Mangalore, Oct 1: The collaborative agency of Padi-Childline 1098 has completed one year of existence since its inception in August 2012, said Childline Director Renny D'Souza.
Speaking about the outreach of Childline 1098 at a press conference at Roshni Nilaya here on Monday, he said that a total of 171 cases had been registered by Childline in the past year, including 67 cases of child abuse.
The Childline has received 2,246 calls in one year seeking protection from abuse (physical and sexual), emotional support and guidance, information and referral to service, information on the Childline and volunteering, follow up calls at city-level, and others. The organisation not only deals with responding to calls regarding violation of child rights or Right To Education (RTE) Act, child abuse, trafficking and begging, but also undertakes outreach programmes to bring awareness among the children on Childline services, he said adding that the awareness created about the Childline has had a positive impact on the community, leading to sensitisation of people and officials towards child abuse. The outreach programmes conducted by the organisation also had a positive response in schools and colleges in the district, he said.
He added that an RTE Cell would be set up by Padi-Childline, which would address complaints and violation of the RTE Act.'Childline Se Dosti' week celebrations will be held for the second time in the months of November. Open house and outreach programmes will be held in the future at various places in and around Mangalore city such as the docks, Central Market, Jalligudde, Bunder, Vamanjoor, Ullal and Kankanady to give awareness on POCSO Act, NCPCR guidelines and a state circular regarding ban of corporal punishment in aided and unaided schools, he elaborated.
He urged the public to report any violations of RTS in schools at Childline 1098 or 0824-2437795.
Volunteers of Padi-Childline were present in the press conference.
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