Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani took to Twitter to flag adoption requests as illegal and urged people to prevent trafficking in the garb of adoption and report all such cases to 1098 or police or a Child Welfare Committee.
In Odisha’s Ganjam district, a 45-day-old girl was found next to her mother’s body, when neighbours broke open the door of their house in Golapalli village. Suspecting it to be a case of death due to COVID-19, the local police sent the corpse for post-mortem and contacted the centre in-charge for Childline 1098, the national helpline for children, to arrange help for the toddler.
MaduraiMadurai District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) has launched a helpline facility to redress grievances of the public during the COVID-19 lockdown. It offers free legal assistance through telep
DCPUs, NGOs pitch in to help children
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The District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) in charge of Vellore, Ranipet and Tirupattur will be starting awareness campaigns to educate people to contact Childline 1098 if they come across children who have been orphaned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile, the DCPU and NGOs in the three districts have been giving psycho-social counselling to children whose parents have tested positive for the infection.
“People can contact the DCPU and Child Line 1098 to provide information about children who have lost their parents to COVID-19. The children will be given care and support by the DCPU, said an official from Vellore.
Temporary shelter, rehab facility for children
May 8, 2021
Temporary shelter and rehabilitation facility has been set up in the district to ensure timely care and support to children of COVID-19 infected parents as well as children with emergency needs. Counselling facility has also been established to help children overcome symptoms of depression and anxiety. Call free Helpline numbers 14499 for counselling session or Child Helpline number 1098 for temporary shelter and rehab facility. For details, contact A. Mamatha, Officer, District Child Protection Unit (Community Service), Mob: 95357-19019, according to a press release from Child Protection Officer S. Diwakar.
Updated May 7, 2021, 12:13 pm IST
Flooding social media with messages seeking adoption following death of parents can lead to human trafficking, say experts
In Suryapet district, Anganwadi teachers visited the house of a 14-year-old child, orphaned due to COVID-19, to assess his condition and provide counselling. Representational image
Hyderabad: The COVID-19 surge across the country has affected young children the worst. With deaths due to the Coronavirus on the rise, social media is flooded with citizens sharing details of children who have either lost both their parents, or have been hospitalised appealing for them to be adopted, despite experts warning that it could amount to trafficking.