A Study of Contribution of Balgram in Socialization and Rehabilitations of Orphan Children in Maharashtra State

In this paper, contribution of child care institution/ Balgram in socialisation and rehabilitation of orphan children in Maharashtra State is explored. In Maharashtra state 14 NGOs are running Balgram/Balsadan/Balgruh, which is based on international concept of Balgram of SOS Children villages. In Balgram child care plan, Children given long term supports for their holistic development, accordingly activities are planned and implemented so children should grow with respect, self confidence and self image. Most important is children get family environment, especially emotional supports from Balgram Staff. House mother/ care taker is heart of Balgram concept. The children grow as a brother and sisters in family home. Rationale of the study, Orphan children are more vulnerable demands more care and support. The children have lots of potentials, which need to understand and channelize them in proper way and direction. The child development is depends upon the quality of socialization. Balgram has adopted family based concept and actual taking lots of efforts to socialize the children. There is close association between socialization and rehabilitation. The researcher wanted to explore this association in scientific way Objective of the study are to study socilisation and rehabilitation process of Balgram, contribution of Balgram, scope of social work intervention and to explore the problems and prospects of Balgram Children. Based on these objective hypothesis are Socialization process of Balgram and rehabilitation of children may be closely associated to each other, Balgram provides family set up to the children who are in need of care and protection and Balgram play an important role in rehabilitation of the children who are in need of care and protection through socialization Explanatory research design, all the children of Balgram age 13 to 18 are included, Sample size: 277 current children +65 pass out children+ 46 Balgram staff=388 and Sampling method: Mixed sampling (Randomly and snow ball method). In data analysis cross tables are prepared according to the gender; Chi-square test is applied to understand the association between the two variables. Socio-economic status of the rehabilitation children is assessed according to the Kupuswami method (2017 indicators) Hypothesis testing explained along with conclusion and suggestions Ashok Ghadge"A Study of Contribution of Balgram in Socialization and Rehabilitations of Orphan Children in Maharashtra State" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-4 , June 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd14441.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/social-science/14441/a-study-of-contribution-of-balgram-in-socialization-and-rehabilitations-of-orphan-children-in-maharashtra-state/ashok-ghadge