The
CHILDLINE 1098 service has been growing leaps and bounds over the years with
presence in over 300 cities across India. Reaching out to millions of children
in every town, district and city thus becomes a daunting task as we grow
further. Enabling us to perform our tasks of rescue and rehabilitation are the
CHILDLINE rescue vans which help us to get to a child in time. As a
complimentary tool to the 1098 service, Tata Communications tied up with
CHILDLINE to provide a vehicle that was available to the CHILDLINE team
whenever they needed to undertake a rescue, whenever a child needed to be
rushed to the hospital or if outreach programmes needed to be conducted in
public spaces. Recently 2 such rescue vans were launched in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh and Nagaon, Assam
SRIKAKULAM, ANDHRA PRADESH
The rescue van was launched on 26th Jaunary, 2015 during the Republic
Day Parade by Dr. P. Lakshminarasimha, IAS, District Collector in the presence
of Sri Vivek Yadav, IAS, Joint Collector, Sri.A.S.Khan, IPS, Superintendent of Police, Sri P.
Rajini Kantha Rao, Additional Joint Collector, Srikakulam. To commemorate this
special day, a CHILDLINE Srikakulam put up a CHILDLINE stall to spread awareness
about 1098 among general public.
Around 10,000 people including children from various schools were
present for this event and received valuable information regarding CHILDLINE.
The inauguration of the rescue van was celebrated with a rally. The District
Collector along with other dignitaries visited the CHILDLINE stall and
interacted with the team. All the District Officers of line departments assured
their best support to CHILDLINE and congratulated the team on introducing the
rescue van which will assist in creating a safe environment for children.
NAGAON, ASSAM
Smt. Monalisa Goswami, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Nagaon flagged off
the CHILDLINE van at Nagaon Court Campus. In her inaugural speech she
thanked CHILDLINE Nagaon for the reaching to children in
distress and helping children in difficult circumstances. She also urged the
community to extend their complete cooperation and to call 1098 if they see a child
in need.
Smt. Goswami also assured constant support from the District
Administration in CHILDLINE’s initiatives
including case interventions. Shri. Chidananda Nath, Chairman, Child Welfare
Committee (CWC) along with the Superintendent of the State Children Home, Joint
Director of Health Services, Divisional Programme Officer under ICDS Cell,
Inspector of Schools, Assistant Labour Commissioner, a few advocates from the
Nagaon Bar Association and few social workers were present. The event concluded
with a vote of thanks from the CHILDLINE team.
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