THE INDIAN SOCIETY FOR SPONSORSHIP AND ADOPTION
THE INDIAN SOCIETY FOR SPONSORSHIP AND ADOPTION
THE INDIAN SOCIETY FOR SPONSORSHIP AND ADOPTION
THE INDIAN SOCIETY FOR SPONSORSHIP AND ADOPTION

About Us

Beginnings

Mrs. Saroj Sood got interested in adoptions after hearing about her own family adoption. This type of family arrangement disturbed her and she thought that why deprive him/her of his/her very own family when there are so many children in the orphanages waiting for a family? Mrs. Sood managed to convince a very close family friend who was the next one who wanted to adopt his brother and sister-in-law’s child who was yet to be born. She counselled them and succeeded in persuading them not to deprive a child of his/her very own family. They adopted a three-year-old girl from one of the ashrams in Lucknow. Another friend’s sister was based in Lucknow and helped them in completing the legal formalities. That was the informal beginning in the year 1963.

Then a friend and her husband wished to adopt an Indian child and in 1966 the wish turned into reality in New Delhi. Thus, this was the first Inter Country adoption. She continued to freelance along with the Missionaries of Charity and worked with helping families adopt children. In 1972, Mrs. Sood met the late Smt. Ashoka Gupta who encouraged to start an organization for this specialized work.

Thus, seven like-minded people registered “The Indian Society for Sponsorship and Adoption” on the 16th of December 1975. Our Founding members were Mrs. Ashoka Gupta – President, Dr. (Mrs) Chinam Gopinath – Vice President, Mrs. Saroj Sood – Secretary, Mr. Raveen Arora – Treasurer, Mr. Indu Bhushan De – Legal Adviser, Mrs. Dhun D. Adenwalla – Member, Mrs. Perin S. Aibara – Member.

Vision

For the last four decades, The Indian Society for Sponsorship and Adoption has worked tirelessly for the orphaned, abandoned and surrendered children. We work towards their permanent rehabilitation. For the children of marginalized communities, we work towards their educational support to make them educated and then work towards their financial independence. We have drawn from our expertise towards helping the children under our care in whatever way conducive to their welfare.

Our Work

The Indian Society for Sponsorship and Adoption was founded with the specific aim for the working with the two programmes – adoption as well as sponsorship.

In our sponsorship programme, we run creches for the children of working mothers of marginalized communities. This keeps them safe during the time the parents are out to earn a livelihood.

In our Adoption Programme, we are working with the Juvenile Justice Act. Since inception, children were placed in adoption with prospective families by us. However, since 2015, the adoption programme is under the Central Adoption Resource Authority.



THE INDIAN SOCIETY FOR SPONSORSHIP AND ADOPTION