What's it like to be mother to kids who aren't your own? For Jayshree Gadapa, 55, it's the most satisfying job in the world. Gadapa, a member of Worli-based NGO Bal Asha Trust, has been dedicatedly working for the last 26 years towards raising orphaned and abandoned children.  The NGO, first launched in 1985, currently has around 49 children under its care. Gadapa, who works as superintendent at the home run by the NGO, joined the trust right after completing a private nursing course. "The first thing I was told was to not get emotional with the kids and forget that I had a 9 to 5 job," she said.

Bal Asha Trust member Jayashree Gadapa