The Who...
Our Team
We have a world-class team of leaders!
We have a diverse and skilled team, comprised of men and women from three different
countries and with various areas of expertise. Together, we bring experience in project
management, leadership, human resources, administration, finance, networking,
information technology, fund raising, counseling, crisis intervention, healthcare, case
management, teaching, life skills and vocational training, child care and development,
and palliative care. We are committed wholeheartedly to seeing traumatized children in
India find help and healing!
The What...
Our Vision
Our heartbeat is to be hands-on!
Kites Global has a two-part vision to equip and encourage people to soar! Our heartbeat
is to help Indian children and youth find healing, and to empower them to put their lives
back together after a traumatizing experience. We also aspire to increase the capacity of
those who are working with traumatized kids through training, mentoring, and supportive
networks.
The Why...
Our Purpose
We want to help heal hurting children!
Experiencing trauma can shatter a child’s sense of security and leave them feeling helpless,
alone, and vulnerable in a dangerous world. Recovering from a trauma disorder can be a
difficult process, but we believe kids have enough resilience to lead fulfilled lives if they
are provided with safety and tools for healing. Also, understanding and treating trauma
disorders requires a special set of skills. Those who work with traumatized kids can
develop these skills when given current, best-practice information and materials.
Why do we want to do research?
The overall aim of conducting research is to create a strong and evidence based foundation for the development of Kites programs.
From our own experiences working in residential care we have seen that when children come from a difficult background and have experienced abuse this can affect their behaviour, relationships and how well they adjust into new homes. We have experienced how hard and exhausting it can be to care for these children, especially when there are not services or support available to help the children deal with the problems from their childhood. We want to be able to provide a service to residential homes across Maharashtra that will directly meet the current needs of the children, and will also give training and resources to help the staff caring for these children 24 hours a day. As our experience of these problems is from a small area and number of children, we aim to conduct research in many homes across Maharashtra in order to gain a better understanding of what exactly the needs of children in residential homes are, and what support and resources the staff would find helpful. This information will help us to know as an organisation how to develop programs that will really benefit both the children and staff in many residential homes across Maharashtra.
What our Research Involves
Our research project is comprised of 2 areas; children and workers. To assess the children’s needs we are using an overall well-being assessment tool called the Child Status Index that has been developed by UNAID. This involves observing the children in their home environment, as well as talking to them and to their main care givers.
For the assessment of the needs of the workers, we are conducting in depth interviews that cover topics such as knowledge of emotional and psychological trauma, their role as staff, their joys and struggles in work.
To date, Kites has successfully conducted research in 2 residential care settings in Maharashtra. They have provided large volumes of information that is extremely helpful in shaping our developing programs. It has also been a wonderful opportunity to build relationships and have fun with the staff and children in these homes!