Institutional Care - Part 1

Care of the State by Catalysts for Social Action

Institutional care is the largest safety network available today to vulnerable children in India with over 256,000 children being taken care of in 7163 child care institutions (CCIs). In this episode, we explore the crucial role that child care institutions play in providing care and protection to these children and how they nurture them into adulthood.

Satyajeet Mazumdar, Head of Advocacy at Catalysts for Social Action talks to child protection experts, Priti Patkar, Co-founder and Director of Prerana, Dr. Nilima Mehta, Psychotherapist, Child Protection & Adoption Consultant and Anandhi Yagnaraman, CEO of CSA, about the challenges that CCIs face and how they can be strengthened.

CREDITS:

Concept and Host: Satyajeet Mazumdar

Marketing & Communications: Henal Shah, Pranay Jajodia & Kinjal Mehta

Creative Team: Anuja Khokhani & Shahaji Patil

This is a Maed in India production.

Writer & Project Manager: Vedha Susheela Mohan

Production Head & Editor: Joshua Thomas

Sound Mixing: Kartik Kulkarni

Project Supervisor: Shaun Fanthome

Voiceover by Mae Mariyam Thomas