Special Homes are institutions established for the care and rehabilitation of children who are unable to live with their families. This includes children whose families are not traceable, are unfit to care for the child, are dead, or are unwilling to take the child back. These homes provide a safe environment for children in such circumstances and often focus on providing care, education, and emotional support to help the children recover and integrate into society.
Other options:
In this case, Special Homes are specifically meant for children whose families are unable or unwilling to take them back.
List-I (Name of the Programme/Scheme/Initiative) | List-II (Objective) |
(A) The National Service Volunteer Scheme | (I) Provide a family approach to the long term care of orphaned and abandoned children |
(B) NSS | (II) Provide day-care, educational and entertainment opportunities, healthcare, companionship |
(C) Multi-Service Centres for Older Persons | (III) Provides opportunities to students (who have completed their first degree) to involve them-selves, on a whole-time basis for a short period of one or two years, in programmes of national development |
(D) SOS Children’s Villages | (IV) Aims at involving college level students in programmes of social service and national development |