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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.