SOCIALIZATION OF CHILDREN IN PAKISTAN SWEET HOMES, ISLAMABAD: A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE

The population of children in Pakistan is over 70 million. The environment in which the majority of these children grow up is fraught with numerous challenges and access to basic rights such as health care, education, protection from abuse, neglect and exploitation, are all compromised along with orphanage. The current security and economic crises in the country have worsened the situation. There is a palpable rolling back of gains made in the past and newer challenges are emerging. Orphan children are becoming the victims of militancy. Either through recruitment as suicide bombers, through indoctrination at unregulated and rogue madrassas, through displacement from conflict zones, or through a complete breakdown of the health and education system in militancy riddled areas. The present research was conducted in Sweet homes Pakistan, Islamabad in order to evaluate the socialization of children. The children in Sweet homes Pakistan were found satisfied in case of provision of health and education facilities while they were socialized in a better way with regard to their future. They were provided all the required facilities adequately and overwhelmingly.