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DESIGN SOLUTION PROTOTYPE:
Basically my idea is to Re-Design Studying Area, giving it a modern feel and in low budget cost as it is for an Orphanage. Chair can be designed of Recycled Wood (Packaging Wood), and on it waste fabric can be used to create comfortable seating, Whereas, shed can be covered with Gazebo from all the four sides, to protect children from unwanted or unpredictable weather conditions.

Ideation Board

Sketches

The World's Smile Doesn't comes from the Sun, It comes from the Orphan Smile!

Area of Concern & It's Mood Board.

Studying Area in Ground

Children of the Orphanage face a lot of issue as they are not provided with proper table and chair in studying area. Table and chairs present there are mostly damaged or present in a bad condition.Children have to sit under the shade of tree, or uneven ground level to study, which could lead to many back problems in future. Keeping their health issues, and issue of where they’ll study in mind, I’ll Re-Design studying area of Orphanage Children through Design Intervention to provide comfort to the students, so that they can study with ease and study with full concentration

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Mood Board of Orphanage

Group Mood Board

Logo of Orphanage.

Visit to the Orphanage

It was the first time i had went to an orphanage personally, and visiting BALKUTIR has changed my mind set and vision about orphanage completely. It is located in sector 12, Noida, U.P., facing main road. The orphange has been build in residential area, and there are two buildings of the orphanage, one is for girls and other one is for boys donated by a N.R.I.. There are total no. of 55 children, 49 are girls are rest are boys. Anjina Rajagopal is the founder of Sai kripa. Everyone calls her mummy. Orphanage is like a home to her and to the ones who live there. In Sai Kripa Orphans are fed, clothed, provided formal education, pampered and reprimanded. There were Computer Lab, Parlour, Sports Room, Praying Area, and Activity Room even present in the Orphanage.

Sai Kripa conducts five projects:
1. Balkutir- a home for orphans in Noida,
2. Sai Shiksha Sansthan,
3. A co-educational english medium secondary school in the village Wazidpur, Noida with a subsidized free of Rs. 400/- month.
4. Sai Bal Sansar- a free informly primary english medium school with mid day meal scheme in the village, Aghapur, Noida.
5. Sai Vocational Training Centre- Imparting skills such as tailoring, bakery, computer, beauty culture and spoken English in Noida.

Awards Won by Sai Kripa Orphanage:
1. Manava Seva Puraskar,
2. Desh Bhakat Jan Kalyan Samajh Samiti,
3. ‘Real Heroes Award sponsored by CNN IBN and Reliance Industries Ltd.,
4. Best social worker award by Delhi Malayabee Association,
5. CNN IBN Senior Citizen Award given by Amitabh Bachan
6. ‘Jashn e Tajurbaat given by Om Vishranti Charitable Society and Navratan Foundation Noida

Mummy to Children who never had a FAMILY!!

mother means the world to many, but to these kids she is their world. Anjina Rajagopal's mothering instinct impelled her to feel for the underprivileged ever since she was a child of ten.

She is popularly known as Mummy to the many wards she feeds, educates and empowers. She wanted to create a place where any underprivileged child could walk in, have a meal, spend some time and learn something useful. And she formed Sai Kripa way back in 1988, a haven to the lives it nurtures.Getting Rajagopal to talk about herself is not the easiest of tasks, but you change the subject to abandoned and orphaned children in need of shelter and she is all words. A journalist by profession, her heart went out to the young boy being bullied and beaten by the road-side dhabha owners close to her place of work. Rajgopal decided to take the small child home. She tried her best but she could not locate his parents and so the little boy stayed on at Rajgopal's house; she named him Rajat and before she realized it, the seeds of the 'orphanage' were sown.

Since then, the journey for Rajagopal hasn't been easy. Anxiety, frustration, fear that nothing was moving, dogged the inexperienced social worker. But there was no going back for the gutsy lady. Years went by and children came in from hospitals, remand homes - some of them were abandoned. Gradually the numbers grew and Rajgopal soon gave up her job to start a 'home' and share her life with these children. More than 120 kids came to her care of which almost 50 have been restored to their respective parents while 15 fend for themselves, independently.

