Archive · 7 Sep 2026
Bal Asha Trust Marks 40 Years of Child Care, Rehabilitation
Bal Asha Trust helps children who have been abandoned or separated from their families.
It gives them a safe and loving place to live.
The organisation also provides education, medical care and counselling.
Its workers try to find the children’s biological families first.
If reunification is not possible, the children may be placed with adoptive families through legal procedures.
The trust says children should eventually grow up in a family rather than remain in institutional care.
It has helped legally adopt more than 1,000 children in about 40 years.
In the most recent year mentioned, more than 100 children returned to their families and 14 were adopted.
Bal Asha Trust was founded in Mumbai about four decades ago to help abandoned and destitute children.
The organisation provides shelter, education, medical care, counselling and rehabilitation support.
It traces children’s families, including through Aadhaar biometrics, before considering legal adoption.
Bal Asha Trust has facilitated the legal adoption of more than 1,000 children over 40 years.
In the last year cited, it cared for 165 children, reunited more than 100 and supported 14 legal adoptions.
- Who
- Bal Asha Trust, led by Executive Director Sunil Kumar Arora, supports abandoned and separated children.
- What
- The trust provides care, family tracing, rehabilitation and legally regulated adoption services.
- When
- The organisation has operated for about 40 years; the article also cites results from the last year.
- Where
- Mumbai, India.
- Why
- To protect children in difficult circumstances and help them return to or join a permanent family.
- Organisation
- Bal Asha Trust
- Founding
- Started about four decades ago by Vira Jamshedji, Jehangir Jamshedji and Shirin Barucha.
- Long-term adoptions
- More than 1,000 children have been legally adopted through the organisation over 40 years.
- Children cared for recently
- 165 children in the last year cited.
- Recent reunifications
- More than 100 children were reunited with their families in the last year cited.
- Recent adoptions
- 14 children were legally adopted in the last year cited.
- Contact
- WhatsApp: 9930988899