ISRC, Indian Society for Rehabilitation of Children, Kolkata

ISRC has been FFIA's cooperation contact since 1983. The then orphanage director Chandana Bose had contact with Bie and Gunilla Enqvist in Umeå in connection with their adoption and was looking for cooperation partners in Sweden. In the first years, Bie and Gunilla were involved as contact persons, but during the 90s this changed. Chandana Bose passed away in 1998 and after that her sister-in-law Madhumita (Anju) Roy came as headmistress.

ISRC runs the Mathri Sneha orphanage, which has been located at several different addresses over the years.

The children mediated through this contact were usually abandoned at birth. Many children were premature, i.e. born too early. The children may also have had a low birth weight. The mothers were predominantly unmarried women and the background documents available on the children are very scarce.

Most of the children have come to the orphanage as newborns. They came directly from the maternity wards of the hospitals to Matri Sneha. In India, an investigation is always carried out based on the various circumstances surrounding the child's background. The investigation must show whether the child has a relative who can take care of the child or whether the child can get a new family through adoption. The Indian adoptive families always have priority, which results in the majority of the smallest and perfectly healthy children having parents within the country. A child who, for example, was born prematurely or had problems with his health as a small baby is often considered for international adoption.

Period of cooperation: 1983 - the system was changed by CARA in 2012

Number of children : 324

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