Kids' Family
in India
Help for Bangalore
Bangalore is the third largest city in India, with a population of over 13 million people. The agglomeration is struggling with increasing poverty and homelessness. There are many child care institutions in the city, yet children live in unfavourable conditions. The main goal of Hemmersbach Kids' Family Foundation in India is to help children from socially and economically marginalized groups in Bengaluru by providing education, medical assistance, rehabilitation and safe conditions for their development to ensure a secure their future.
Areas of Intervention
Shelter, safety
& protection
Addressing issues like child labor, poverty, child abuse by giving children a roof above their heads. We want to foster happy, healthy and creative children.
Health
& nutrition
We provide children food that
is nutritious, safe, and sustainable. This helps to fight under-nutrition, hunger and overweight that undermine children’s development.
Education
& equal chances
Ensuring that children go to school and complete their education. We aim to eliminate inequalities in education – respect children rights and ensure equal treatment.
Counselling
& guidance
Creating an environment where children’s voices are heard and considered. We also support children in recovering from traumatic experiences.
Support for Children’s Homes
Everyday support
We help in children and elderly people nutrition by providing food supplies to local organizations in Bangalore.
Better living conditions
We renovate buildings, deliver furniture, and household appliances to enhance dwelling conditions and assure decent standard of living.
Equal chances
We want to respect and ensure all children the due right to education, equal treatment regardless of the circumstances.
Intake – Who is a Child at Risk?
Alcoholic parent or guardian
Unsafe environment
Child labor
Physical and verbal abuse
Abandonment
Poor socio-economic
background
Inability to secure or continue education
Experience of poverty as a girl-child
Kids' Home
admission
Research: Needs assessment of the community
Reach: Observational and Participatory
Pre-Enrolment form for children’s admission at the Kids’ Family Home
Screening of forms by the Hemmersbach Kids’ Family Team
Home Visit to understand: social, economic, environmental, educational needs.
Support based on a child’s situation: Admission to Kids’ Home
Outreach
Container schools
We set up a learning center for children from the slum. At least 70 students have been attending classes.
Water Distribution
Our foundation has been supplying water every day to the residents of the slum. Canisters are provided to the families to help them store the water.
Waste Management
In the Ramamurthy Nagar Slum, we took up an initiative to clean 1500 tons of waste.
Electricity
The Ramamurthy Nagar Slum area is not electrified. To help its residents, Hemmersbach Kids’ Family was able to supply 600 solar lights to 300 families.
Hemmersbach Kids’ Family Home
Our Kids' Home
The children we support in Bangalore, live in a campus that they can call their “home” with dorm-rooms, kitchen, playground, and recreational space.
Education and recreation
Our mission is to change the lives of our students and enable them to achieve their goals and secure their future.
Ecology
We believe that shaping good habits is vital to achieve a green future. Together we can create a more sustainable environment.
Self-sufficient center for children
Our objective: a Children’s Home for 200 children
Our perspective goal to be realised until the end of 2026; which is to build a a self-sufficient center for 200 children. There will be residential houses, a school, a sports and recreation complex, and a medical clinic. As a result, the children will be provided with shelter, adequate care, a sense of security and space for development. This center will be a place where children’s needs and rights are respected.
