The goal of the study is to build data driven understanding of the long term impact of institutionalization on adult outcomes.
Objectives:
To trace the journey of adults who were spent part of their childhood in Bala Mandir home and quantify their life outcomes in terms of family and social life, work situation, physical and mental health, quality of life, and satisfaction with life.
To understand the coping strategies the care leavers adopted to face the outside world after leaving Bala Mandir.
To understand if Bala Mandir needs to rework on any of its strategies or methodologies adopted with children in its care to make them better prepared for the world after leaving the home.