The Mercy Home
—Saving babies from infanticide
RPI helps run The Claretian Mercy Home, a home for abandoned babies located west of Madurai. This is one of the worst areas in Tamil Nadu for female infanticide.
Read more about the problem of female infanticide.
The Home rescues babies who would otherwise be killed. In addition to unwanted baby girls, they also receive babies who are abandoned because of birth defects, and occasionally they will receive a male baby abandoned by an unwed mother. READ MORE »
Lil' Darlings Toddler Programme
Relief Projects India has set up a separate toddler wing at the Mercy Home to give the older babies the special care and attention that they need.
Most babies who arrive at the Mercy Home are adopted by good Indian families. However, we have a group of older babies who have not been adopted because of physical disabilites or because of delays and obstacles with their paper work. The Little Darlings programme provides them with quality care. READ MORE »
The SHE Programme — Sanitation · Health · Education
Promoting the well-being and health of mothers and children.Relief Projects India, in conjunction with the Mercy Home, has launched a maternal health care programme in the villages Thirumangalam Tk., Madurai District, to help improve the health and birth weight of babies born in the area, and to help combat female infanticide.
Village Creche (Nursery School) Renewal
To provide quality care for children such as the ones in the photo who are attending village nursery schools. This programme is a project of SHE and will be directed by the SHE staff from the new centre.
• Jump Start Schools
English medium preschools for slum children and physically disabled children.
RPI is launching a projects to provide quality education for disadvantaged preschool children to give them a 'jump start' in education.
• Care of abandoned and destitute elderly
The Mercy Home also cares for several old folk who have been rescued from spending their last days on the street. (23 elderly residents at present. ) Quarters are needed for those who are terminally-ill. Presently they are housed in a rickety shed with woefully inadequate facilities.
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