Orphans & Child Care NGOs in India

Aadarana Foundation

Free residential care, schooling and healthcare for orphaned children in Hyderabad since 2003

over 7,000 children served since inception

Aagosh Sultan-ul-Arifeen Yateem Trust

Free education, lodging and boarding for orphaned and destitute children of Kashmir

Almost 200 volunteers are associated with the trust serving the needy and deserving people

Aarti for Girls

Home, school and women's centre for abandoned girls in Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh.

Aarti for Girls reports 6,430+ children reached through its care and shelter work.

Abhoy Mission

Tripura's multi-dimensional home for senior citizens and children with special needs

Access Life Assistance Foundation

A home away from home for children fighting cancer

14 centres across 10 cities including Mumbai, Pune, Manipal, Chandigarh and Silchar

Al-Faran Educational & Welfare Society

Schools, scholarships, an orphanage and a charitable hospital for the underprivileged in Mau, UP

800+ students currently enrolled across all our institutions

All Bengal Women's Union

Home for rescued girls and women on Elliot Road since 1932

All India Pingalwara Charitable Society

A home for the homeless, disabled and destitute

Over 1,804 destitute patients currently cared for

All The Children Trust

Chennai NGO supporting children through education, shelter and healthcare

Today, 746 children are experiencing the joy of learning in safe, supportive spaces—with access to upgraded in

Aman Vedika

Making Lives Good

Coordinating across the Rainbow Homes Program in 10 cities, supporting 5,546 children and young adults with ca

Amcha Ghar

A children's home and education support programme in Thane district since 1996

14,72,054+ direct lives impacted since 1996

Anchal Charitable Trust

Charitable cancer hospital and child welfare in Ghaziabad

Anchal Charitable Trust's Research and Rehabilitation Centre for Children with Intellectual Disability in Delh

Antyodoy Anath Ashram

Orphanage and school caring for 170+ abandoned children in rural Purba Medinipur since 1995

18,173 women's self-help groups (SHGs) and 8,411 enterprises formed across 400+ villages

Apla Ghar

Timiratuni Tejakadye — from darkness to light

The Center for Destitute Children provides shelter, food and education to 55 economically backward parentless

Apna Ghar Ashram

Bharatpur-headquartered network of ashrams sheltering homeless, sick and abandoned people.

6,700+ destitute residents (Prabhujis) cared for at the Bharatpur ashram

Arvind Foundation

Education, medical and social support for underprivileged children and people with cerebral palsy in Mumbai

Asha Kirana Seva Trust

Orphanage and old-age home in Bengaluru serving vulnerable women, children and elderly since 1995

Ashirvad Kanti

Cares for and educates vulnerable children in Nagpur.

Ashraya Balikasadanam

Residential care home in Wayanad educating and protecting underprivileged and tribal girls

Association for Promoting Social Action (APSA)

Shelter, education and protection for Bangalore and Hyderabad's street children

A large team of committed staff, volunteers, and experts working in 125 urban slums through 20+ different proj

Association of Community Development

Education, nutrition and child-protection programmes across 20+ districts, based in Lucknow

2.4k+ Lives touched in India

Avvai Home

Residential home and schools in Adyar, Chennai, for orphaned girls and destitute women.

Avvai Home houses a total of 189 children.

Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Association for Voluntary Action)

India's largest grassroots movement against child trafficking and exploitation

More than 54K children rescued from child trafficking and exploitation (April 2023 - June 2026)

Badlaav Foundation

Helps children in Dehradun care institutions grow up dignified and self-reliant.

Bal Asha Trust

Care and adoption placement for abandoned children since 1985

4,340 children benefited

Bal Niketan Sangh

Indore's pioneering child welfare institution since 1947

Ninety Aanganwadi Centres in urban slums of Indore since 1989, under the 'Integrated Child Development Service

Bal Umang Drishya Sanstha

Holistic development for street and underserved children in Delhi

3,00,000+ lives changed

Bala Mandir Kamaraj Trust

Chennai child care trust running children's homes, schools, kinship care and early intervention.

