1Research Scholar, Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry
2Professor, Department of Applied Psychology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry
*Corresponding author email id: bhuvanleela@rediffmail.com
Online published on 16 September, 2016.
Family is the nucleus of the society, and children are the nucleus of the family. Children are referred as supremely national asset of India. When children are in situation where family finds it difficult to protect their rights, institutions intercede and protect as well as violate the rights of children. A significant portion of child population ranging from two to eight million in Africa, Asia, Latin America and in Eastern Europe are under institutional care. Children in institutional care are often termed as ‘No one's children’, ‘Nobody's children’ as they are given the least attention by the institutions as well as society. An attempt is made to understand the functioning of institution in protecting the rights of children who are in need of care and protection. The measures for revamping the institutional care and revolutionising family care were highlighted.
Children in institutional care, Family care, NGO, Mental health, Child rights
