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NEW DELHI: The district administrations and childline in the city have been tasked with the responsibility of proper rehabilitation of rehabilitation of children who lost their parents to COVID-19.
The development came after directions from the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development, which had asked chief secretary Vijay Kumar Dev to ensure immediate action for the rehabilitation of orphaned children.
The social welfare department of the Delhi government has also written to district offices, institutions and child care facilities for effective implementation of the directions.
As per the directions, children, who have lost their parents to COVID, will need to be produced before the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) within 24 hours. Digital appearance and interaction may be used in exceptional cases if physical interaction is not possible due to COVID restrictions.
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A tragic fallout of covid is that it has created a large number of orphans. Many children have lost parents who succumbed to covid.
Social media is filled with requests to ‘adopt’ children who are newly orphaned. Posters of child care services are floating on WhatsApp groups, which promise to offer children food, emotional security support.
Considering the seriousness of the issue, and how vulnerable children are when they find themselves orphaned, the government has formed a committee to identify such children and provide them with shelter. These children will be handed over to their extended families after verification or sent to institutions / orphanages managed by NGOs, under the
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The Supreme Court Juvenile Justice Committee, in coordination with UNICEF, highlighted the need to urgently provide care and protect children suddenly made vulnerable by the loss of one or both parents to the second wave of COVID-19.
Supreme Court judge, Justice S. Ravindra Bhat, who is the Chairperson of the court’s Juvenile Justice Committee, in a review meeting held with High Courts, representatives of States and the Centre, said concerted efforts should be made to provide interim care for children who have been orphaned, abandoned or even left unaccompanied in their own homes.
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It should be noted that this process of adoption without involving the concerned authorities is illegal.
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Hyderabad: One of the most heartbreaking ramifications of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has been the innumerable stories of children losing both their parents to the disease. While helplines and NGOs are flooded with calls for help for such children, there is also a rise in social media posts asking for people to help children in such situations. However, the most concerning among these requests are the ones sharing details of children and putting them up for adoption.