As of March 2025, Bala Mandir's Kinship Care programme supported 1,563 children across 886 families in 14 dist

Bharatiya Samaj Seva Kendra (BSSK)

Shaping a better future for vulnerable children since 1979

Placed 4,729 children in permanent families through adoption to date

Borderless World Foundation

For One Great Human Family

3000+ girls educated

BOSCO (Bangalore Oniyavara Seva Coota)

Rehabilitating street and at-risk children in Bengaluru since 1980

Rescued 37,950 children from the streets between 2014 and 2020

Care Leavers' Advocacy Network (CLAN)

New Delhi network helping young people who age out of child-care institutions build the skills and networks to thrive independently.

Careleavers Inner Circle (CLiC) Forum

Jaipur careleaver-led forum offering shelter, emotional support, skilling and jobs to young people leaving institutional care.

2,000+ careleavers & potential careleavers connected, bridging the aftercare gap

Catalysts for Social Action

Works with child care institutions on care, adoption and aftercare for children without parental care.

CSA reports 16,000+ children supported and 156 partner child care institutions impacted.

Central Khalsa Orphanage

The 1904 Amritsar orphanage that raised Shaheed Udham Singh

Chetna

Grassroots NGO for the empowerment of street-connected children in Delhi

CHETNA reached 16,192 street and working children in 2014-15 through seven projects and 124 contact points acr

Child Aid Foundation

Vijayawada trust since 1993 giving disadvantaged children residential and non-residential food, shelter, medical care and education.

Child Help Foundation

Emergency medical support for critically ill children across India

3,90,871 children and families reached by Child Help Foundation through its multi-dimensional interventions in

Child In Need Institute (CINI)

Maternal and child health, nutrition and protection

Impacted the lives of more than 50 million children, adolescents and women over the last 50 years

Child Rights Trust

Bangalore research, training, advocacy and lobbying organisation working with NGO networks on child rights.

Since 2003 Child Rights Trust has conducted more than 710 training programmes on child rights topics across Ka

Child Support Foundation

Karnataka trust running holistic child-development programmes — mother-care kits, blood drives and rural outreach — for neglected and underprivileged kids.

55 medical cases completed and 9 more children in treatment through the Emergency Medical Support programme in

Children Toy Foundation

Mumbai foundation running mobile learning-and-activity vans reaching schools across Mumbai and Chennai in partnership with corporates.

About 10,000 children benefit directly from CTF's projects

CHINAR International

Child Nurture and Relief for Kashmir's vulnerable children

290 children and their parents received comprehensive health checkups at its annual medical camp in Srinagar

CHINAR Kashmir

Familial care, education and disaster relief for Kashmir's vulnerable children since 2004

2,700+ children

Chipin Faith Foundation

Pune non-profit running education, youth skilling, women's empowerment and a shelter home for underprivileged children.

Christ Faith Home For Children

Chennai homes for girls, boys and infants plus women's welfare services since 1986.

Over 200-250 people were screened for various ailments during the free medical camp.

Committed Communities Development Trust (CCDT)

Child protection, maternal health and youth empowerment in Mumbai since 1990

2.5 M+ children, youth and families supported

Deepsikha (A Trust for Cancer Care)

Together, we are tougher than cancer

Can accommodate nearly 500+ patients and attendants at a given point of time across its centres

Deepstambh Foundation

Residential higher-education support for disabled, orphaned and transgender students

2,200+ students supported till now

DEHAT

Child rights, protection and education work in Bahraich district.

200,000+ children & adolescents reached

Delhi Council for Child Welfare (Palna)

Home and adoption placement for abandoned children since 1978, running the Palna cradle scheme

Over the last seventy years, DCCW has touched the lives of over 300,000 under-privileged children in and aroun

DESIRE Society

Homes and care for children living with HIV/AIDS in four cities

Supports up to 66 children living with HIV/AIDS (CLHA) under its treatment, nutrition, shelter and education p

Dr John Joseph Foundation

Provides education, sports and welfare support to orphaned and underprivileged children in Chennai

60 students from the Gandhinagar slum area, Chennai, coached weekly under the Akshayam feeding programme (2019

El Shaddai Charitable Trust

Rescuing and rehabilitating street and slum children across Goa

1m+ children reached

Family Service Centre

Keeping families together in Mumbai since 1955

Reached out to over 13,000 children in difficult circumstances over four decades

Fourth Wave Foundation

Child protection and substance-abuse prevention NGO with UN ECOSOC status

12,00,000+ children empowered

Gandhibhavan International Trust

Kollam care home for abandoned and destitute people, from month-old infants to the elderly.

