Children are generally selected after careful scrutiny at the beginning of each academic year at the age of 6 and are fostered till they reach the age of 17 or until they pass the 10th standard at school. Exceptions are made for girls above 17 in cases where they do not have proper home to return to or are bright students who may not be able to continue higher studies form their homes. The members of the Managing Committee of the Fidai Institutions often use their contacts to help the parents of the Fidai girls find suitable matches for the marriage of their daughters. Fidai girls have been married to young men from U.S.A., U.K., Holland, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Malaysia and are now living in those countries.