Shambhavi’s Story: Child Protection Laws Need to Catch Up to Reality
Written By Smriti Gupta WAIC Stories: Our social workers face numerous hurdles to bring abandoned and orphaned kids into the...
Ankita and Nikhil’s Story: Successful Adoption of Two Teenage Siblings from Maharashtra
Written By Smriti Gupta WAIC Stories: Ankita and Nikhil had a story similar to many vulnerable children – missing parents,...
Lakshmi and Raju’s Story: Reuniting Siblings Living in Different Shelters
Written By Smriti Gupta WAIC Stories: Our main goal at WAIC is to make children in shelters visible and bring...
Ajay’s Story: A Chance Created, A Family Needed
Written By Smriti Gupta WAIC Stories: Ajay faced immense hardship from an early age. His father had died of AIDS,...
Divya’s Story: Institutionalised by Delay
Written By Protima Sharma WAIC Stories: How can a child with no voice hold systems accountable? In November 2022, at...
Rehman’s Story: Reviving Both a Child’s Case and a District’s Adoption System
Written By Protima Sharma WAIC Stories: In 2021, 10-year old Rehman was found alone near a busy intersection by the...
Devi’s Story: Finding Her Permanent Family at 17
Written By Protima Sharma WAIC Stories: 7-year-old Devi lost both her parents in 2013 and was admitted in a Child...
WAIC Stories: A girl finds her permanent home, resourcefulness of WAIC field workers, and appreciation from our government partners #2
Written By Smriti Gupta WAIC Stories: A girl finds her permanent home, resourcefulness of WAIC field workers, and appreciation from...
WAIC Stories: The Child Who Waited Six Years for a Better Tomorrow
Written By Protima Sharma WAIC Stories: She was just five when she was abandoned. Medical tests revealed she was HIV...
WAIC Stories: New beginning for a 4-year old girl with AIDS, teen siblings declared legally free for adoption, case worker changes minds and lives
Written by Smriti Gupta WAIC Stories: New beginning for a 4-year old girl with AIDS, teen siblings declared legally free...
Our journey to embracing a special needs son
Written By Inter-Country, Adoptive Parent The start of our story: A traumatic birth Our adoption story starts with me and...
16-year-old boy finds his forever family through adoption
Written by Smriti Gupta “Ma’am, these children will not get adopted”, was the exasperated reply from a child shelter employee...