30 care homes

GHAR

Pune home sheltering orphaned girls, differently-abled women and senior citizens

Grace Kennett Foundation

Gift life, save life — burn care, skin bank and child adoption in Madurai

Skin Bank with over 100 successful skin retrievals supporting critical burn care.

Gramin Vikas Sansthan

Runs an orphanage, a women's old-age home and livelihood training since 2005.

9365+ People Helped

Guardians of Dreams

Upgrades the quality of care across India's Child Care Institutions and orphanages

Works with 256 Child Care Institutions across 3 cities; distributed 974 scholastic awards and procured 400 ide

Guild of Service (Central)

A century of grassroots social service

22 Units and projects helping over 5000 beneficiaries annually

Harmony House

Education, nutrition and healthcare for destitute children in Gurgaon since 2009

Supports and educates over 1,000 children in its shelters

Health Education Adoption Rehabilitation Development Society (HEARDS)

Chittoor-based society tackling child labour, WASH, health and livelihoods across Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

2000 Children benefited through our initiatives

Homeless Street Children Project (HSCP)

Care, confidence-building and education for Mumbai's pavement-dwelling children

Around 50 students attend formal schools through its programme

Hope Community Village

Family-style home, education and opportunities for orphaned children in Kerala.

Hope Home Foundation

Child sponsorship and care programmes run from Shivamogga, Karnataka.

Hope Kolkata Foundation

Protection, health, education and livelihood support for Kolkata's street and slum children since 1999

17,292 children / young adults received education support (major achievements 2024/2025)

Human Development Foundation of Sikkim (HDFS)

Homes, education and vocational training for Sikkim's needy children

The school has an enrolment of 400 children.

Humanity Welfare Organization Helpline (HWOH)

Disability rehabilitation and CHILDLINE services in Bijbehara, Jammu & Kashmir

Humanity Welfare Organisation Helpline directly supported 2,000 families with verified food distribution ahead

I Donate Organisation

Andhra Pradesh NGO promoting blood and organ donation alongside orphan care and livelihood programmes

Engages 400+ volunteers every year through programmes run with a network of 30+ partner non-profits across Ind

I-India

Giving street children in Jaipur a future through education and rehabilitation since 1993

Reaches over 3,000 street children daily through street schools, residential homes and vocational centres

Inchara Foundation

Mangalore NGO protecting children from sexual abuse through prevention training and a survivors' home

3,000 students at 20 schools and colleges trained in cyber safety by Inchara Foundation

Indigenous Women and Children Foundation (IWCF)

Empowering indigenous women and children of Manipur through education, health and livelihoods

3,000 people empowered in Indigenous communities through active participation and leadership

Infant India

Home, education and ART treatment for HIV-affected orphaned children in Beed, Maharashtra

at present We Look After 45 Such HIV Affected Children Providing Them Lodging Bording, Education And Yoga

Integrated Development Foundation (IDF)

Rural health, livelihood and child protection across Bihar and Jharkhand

6,786 beneficiaries from deprived communities benefited in FY2024-25, including 3,921 Scheduled Caste and 2,64

J&K Yateem Trust

J&K's oldest orphan and widow-support trust, active since 1972

700,000+ souls impacted

Janaseva Foundation

Serving Pune's elderly, street children and destitute since 1988

Every year 200 elderly live in its Old Age Homes, out of which 160 live totally free

Jehovah Jireh Foundation

Supports orphaned and vulnerable children in Hyderabad

7 years of community service

Jhamtse Gatsal Children's Community

Residential children's community and school in Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh.

Kalpa Raksha Educational and Charitable Trust

Bengaluru trust running a free children's hostel, education support and health camps

Karm Marg

Residential home and family for at-risk and homeless children near Delhi

Houses an average of 60 children at a time, including 6 children with special needs

Karnataka State Council for Child Welfare (KSCCW)

Education, health, nutrition and livelihood support for disadvantaged children and women in Karnataka since 1955

Balvidya School Development Programme provides a daily nutritive supplement to 500 students

Karunalaya

Rescue, shelter and rehabilitation for runaway and working street children in Chennai

29 Karunalaya Children Clear SSLC Board Exams

Keshava Seva Samithi (Vatsalya Sindhu)

Shelter homes raising destitute children in Hyderabad since 1989.

