Our Journey
Empowering vulnerable children through education, care, and integration.
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Rainbow Homes Program
Rainbow Home Program offers a unique child and community-centric model of care that helps vulnerable children access their basic rights of a safe, loving, and happy childhood. The program aims to integrate them into regular schools and helps to put them on an equal footing with other children their age.
Key Milestones Over The Years
Explore how we expanded across India to protect and empower children.
Inception at Kolkata
Loreto Convent, Sealdah, Kolkata, opens up the gates of its elite school to homeless children living in the immediate neighbourhood, pioneering a new model for inclusion and integration of street children.
Partnership Foundation
The Netherland-based Partnership Foundation, led by the late Ferdinand Van Koolwijk, discovered and collaborated with the Program, collectively coining the initiative as the "Rainbow Homes Program." Four Rainbow Homes for girls were established in Kolkata between 2002 and 2006.
Expansion to Delhi
RHP extended to Delhi with erstwhile schools, prompting the Department of Education, Government of Delhi, to respond to the advocacy initiative leading to the opening of the first Sneh Ghar in Delhi.
First Delhi Rainbow Home
Delhi witnesses the inauguration of its first Rainbow Home, a collaborative effort involving the State Government, Partnership Foundation, and Civil Society. Simultaneously, Kolkata celebrates the launch of its fifth Rainbow Home.
Reaching Hyderabad
Kolkata adds its sixth Rainbow Home, while Hyderabad introduces two new Rainbow Homes. Notably, Delhi inaugurates its second Rainbow Home during this period.
Rapid Growth in South
Six more Rainbow Homes and one Sneh Ghar for boys open in Hyderabad.
National Coordination Centre
Establishment of National Rainbow Coordination Centre in Hyderabad for national expansion. Additionally, Indradhanush Academy is set up in Delhi to research and document best practices under the leadership of Satya Pillai.
Bangalore & RTE RSTC Scheme
Bangalore establishes four Rainbow Homes, and five Sneh Ghars open in Hyderabad. Department of Education initiates Residential Special Training Centres (RSTC) scheme inspired by our approach.
UDC Scheme & New Cities
Government sanctions conversion to Urban Deprived Children (UDC) scheme. Expansion continues across Chennai (3 Homes), Patna (4 Homes), Bangalore, and Hyderabad.
Sneh Ghars Expansion
One more Sneh Ghar opens in Hyderabad, and two Sneh Ghars are initiated in Patna.
Rainbow Foundation India
ARUN starts nurturing Rainbow Foundation India to function with a shared vision to scale up the Rainbow Home model across the nation.
Entry into Pune
Pune city gets its very first Rainbow Home.
Scaling Pune Operations
Two more Rainbow Homes start operations in Pune.
First Sneh Ghar in Pune
One additional Rainbow Home and the first Sneh Ghar start in Pune.
Bengaluru & Ranchi Expansion
Five more homes open in Bengaluru (2 Girls' Homes, 3 Boys' Homes). Ranchi city gets its first Rainbow Home.
Sneh Ghar in Ranchi
Ranchi reaches a new milestone by establishing its first Sneh Ghar.
Community-Based Care
Diversified models of child care launched and initiated. Community-based care models for children are initiated across Rainbow Homes.
Rainbow Community Centres (RCC)
Re-structuring programs by introducing City Desks and rolling out a new community-based care model via Rainbow Community Centres (RCCs).