Child Welfare and Action Foundation

We call ourselves Where Are India’s Children (WAIC) and are registered as Child Welfare and Action Foundation. We are failing to protect the most v Read moreulnerable children in India. Children in Child Care Institutions (CCIs, aka shelters) range from 3.5 – 4 lakhs. The number of children in the legal adoption pool at any point is fewer than 2000. On the other hand, 30,000 couples and singles are registered and waiting to adopt. We are working for a child’s right to family. We aim to ensure that lakhs of abandoned and orphaned children in India are accounted for and reach a positive outcome in the child's best interest (including the legal adoption pool). To achieve this, we are focused on: 1) Creating innovative, sustainable, and scalable technology solutions. 2) Building public awareness about child protection mechanisms in India. 3) Doing research and groundwork to build and deploy the right technology solutions.

WAIC's vision is for every child in India to have the right to a family. Their mission is to make children in shelters visible to authorities through digitalization, evaluate children for adoption eligibility, and bring sustainable change through adoption-related training and public awareness.

WAIC started as a digital campaign in 2018 and formally registered as an NGO to build on that momentum. They have since partnered with state governments to implement their software solutions in child care institutions.