Kokan NGO India

The movement from darkness to light

14,70,152 lives touched; over 11.67 lakh people served to date

Kritagyata Trust

A residential shelter and support programmes for orphaned and single-parent girls in Bengaluru

Benefited more than 40,000 children and women through education, women empowerment and menstrual awareness pro

LAMP

Voluntary organisation for street and working children across three states

LAMP is serving at present in 9 leprosy colonies in West Bengal covering 429 families consisting of 1506 membe

Little Flower Mercy Home

Shelter homes for destitute men, women and children at Chithirapuram in Idukki

Madilu Sevashrama - Future India Foundation

Home in Bengaluru providing food, schooling and care for orphaned children.

Madilu has come a long way from upbringing just 4 children to a strong family of 30 children at present.

Maher

Interfaith homes near Pune for destitute women, children and men since 1997

Helped over 50,000 women, men and children

Mahesh Foundation

Runs a care home for HIV-positive children and inclusive education programmes in Belagavi.

Care Home has touched the lives of over 4,900 children living with HIV

Manavya

A home and a future for children living with HIV

57 children aged up to 18 live as one family at the Gokul home in Bhugaon

Matru Sewa Sangh

Mothering Central India's mothers since 1921

100 years of selfless services to the society

Miracle Foundation India

A family for every child — family-based care over institutionalisation, since 2000

19,999 children's lives impacted

Miracle Manna Children’s Home

Residential home in Bengaluru giving shelter, care and schooling to vulnerable children.

Missionaries of Charity

Serving the poorest of the poor from Mother Teresa's Mother House in Kolkata since 1950

As of 2025, the Missionaries of Charity Sisters (founded by Mother Teresa in Calcutta in 1950) consisted of 5,

Muni Seva Ashram

Gandhian ashram running a cancer hospital, schools and care homes on a green, solar-powered campus.

Has grown from a small hut in Goraj (Vadodara district, Gujarat) in 1978 to a 300-acre campus today, running s

Naya Sawera Society

Jaipur-based nonprofit providing shelter, elderly care, and hunger relief since 2009.

1,000+ children rehabilitated

Naz Foundation (India) Trust

HIV/AIDS care and sexual-health rights since 1994

2,34,464 people supported through its LGBTQIA initiative

Need Base India

Holistic child protection, education and livelihood support in Bengaluru

30,000+ children have been rehabilitated

Nishkam Sewa Ashram

Ludhiana ashram running a free hospital, old-age home and orphan care since 1975

Nishkam Sewa Ashram's projects and programmes have benefitted more than 100,000 needy and underprivileged peop

OJU Welfare Association

Arunachal Pradesh's pioneering welfare society for orphans, women and rural education since 1979

100 students benefited from the Residential Secondary School during the 2007-2008 financial year

Pain Relief and Palliative Care Society, Hyderabad

Free palliative care from hospice to home across Telangana and Andhra

Between 900-1,000 patients admitted annually to Kumudini Devi Hospice with free care, food and medicines

Palawi (Prabha Hira Pratishthan)

Cares for HIV-affected and destitute children with home, schooling and health support.

Prayas (Chittorgarh)

Child rights and community welfare in rural Rajasthan

150 labourers released and 61 children rescued from migrant families through 13 legal complaints filed under t

Prayas JAC Society

Rescue, rehabilitation and juvenile justice for vulnerable children

Prayas Juvenile Aid Centre

Delhi organisation serving street and working children through shelters, education and skilling since 1988.

Premanu Foundation

Child-rights nonprofit working across education, health, protection, and livelihood in five Indian states since 2019.

29,000+ children reached since 2019

Premavasam

Chennai home caring for abandoned children and persons with disabilities

Prerna Social Development and Welfare Society

Education, healthcare and night shelters for Delhi's underprivileged children and homeless

2863 students were provided scholarship so far

Punarjanmaa Charitable Trust (PCT)

Bangalore trust providing food, shelter, clothing, rehabilitation, and employment support to the poor, sick, and disabled.

