Incredibly, out of the more than 20 million orphans in India, less than 1% even make it to orphanages. #ImpactThatMatters #SupremeCourt
Out of the 20 million orphans in India, less than 1% are in orphanages. 117 districts in India do not have a single orphanage. (Source: MWCD Trackchild-Child Care Institutions in 2015). However, even those who make it there aren’t any better off.
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A glaring example of this came to light in May 2018 when young girls between the ages of 7-17 suffered rampant sexual abuse over many months at an orphanage in Muzaffarpur, Bihar.
Additionally, orphanages arbitrate over giving these children a name, caste certificate and everything else. Maharashtra is currently the only state in India that does this, in addition to providing orphans with a 1 per cent reservation in government jobs.