The government has laid out a procedure for children who have lost both parents to COVID-19 to appear before the District Child Welfare Committee for rehabilitation.
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Govt lays out procedure to rehabilitate children who lost parents to COVID
The government has laid out a procedure for the 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 a lawful procedure of rehabilitation of children who lost their parents to COVID-19.
Govt rules to rehab orphaned kids
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 the child who has lost both parents to Covid-19 ought to be produced before the District Child Welfare Committee within 24 hours, excluding the journey time. The CWC shall ascertain the immediate need of the child and pass appropriate orders for rehabilitation of the child, either to restore the child to caregivers or place her/him in institutional or non-institutional care, on case to c
Jamshedpur: The East Singhbhum administration will rehabilitate the children who have lost their parents to Covid-19 infection and look after those whose parents are currently recovering from the infection at home or in a hospital.
Chanchal Kumari, the district child protection officer (DCPO), has urged citizens to report to the administration about such children through the state government’s toll-free numbers 1098 and 181. “Besides the toll-free numbers, such matters can be reported over phone and through Whatsapp to 9304431077 and 7979725293,” Kumari added.
Till Friday evening, however, no such cases were reported through the numbers, Kumari said.
Pushpa Tirkey, the chairperson of District Child Welfare Committee (DCWC), said that children who lost their parents are being looked after by their guardians within the family. “That might be the reason we did not get such calls for help so far,” Tirkey added. Tirkey said children who need care and rehabilitation will
Child Welfare Committees sensitised on those orphaned during the pandemic
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Centre issues guidelines on protecting children who lost parents in the pandemic
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Centre issues guidelines on protecting children who lost parents in the pandemic
After an advisory from the Centre and a review meeting convened by the Supreme Court’s Juvenile Justice Committee a couple of days ago, the Child Welfare Committees (CWC) in Tamil Nadu have been sensitised on the care and protection of children who lost their parents to COVID-19.
According to sources in the Social Welfare Department, the Centre had sent an advisory expressing concern that several messages offering children who had lost their parents to COVID-19 for adoption were circulated on social media. Advising the public to refrain from engaging or encouraging such action, a set of guidelines was rolled out to deal with the issue.