7 years of social service

Pune Vidyarthi Griha

Education is not received. It is achieved

Railway Children India

Protecting children living on the streets and at railway stations

23,966 children protected at and around railway stations (data from 2013 onwards)

Rainbow Foundation India

Moves vulnerable street children into safe residential and family-based care.

Rainbow Homes Programme

Residential homes for street and vulnerable children inside government school buildings

Runs residential homes and 22 community-based Rainbow Community Centres for street children across ten Indian

Riddhi Siddhi Charitable Trust

An old-age home and orphanage caring for Mumbai's most vulnerable

504657+ Meals Distributed

Ruchika Social Service Organisation

A Voice for All Children

42222 children received remedial education (1985-2026)

Sahasra Deepika International for Education

Residential care and education for girls from destitute backgrounds near Bengaluru.

Sahasra Deepika Institute provides a stable, caring environment and well-rounded education for 65 girls in Ban

SaiKripa

Provides home, education and care to abandoned and underprivileged children in Noida.

SAMPARC

Balgram children's villages and schools for orphaned and destitute children in Maharashtra

Grown from a home for 7 orphaned children in 1990 into a nationally recognized organization supporting over 65

Sanmati Bal Niketan

Orphanage founded by Padma Shri Sindhutai Sapkal, 'Mother of Orphans', now run by her daughter.

1200+ orphans nurtured

Sanrakshan India

Care, protection and education for marginalised children in Bengaluru

SATHI (Society for Assistance to Children in Difficult Situations)

Rescues children in distress at railway stations and reunites them with their families.

SERUDS (Sai Educational Rural & Urban Development Society)

Old-age homes, orphan care and women's livelihoods in Andhra Pradesh since 2003

12,400 people helped

Seva Sadan Society

Sheltering and educating Mumbai's girls since 1908

56,500+ youth and women supported since 1908

Sevalaya

Free schools, old-age homes and children's homes in rural Tamil Nadu since 1988

20,00,000+ beneficiaries

Shanti Bhavan Educational Trust

A residential school taking children from India's poorest families all the way to professional careers

97% of students graduate from high school

Sharanalayam

Coimbatore shelter for orphans, women in distress and the mentally challenged

Share and Care Children's Welfare Society

Runs education, nutrition, elderly care and disaster relief programmes for underprivileged families in Chennai

Provides free education, nutritious meals, and medical care to over 350+ children from remote villages

Shelter Don Bosco

A child-care home for Mumbai's rootless and roofless kids

Shishu Mandir

Free English-medium schooling and childcare for disadvantaged children since 1983

4000 families reached

Shishur Sevay

Inclusive residential home in Kolkata for orphaned and abandoned girls, with and without disabilities

50,000+ care-giving hours provided in 20 years and counting

Shuktara

Kolkata homes giving family to young adults with disabilities who have no one

Smile Always Foundation

Runs child care, clean water, women's training and emergency relief programmes from Hyderabad

200,000+ lives empowered across India

Snehagram (Sneha Charitable Trust)

A village of love where children living with HIV build their futures

Campus programme accommodates 200 children with academic learning, vocational skills and life skills

Snehasadan

Homes for Mumbai's homeless and destitute children since 1962

30,000+ children helped since 1962

Snehwan

A home and school for the children of distressed farming families

Computer Training Center empowers over 150 children from Snehwan and surrounding villages with foundational di

Society of Friends of the Sassoon Hospitals (SOFOSH)

Supports Pune's Sassoon General Hospitals with patient welfare and a child care home since 1964

A home for more than 10,000 family-deprived and destitute children, including specially-abled children, since

SOVA (South Odisha Voluntary Action)

Education, nutrition and child protection across southern Odisha

1,06,383 children benefited

Sphoorti Foundation

Residential care and schooling for orphaned and abandoned children

1,700+ children supported

Sri Arunodayam Charitable Trust

Refuge, rehabilitation and family reunification for abandoned children with intellectual disabilities since 2003

Over 410 abandoned children with intellectual disabilities cared for since 2003, of whom 109 were reunited wit

Sri Rakum School for the Blind

Free residential education for the visually impaired

Total strength of the school is about 800 students

St Crispin's Home

Century-old Pune child care institution sheltering and educating destitute girls.

