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I came across lots of posts on internet whereby many indivisual are interested in marrying orphans or anaths.At the same time many people are interested in sponsoring marriage of anaths/orphans.

Looking at this,I am thinking of asking anath ashrams to post any eligible anaths/orphans profile or wedding date online or here and thus any one who is interested can contact them for marriage or donations.

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NRI teenager raises money for orphans in India

Sixteen-year-old Texas resident, Rayna Srivastava, ditched a vacation in Brazil to work at a India-based orphanage and teach 20 girls. She also raised Rs 33,000 to support them.

How many teenagers would gladly opt out of an exciting vacation to Brazil to mentor a bunch of children? Well, not many, but Rayna Srivastava did, and she isn’t complaining. Last month, 16-year-old Rayna Srivastava, who lives in Texas, USA, came to Mumbai to help 20 girls from Divya Prabha, an orphanage in Thane instead of joining her family for a trip to Brazil.

Last year, Rayna, who studies at Frisco High School in Texas, came to India with her parents on a holiday. “I got a chance to visit an orphanage in Kolhapur and I taught the kids basic computers there. I liked it so much that I told my father that I would come to India for my next vacation, too. He agreed and I am very happy to be able to do something for the girls,” she said.

The family had plans to visit Brazil this year, but on Rayna’s insistence, they altered their plans and visited India, instead. Over the past three weeks, Rayna has also collected Rs 33,000 to help the girls. She taught girls basic English, Environment Studies, and introduced them to the Internet so they could know the world around them better. The orphanage reportedly spends Rs 19,000 on a girl annually. “I am happy that I have collected funds for at least two girls. My friends and relatives helped me collect the money,” said Rayna, adding that she would keep working for the larger good in society whenever she gets the time.

“We are very touched with Rayna’s gesture and the work she has put in to help out our girls,” said Sister Deodita, director, Divya Prabha. The 16-year-old’s parents, Rahul and Vaishali Srivastava, are beaming with pride. They say the past three weeks have been a eye-opener for the family. Rahul, who works as a consultant in the aviation industry, said, “I am proud of my daughter. She is quite young, but she understands the needs and feelings of whose who are not as privileged.” 

Source : http://www.mid-day.com/news/2013/jul/140713-nri-teenager-raises-money-for-thane-orphans.htm

Orphans to get an opportunity to join Indian Army

Seeking to provide opportunities to orphan youth to join its ranks, the Indian Army has relaxed its recruitment rules to allow them to join the force. Army Chief General Bikram Singh has taken a
decision to relax the rules for recruitment for orphan youth which will help them to join the force, Army officials said on Friday.

Earlier,such youth faced problems in providing their exact date of birth, name of  parents and their caste, they said. From now on, such youth would be asked to produce their matriculation certificate for providing date of birth proof, they said. In other requirements also, norms have been relaxed.

Under the new policy, in the absence of parents' details, the name of orphanage can be accepted by recruitment centres.As far as caste is concerned, the orphans will be included in the all-India all caste category.

Caste is an important factor in the Indian Army which has caste-based Infantry regiments where troops from
single caste are only recruited. Before this, orphans were not being recruited into the force, officials said.

Source : http://timesofap.com/politics/orphans-to-get-an-opportunity-to-join-indian-army.html

Brides from Orphanages in Gujarat

Starved of brides, Patels turn to orphanages

AHMEDABAD: Having spent all her life in an orphanage, Sonal (24) was elated when a moneyed man from a Patel family in rural Mehsana asked her hand in marriage. Haresh (32) was an arts graduate running a fertilizer business in his village.

"The boy's family was looking for a bride in Mehsana but no educated girl was ready to settle in a village. The only option was to buy a tribal bride, a prevalent practice in the community suffering from a skewed sex ratio, which they wished to avoid," says Vijay Pandit, trustee superintendent of Mahipatram Roopram (MR) Ashram, an orphanage.

Because of her dark complexion, another orphan Seeta Solanki (23) believed she would never find a suitable match. But she has married into a rich Patel household in Banaskantha. Although this is good for the orphaned girls, it is also another manifestation of Gujarat's skewed sex ratio of just 886 girls per 1,000 boys. Worst hit by the skewed ratio, Patel families in Mehsana, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha and Saurashtra are bringing home orphan girls.

Such is the demand now that MR Ashram does not have a girl of marriageable age left while there is a waiting list of prospective grooms. "We had 50 grown up girls all of whom have now been married in the past 10 years. Thirty-five of these have been married into Patel households," says Dina Patel, social worker in-charge of adult girls.

"Many families come with details of large tracts of land they own and plead with us to find them a bride but we have none to offer them at present," says social worker Jayshree Dudhela.

Surat's Women's Home has over 100 pending applications for marriage from grooms-to-be. "Around 75% are from the Patel community in Saurashtra," says Parvati Patel, superintendent of the home.

Chairperson of Women's Protection Home at Vadodara Rita Manjrawala says, "Many of the men who approach us insist they are not marrying an orphan girl out of desperation, but the truth is they have come to us because there are no girls left in their community."

(Inputs from Sachin Sharma in Vadodara and Yagnesh Mehta in Surat)

Source : http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-11-14/ahmedabad/44072709_1_protection-home-mehsana-banaskantha The News is by Radha Sharma of TNN.