Hongirana Boys Home

( Golden Rays of Hope)

The home houses children from

Slums and marginalized families;
Children of prisoners and migrants’ families
Children picking rags,
Children of parents affected/infected with HIV,
Orphan children,
Children of single parents who are in extreme difficult situation,
Children facing domestic violence, physical violence, sexual abuse…etc

Children are identified by our network or referred by other agencies and individuals. The selection is done through the field/ home visits and verifications. This ensures selection of the most deserving children to the home.

Hongirana Boys Home

Hongirana in collaboration with Lion’s International envisions to promote holistic development of all children by focusing on nine developmental areas viz., Physical Development, Intellectual (cognitive) Development, Psychological Development, Social – development, Spiritual Growth / Development Political Development, Economic Development, Cultural Development and Environmental development.

Hongirana meaning ‘golden rays’ is a Home for rays of hope, love and compassion for the children who reside here. The children come from marginalized and vulnerable backgrounds who cannot afford to give them basics for healthy life and environment. The children are given best of the care; nutritious food, shelter, medical care, counselling support and overall system for their healthy personal and emotional growth. Various activities are conducted at home to promote their interest and learning. We have 12 inhouse staff to take care of the children.

Activities

Admission in English Medium School

All the children are studying in Thakshasheela Vidya Kendra Jadigenahalli, which is English Medium School. The school has a good campus, teaching staff and state of the art facilities for the overall growth and quality education. The van picks and drops children to Hongirana Home accompanied by an assistant. The house mother visits the school monthly representing as a ‘Mother’ to meet the teachers and the principal to understand their progress.

Tutorials / coaching

Most of the children come from Kannada medium schools and the transition phase is hard for most to fare in English medium School. While focussing more on Maths and Science we give importance for all the subjects. The inhouse teachers spend extra hours with children who need extra hours of coaching. Besides we also make groups for peer learning which is very effective. As a result, we have over 90% of children doing very well in the academics.

Counselling services

As part of the care and well-being of our children we provide time to time counselling for every child in Hongirana. As most of them come from disturbed families they go through lots of emotional issues that needs to be addressed time to time. Once in 15 days the child gets 30 minutes of time with the Counsellor to hold dialogue and seek help. Our counsellors are very supportive and kind towards the children and ensure to make them feel accepted and cared for. We also conduct medical check-ups on monthly basis. We do general medical checkup by organizing special camps on Dental care, Eye care and Skin care, Specialists doctors are part of the camps.

Sports, Yoga and Recreational Activities

In addition to the academics, we ensure children have all round development. Hence, we have dedicated time slot for sports, yoga and recreational activities. We have a dedicated space for out door games with lots of play equipments with sand bedding. There is over 3500 sq.ft area of garden where the children get an opportunity to water the saplings, apply manure, de-weed and tend the plants. This gives them an exposure with nature which is therapeutic as well for the well being of children. Groups are made and roles are given to help them handle several responsibilities pertaining the hostel. This gives them an opportunity for Leadership development

Family visits and interaction with family/ guardians

In order to build the bond with the families we encourage the parents to visit Hongirana home. Counselling sessions are held sometimes with the child and the parent. We also have a program of our staff visiting the families of the children. This gives an assurance to the parents of the love and care that Hongirana offers for every child and betterment of their childhood. Our visits to the families has built better bonding between the parents and the children.