Out of the 93 children identified by the District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) who have lost one or both parents to COVID-19 in the district, none had sought rehabilitation so far, according to Distri
District Child Protection Unit and ChildLine run two homes
A few days ago, the mother of two children, aged 10 and 11, from Tiruvannamalai was in a fix after she tested COVID-19 positive and was admitted to hospital. Being a single mother, she was clueless about where to send her children. Luckily, a government official sent them to the Children Shelter Home for COVID-19 emergency in the district.
To help provide a permanent home for children who have either become orphaned due to COVID-19 or to provide temporary shelter for those whose parents have been admitted in hospitals after testing positive, the District Child Protection Unit, along with ChildLine, has started two homes in buildings run by Terre Des Homme CORE, an NGO. While the one for girls is at Perumpakkam Road in Tiruvannamalai, the one for boys is located at Thandrampet in the district.
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: The Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (ASCPCR) organised a virtual meeting to review the implementation of child protection services as part of a ongoing multiphased webinar.
Dr. Sunita Changkakati, Chairperson of ASCPCR welcomed all the participants to the webinar and informed about the objective of the webinar. She mentioned in her address about the need to keep a check in the safety of children during covid, especially those who may have been orphaned due to covid-19.
As it was observed last year, numerous cases of crimes against children were registered during the lockdown period. Therefore she encouraged all participants to continue rendering their duties through virtual medium and also on ground as child protection duty bearers also constitute the frontline workers.
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.
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