The first 12 girls arrived with severe acute and chronic illnesses, active malaria, major skin eruptions, scabies, severe malnutrition, seizures, growth retardation, bleeding gums and oral decay, as well as profound and multiple disabilities (some we were told were not expected to survive). Mentally, they suffered from the cognitive and behavioral effects of social deprivation, violence, sexual abuse, and abandonment.
We continue to provide:
All medical cost are borne by the Home
The Idea – De-institutionalization of orphan and disabled children and creation of inclusive family style group homes. Shishur Sevay is the best practices model of inclusive non-institutional care for lost and abandoned girls, some with profound disabilities, all of whom had already been rejected for adoption.