Orphanage Rating System
Seeing the poverty and sad conditions of the overwhelming majority of Sri Lanka's orphanages, we envisioned that there might be a possibility to work on elevating the situation of all orphanages in Sri Lanka. We decided to design an evaluation system to decide where help is needed the most.
Sylvia Hoebig of Real Medicine Asia in Sri Lanka, who had organized a large-scale disaster aid operation pursuant to the tsunami, has an overview over many orphanages in existence in Sri Lanka. She created the following Orphanages Rating System.
We will discuss this rating system with international authorities on childcare, and use it as a basis for our work. It will be modified and updated, so please stay tuned.
| Children | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Date of Control | A | B | C | D | E | F | Remarks |
| 1 | Psychological Evaluation | ||||||||
| i |
Social Behavior (Children, playing with each other, etc.) |
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| ii |
Emotional – Motivational Behavior (Children seem to be happy -gestures, verbal, nonverbal, expression) |
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| iii | Educational Standard | ||||||||
| iv | Knowledge | ||||||||
| v | Contacts (Persons of trust) | ||||||||
| vi | Visitors | ||||||||
| (If above mentioned topics are conspicuous, psychologist should interview the child/children to get further details.) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Date of Control | A | B | C | D | E | F | Remarks |
| 2 | Physiological Evaluation | ||||||||
| i | Weight/Height | ||||||||
| ii | Diseases/Wounds | ||||||||
| iii | Infectious Diseases | ||||||||
| iv | Childhood Diseases | ||||||||
| v | Sleep & Rest hours | ||||||||
| No. | Topic | Date of Control | A | B | C | D | E | F | Remarks |
| 3 | Facilities | ||||||||
| i | Toys/Play ground | ||||||||
| ii | Sports | ||||||||
| iii | Study Facilities (quiet rooms) | ||||||||
| iv | Tutors | ||||||||
| v | Special Classes (English/Computer training) | ||||||||
| vi | Special Equipment (Computer) | ||||||||
| vii | Possibility of further education or training of skills | ||||||||
| viii | Tours outside of the home | ||||||||
| ix | Library | ||||||||
| x | Space | ||||||||
| MANAGEMENT & MAINTENANCE | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Date of Control | A | B | C | D | E | F | Remarks |
| 4 | Staff | ||||||||
| i | Caretaker(s) (i.e. training, availability, relationship to children) | ||||||||
| ii | Accountants (transparency of book keeping) | ||||||||
| iii | Board of Trustees Transparency | ||||||||
| iv | Food controller (cook) | ||||||||
| v | Maintainer | ||||||||
| vi | Security | ||||||||
| No. | Topic | Date of Control | A | B | C | D | E | F | Remarks |
| 5 | House Maintenance | ||||||||
| i | Damages (i.e. water damage/mould) | ||||||||
| ii | Electricity | ||||||||
| iii | Construction | ||||||||
| iv | Bathroom | ||||||||
| v | Kitchen | ||||||||
| vi | Bedroom | ||||||||
| vii | Dining room | ||||||||
| viii | Furniture | ||||||||
| Garden | |||||||||
| ix | Space | ||||||||
| Medical ( a) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Date of Control | A | B | C | D | E | F | Remarks |
| 6 | Information Standard | ||||||||
| i | Knowledge regarding Hygiene | ||||||||
| (a) | Staff | ||||||||
| (b) | Children | ||||||||
| ii | Knowledge regarding avoiding of diseases | ||||||||
| (a) | Staff | ||||||||
| (b) | Children | ||||||||
| iii | Knowledge regarding keeping & providing food under hygienic circumstances | ||||||||
| (a) | Staff | ||||||||
| (b) | Children | ||||||||
| iv | Knowledge regarding the operation of household utensils & electricity | ||||||||
| (a) | Staff | ||||||||
| (b) | Children | ||||||||
| v | Knowledge regarding Sexuality | ||||||||
| ( children) | |||||||||
| vi |
Knowledge regarding Cleaning (kitchen, utensils & bathroom) |
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| (a) | Staff | ||||||||
| (b) | Children | ||||||||
| Medical (b) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Date of Control | A | B | C | D | E | F | Remarks |
| 7 | Health Care Standard | ||||||||
| i | Water Quality | ||||||||
| ii | Regular Doctors' visits | ||||||||
| iii | Prevention (vaccination/nutrition) | ||||||||
| iv | Identifying of Diseases | ||||||||
| v | (Emergency) Facilities & Utensils (wound care, emergency medication & sickroom) | ||||||||
| vi | Persistent Health Problems (i.e. long-standing wounds) | ||||||||
| No. | Topic | Date of Control | A | B | C | D | E | F | Remarks |
| 8 | Kitchen Standard | ||||||||
| i | Cleanliness + Hygiene | ||||||||
| ii | Safety (i.e. slippery floor/electrical hazards) | ||||||||
| iii | Nutrition (i.e. quality/quantity of food) | ||||||||
| No. | Topic | Date of Control | A | B | C | D | E | F | Remarks |
| 9 | Bathroom Standard | ||||||||
| i | Cleanliness + Hygiene | ||||||||
| ii | Safety | ||||||||
| Restrooms | |||||||||
| (Quantity/Quality) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Date of Control | A | B | C | D | E | F | Remarks |
| 10 | Bedroom Standard | ||||||||
| i | Cleanliness + Hygiene | ||||||||
| ii | Safety | ||||||||
| Rating System created by Sylvia Hoebig, based on an idea by Prashanthi Weragama of Real Medicine Asia in Sri Lanka, who will also overview the financial analysis and budgeting for this project. | |||||||||
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