Today, there are 44 children who live together - a group of toddlers, pre-teens and teenagers, apart from the three 'grown up' children who are now employed. Bal Kutir is home to her 'family' where the older children take care of the younger ones. Interestingly, Rajagopal does not allow others to adopt children from her house. She says, "I have never given any of my children up for adoption; as this is not an orphanage but a home which showers love and affection on the unwanted children of God." She adds, "Mine is just a big family. Besides, those who adopt children always come with a reason behind it. I want these children to be unselfish so that when they are grown-ups they also support others like them."

Rajat, who suffers from a speech and hearing disability, is the first resident of Bal Kutir, which is a part of Sai Kripa. He is 30 years old now, has mastered carpentry skills and earns by working with an NGO. The youngest member of Rajagopal's household came in when she was just 5 months old. Today, this cute one year-old named Sanya is the focus of attention, of the entire Sai Kripa family. "We are taught to think positively," says 18-year-old Pallavi, one of the children with Rajagopal. "I want to become a Company Secretary and am studying hard to be one. I will surely take mummy's cause forward in the future and will help others like me," she says, optimism brimming in her words.

So who has been Rajagopal's inspiration? She answers, "My mother, my sister, my principal in school and many more women who I came in contact with. They were all very nice people, women of mettle, proving themselves in a man's world, always smiling and helping others." Rajagopal has found innovative ways to raise the much-needed money required for her cause and today her list of achievements is long...Bal Kutir, the children's home, Sai Shiksha Sansthan, an English medium school for rural children, Sai Bal Sansar, the non-formal education centre for slum children, Bal Sai Valsalaya Vatika the school for special children and Sai vocational training center which imparts skills for mobile repairing, computer operations and beauty culture.

History and Evolution of Sai Kripa.

The project encompassed research  on the web for Sai Kripa Orphanage and discussions with Ms. Anjina Rajagopal, the founder. According to our findings, It all began in the town of Bellary in Karnataka where she lived as a 10 year old. Every week, she would see groups of children beating drums and carrying notebooks, walking down the streets, knocking at every door, collecting donations for the orphanage they lived in. Coming from a happy and well-to-do family herself, Anjina would feel sorry for them. Then one day her family moved from Bellary to Sandur and she soon forgot about these children. Years later, in 1976, the family moved to Delhi in order to get over a personal tragedy and she took up a job. Then in 1983 she moved to Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

She was deeply disturbed by the sight of children being exploited all around her and also by the reports in newspapers and magazines about exploitation of children. Images of Bellary came back to mind, which was how the dream was born …… A dream of providing a home for these children, where they would not only get shelter, clothing, food and education but also feel as secure and confident as their more privileged peers.

Another decade passed before she could turn her dream into reality due to her responsibilities towards her family. In 1988, a chance meeting with an old friend directed her to PRADAN, a voluntary organization, for guidance. PRADAN offered her a fellowship of three months to enable her to visit various homes all over India and make an in depth study of the aspects involved in such projects. One such home where she spent twenty days is the Antar Bharati Balgram at Lonavla, near Mumbai. By this time she was able to identify friends who were willing to help her. The Society SAIKRIPA was formed and by March 1989 they succeeded in getting their society, SAIKRIPA, registered.

It has been 27 years and the orphanage is supposed to be a very good orphanage.  Today her list of achievements is long. Bal Kutir, the children’s home, Sai Shiksha Sansthan, an English medium school for rural children, Sai Bal Sansar, the non-formal education centre for slum children, Bal Sai Valsalaya Vatikathe school for special children and Sai vocational training centre which imparts skills for mobile repairing, computer operations and beauty culture.

Children are the future of mankind. However, they are the ones who are mostly rendered homeless with no one to love or be loved, with no one to take care of their basic needs like food and shelter, let alone provide them education and care. Some of them cannot ever experience what having one’s family feels like, since they are made homeless soon after their birth…. such can be the cruelty of fate at times. It is these children we see on the streets; begging, being exploited or taking to drugs and crimes in sheer desperation or out of necessity. It is a fact that children brought up in a healthy and happy environment along with good education, grow up to be better human beings and consequently better citizens, thereby contributing more to the society in general. Our concern is these unfortunate children - to provide them with the basics of life, i.e. a home, education, love and affection, and above all an existence with dignity, to try and make up for some of the joys of childhood lost on them and to give them hope for the future, so that they may not just survive but live life, like their more fortunate brethren.