Dimapur, May 22 (EMN): District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) Mon organised one-day sensitization programme on Community Based Child Protection Mechanism at DRDA Conference Hall, Mon town with Deputy Commissioner Mon, Honje Konyak as the Special guest on May 20.
DCPO Samuel Kapu in his keynote address spoke on the significance of community participation in bringing about the care and protection of the child. He also introduced the committees and institutions supporting the child protection mechanism.
DC in his speech expressed the need to maintain the four basic rights of the child under UN CRC. He urged the participants to make sure that every child is not denied the rights entitled to them since there were numerable cases of abuse and child labour, most of which were unreported. He also encouraged the participants to fight against abuse and discrimination happening to children and identify forms of abuse in domestic sphere and report to the committees at the village level.
Programme Manager, SCPS, Raitale Zeliang, spoke on mechanism of ICPS and the roles of village level committees and the need to follow by the norms of the law for processes related to children in need of care and protection and children in conflict with law. She informed that for children in need of care and protection, institutional care is available at SAA, Children Home and Observation Homes for children in conflict with law. She also mentioned that CHILDLINE 1098 is an emergency outreach service for children in need of care and protection.
Participants from the village level, NGOs, World Vision and CWC members also spoke and shared their views during the open house discussion.
The programme was chaired by Meziwang Zeliang, Superintendent, Observation Home Mon, while welcome address was delivered by Wanloi Konyak, LPO Mon and vote of thanks was proposed by Wangka, PO Mon.
: District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) Mon organised one-day sensitization programme on Community Based Child Protection Mechanism at DRDA Conference Hall, Mon town with Deputy Commissioner Mon, Honje Konyak as the Special guest on May 20.
DCPO Samuel Kapu in his keynote address spoke on the significance of community participation in bringing about the care and protection of the child. He also introduced the committees and institutions supporting the child protection mechanism.
DC in his speech expressed the need to maintain the four basic rights of the child under UN CRC. He urged the participants to make sure that every child is not denied the rights entitled to them since there were numerable cases of abuse and child labour, most of which were unreported. He also encouraged the participants to fight against abuse and discrimination happening to children and identify forms of abuse in domestic sphere and report to the committees at the village level.
Programme Manager, SCPS, Raitale Zeliang, spoke on mechanism of ICPS and the roles of village level committees and the need to follow by the norms of the law for processes related to children in need of care and protection and children in conflict with law. She informed that for children in need of care and protection, institutional care is available at SAA, Children Home and Observation Homes for children in conflict with law. She also mentioned that CHILDLINE 1098 is an emergency outreach service for children in need of care and protection.
Participants from the village level, NGOs, World Vision and CWC members also spoke and shared their views during the open house discussion.
The programme was chaired by Meziwang Zeliang, Superintendent, Observation Home Mon, while welcome address was delivered by Wanloi Konyak, LPO Mon and vote of thanks was proposed by Wangka, PO Mon.