Subhadra Mahatab Seva Sadan (SMSS)

Homes for orphans, destitute women and the elderly across Odisha

Sumangali Seva Ashrama

A sanctuary for women, children and the aged since 1975

A sanctuary today for 100 children and 50 destitute women

Surman Sansthan

Jaipur shelter home for destitute and abandoned children and women since 1998

300+ children in Surman Home

TARA

Runs protective homes, outreach and schooling for vulnerable children in Delhi

Terre des hommes - India

Child protection, health and restorative justice for children in conflict with the law

494,000 children, families and communities reached across eight Indian states since 2008

The Baale Mane Trust

A loving home, education and holistic development for disadvantaged girls

43 new girls joined the Baale Mane family between 2022 and 2025

The Children's Aid Society

A legacy of care and commitment to Mumbai's vulnerable children

Network of seven residential institutions nurturing and protecting over 2,500 children daily

The Concerned for Working Children (CWC)

Children organising for their own rights since the mid-1980s

In our more than thirty years of existence, we have touched the lives of more than 60,000 children.

The Hindu Women's Welfare Society

Runs Shraddhanand Mahilashram, a Mumbai home for women and children since the early 20th century

For more than nine decades, has provided a safe haven to over 20,000 underprivileged children and women, inclu

The Hope Foundation

Kolkata NGO providing shelter, education, healthcare and protection to street- and slum-connected children since 1999

46733 people received healthcare support

The Mother Teresa Charitable Trust (Mother Teresa Foundation)

Thanjavur-based trust serving elderly, orphaned, and disabled people in Tamil Nadu since 2002.

empowering 400 single mothers through sustainable livelihood initiatives

The New Life Charitable Trust (NLCT)

Chennai trust caring for abandoned elderly people and orphaned children since 1991

62 senior citizens supported at Saranagathi, its home for destitute aged people

Tibetan Children's Village

Residential schools and welfare homes caring for and educating Tibetan refugee children in India

2,258 children supported under the outreach programme while living with their parents in Tibetan settlements i

Tong-Len Charitable Trust

Education and hostel programmes for children from Dharamshala slum communities.

Almost 330 slum children attend the Tong-Len school daily, which provides education from kindergarten upwards

Tribal Educational Rural Development Society

Andhra Pradesh society running a residential home for tribal orphan girls in Visakhapatnam district.

The Pratyusha Girls Home, giving shelter to tribal orphan girls since 2009, has grown from 36 to a current str

Udavum Karangal

Homes for abandoned children, the mentally ill and the destitute elderly

More than 25,000 children supported since 1983

Udayan Care

Nurturing lives, regenerating dignity

76,000 youth trained through skilling programmes

Unique Home for Girls

A home for the unwanted girl child since 1993

In a state infamous for female foeticide, Prakash Kaur is mother to 60 abandoned girls.

Valarkuzhanthai Trust

Nagapattinam trust uplifting underprivileged girl children through education and care since 2015.

101 children currently in Valarkuzhanthai's cuddle (accommodation, food, clothing, protection)

Vathsalya Charitable Trust

Bengaluru trust supporting family strengthening, child nutrition, and education since 1988.

16,815 children impacted overall

Vatsalya Trust Mumbai

A home and a future for abandoned children

Around 1275 children have found their adoptive homes through the efforts of Vatsalya Trust; the 1201st infant

Vihaan (Waste Management Society)

Grassroots organisation fighting human trafficking and exploitation across multiple Indian cities since 2012.

5,137 victims of trafficking rescued

Visamo Kids Foundation

Residential K-12 school for underprivileged children in Ahmedabad

Built a facility that can house 100+ kids

Volontariat en Inde

Serving the most suffering first, in Pondicherry, for over 60 years

Over 60 years of service in Pondicherry since its founding on the Emmaus principle of serving the most sufferi

Where Are India's Children? (WAIC)

Registered as Child Welfare and Action Foundation, this NGO digitises and tracks children in shelter homes to speed up adoption and prevent them languishing in institutional care.

1,200 good Samaritans spent 20 minutes sending messages to Women and Child Development authorities on November

Yashoda Foundation

Secunderabad foundation running community learning centres for orphaned and vulnerable children since 2007.

415+ Children Impacted

YuvaSpark

Youth-run platform supporting orphans and underprivileged children since 2018