Virudhunagar
Virudhunagar district administration has arranged shelter, food and protection for children, whose parents are either under treatment or dead due to COVID, in two homes in the district.
In a statement, Collector R. Kannan said that the District Child Welfare Committee and the District Child Protection Unit have identified V.V. Vanniyaperumal Anbu Illam for boys and Annai Therasa Children’s Home in Sattur for girls.
Those who come across such destitute children can inform the Chairperson, CWC, M.M.S.S.S. Reception Home, 1/648, Lakshmi Sundaram Theatre Road, Gandhi Nagar Street, Pandian Nagar, Virudhunagar 626-001. They can also call 80569-09657 or 81224-28370.
Children who lost families to Covid are homeless
On Monday, May 24, the National Commission For Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in the wake of the ongoing pandemic appealed to the public to protect the identity of children found abandoned, orphaned, or in distress during the COVID-19 pandemic situation in India.
In the posters broadcasted by NCPCR on its social media handle on Twitter, the appeal clearly reiterates Report to Childline. Not on social media along with other Dos and Don ts. This includes a strict prohibition on revealing a child s identity (name and photo) on social media, clicking and circulating pictures and revealing the child s location on social media messages.
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DNA Explainer: Know of any child who lost both parents due to COVID? Here's what you need to do - The government has issued guidelines for the rehabilitation of children who lost their parents due to Covid-19.
NEW DELHI: The government has laid out a procedure for rehabilitation of children who lost their parents to Covid-19.
The public notice by the Women and Child Development Ministry comes amid reports that several messages offering children, who have lost their parents to Covid, for adoption are circulating on social media.
Advising the public to refrain from engaging or encouraging such action, which is in contravention to legal provisions, the WCD Ministry has laid out lawful procedure of rehabilitation of children who lost their parents to Covid-19.
The ministry has said that the child who has lost both parents to Covid-19 ought to be produced before the District Child Welfare Committee (CWC) within 24 hours, excluding the journey time.