50,000 young people exit institutional care every year when they turn 18. Once they leave, many of them sadly fall off the radar and eventually become “nobody’s responsibility”. Despite aftercare being an integral part of the Juvenile Justice Act, in practice it remains overlooked and inadequate to a large extent. 

Satyajeet Mazumdar, Head of Advocacy at Catalysts for Social Action talks to Vaishali & Suraj, two care leavers who talk about the ground realities they faced after they left a child care institution, and Bharathy Tahiliani, Founder of Kshamata, who helps us understand what it takes to successfully rehabilitate and reintegrate care leavers into society. 

CREDITS:

Concept and Host: Satyajeet Mazumdar

Marketing & Communications: Henal Shah, Pranay Jajodia & Kinjal Mehta

Creative Team: Anuja Khokhani & Shahaji Patil

This is a Maed in India production.

Writer & Project Manager: Vedha Susheela Mohan

Production Head & Editor: Joshua Thomas

Sound Mixing: Kartik Kulkarni

Project Supervisor: Shaun Fanthome

Voiceover by Mae Mariyam Thomas

50,000 young people exit institutional care every year when they turn 18. Once they leave, many of them sadly fall off the radar and eventually become “nobody’s responsibility”. Despite aftercare being an integral part of the Juvenile Justice Act, in practice it remains overlooked and inadequate to a large extent.  Satyajeet Mazumdar, Head of Advocacy at <a href="https://csa.org.in/">Catalysts for Social Action</a> talks to Vaishali & Suraj, two care leavers who talk about the ground realities they faced after they left a child care institution, and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bharathytahiliani/">Bharathy Tahiliani</a>, Founder of <a href="https://www.kshamata.org/">Kshamata</a>, who helps us understand what it takes to successfully rehabilitate and reintegrate care leavers into society.  CREDITS: Concept and Host: <a href="https://twitter.com/satyajeetmz">Satyajeet Mazumdar</a> Marketing & Communications: <a href="https://twitter.com/HenalS">Henal Shah</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranay-jajodia-ba1a45a7">Pranay Jajodia</a> & <a href="https://in.linkedin.com/in/kinjal-mehta-a1a0b880">Kinjal Mehta</a> Creative Team: <a href="https://www.anujakhokhani.com/">Anuja Khokhani</a> & <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahaji-patil-89829817">Shahaji Patil</a> This is a <a href="https://www.maedinindia.in/">Maed in India</a> production. Writer & Project Manager: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/vedha-mohan-04a73252/">Vedha Susheela Mohan</a> Production Head & Editor: <a href="https://twitter.com/tig3rbabu">Joshua Thomas</a> Sound Mixing: <a href="https://twitter.com/KartikGKulkarni">Kartik Kulkarni</a> Project Supervisor: <a href="https://twitter.com/shaunfanthome">Shaun Fanthome</a> Voiceover by <a href="https://twitter.com/maebemaebe">Mae Mariyam Thomas</a>

Care of the State - a podcast by Catalysts for Social Action is a series to help understand the plight of vulnerable children in India. The show breaks down complex issues to help you understand the system of institutional care, fostering, adoption, aftercare, the role of organisations and government institutions and their responsibility to provide care and protection to these children through weekly episodes. Experts from Catalysts for Social Action (CSA) will be talking to lawyers, researchers, NGOs and other experts from the space who will help you understand the ground realities, the struggles, how the pandemic affected vulnerable children and what you can do to provide a safe environment for these children to grow and reintegrate into society.

Tune in every Tuesday on any podcast app of your choice.

Care of the State by Catalysts for Social Action

50,000 young people exit institutional care every year when they turn 18. Once they leave, many of them sadly fall off the radar and eventually become “nobody’s responsibility”. Despite aftercare being an integral part of the Juvenile Justice...

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