My Granny

This is my grandmother. When I forget who I am or where I came from, Google is but a click away to help remind me, this is my lineage, and I am her legacy, she is my family.

http://www.soscvindia.org/charity/sos_updates/about_founder_tara.php?page=3

Founder Profile (Smt. Tara Ali Baig) Former President Smt. Baig has been President of SOS Children's Villages of India between 1967 and 1989. During these 22 years, the organization grew from a small nucleus to a large and effective child welfare organization. Her's has been a lifetime spent looking after the welfare of the child and the recognition of women. Smt. Baig is a recipient of the Order of Merit and an Honorary Degree from the Tehran School of Social Work in 1965, as well as the Golden Pin of Honour awarded by SOS in 1970, the Gold Medal and Special Award of the International Union for Child Welfare in 1984, the National Award for Child Welfare in 1984, and an Honorary Doctor of law Degree by Alberta University Canada, in 1988. Smt. Baig's list of accomplishments in Child Welfare starts from the time she set up the Indian Council of Child Welfare, of which she later became President. In 1977 she was elected President of the International Union for Child Welfare in Geneva for a term of 5 years, the first Asian and the first woman to hold this post. Besides being the President of SOS Children's Villages of India, she also held the position of Vice President, SOS Kinderdorf International, Austria, from 1968. Her contributions have allowed SOS Children's Villages of India to develop a number of vocational and training programs for employment and self-dependence, and extended the reach and network of the organization into one of the largest bodies working in the field of child care.