in their lives today and, more importantly, leading by example.

It's for children like Anu that we also embarked on an ambitious new project of building a "Residential-cum-Rehabilitation" home where they will be nurtured and cared for. In this new year we invite you, once again, to join us in the last lap of construction.We know it has been a difficult time, so we will gratefully accept any amount you find in your heart to give. We too are finding it difficult to sustain our dream due to COVID-19, but trusting in providence, we continue to knock on doors for help in building this secure refuge that abandoned children with intellectual disabilities can call their “home”.
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Sri Arunodayam is a secular organization with zero tolerance for discrimination against children regardless of religion, caste, race, ethnicity, disability or gender.