 The Foster Homes of Familia provide the closest alternative to a natural family for children who would otherwise never experience the joys of family life or bonding with a caring adult. The children are offered the space and opportunities to experience a real childhood. For the majority of them, the foster family is the only family they can return to at any time and the foster parents are the only ones in their life to call Father and Mother.
Each home is run by a married couple or foster parents who take full responsibility for the total development of the children. Through building a real  attachment to the foster parents, children are helped to overcome previous traumatic experiences and they are allowed the space for their personalities to develop naturally and to blossom. The children are given an education and/ or opportunities for vocational training.
There are also opportunities to take part in co-curricular recreational activities. A house doctor pays regular visits to monitor the health of the children. Anyone who requires specialized care is promptly taken to Specialists in the nearby towns for necessary treatment. A qualified psychologist is available for counselling both children and parents and a house doctor is also available for regular monitoring of the health of the children. |
An oasis for the deserted at the eve of thier life. The Senior Citizens Home was opened in 1994 in response to increasing local requests. The Home was initially meant to accommodate 25 senior citizens. The numbers kept increasing year by year as there were so many needy persons who were too long on the waiting list. Today it is a home for a maximum of 40 homeless and destitute senior citizens who have no alternative source of care and who cannot afford to stay in a conventional, fee-paying home. 
never married or because they were married very young and became child widows. Others only have married daughters who are unable or unwilling to keep them in the family past a certain age. A few were simply abandoned because they had become too much of a burden for a poor, struggling family. Requests are made by relatives, neighbours or social workers. The Senior Citizens live in a homely environment and are cared for by a dedicated team of friendly workers who refer to them as “Grandma” and “Grandpa”. Older children visit and interact with the senior citizens and occasionally all the children hold prayers there or provide entertainment. They have someone to call ‘Grandma’ and ‘Grandpa’. This connection helps both the children and the senior citizens to see themselves as part of an extended family. 
Familia is making a new step to facilitate qualitative and comprehensive education for the children of nearby villages and small towns such as Haringhata, Nagarguda and Barajaguly. In short, the school will cater to the total community of children in the Amdanga and Haringhata Blocks of the North 24-Parganas. The nearest English Medium School of renown is approx. ten kilometers from Familia School. We aim at a Higher Secondary School in the nearby future. 
One of the various reasons for such an endeavour is that Familia depends solely on the munificence of a few friends inland and abroad. So far there was no self generated income to support Familia's increasing financial requirements. Moreover, the cry of the general public within 8/10 km around Familia for an English Medium school, which had been a distant dream for them, also made us think in this line. So in April 2006 the Familia School was launched. 
School. 