DCPU to help Covid-19 affected orphans
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 15 2021:
Bishnupur district deputy commissioner Krishna Kumar, who is also the chairman of District Child Protection Unit (DCPU), has urged the general public to contact CHILDLINE toll free number 1098 or DCPU or Child Welfare Committee (CWC) Bishnupur if any child has been left orphaned due to COVID-19 .
In a notice, the DC said that Glory Children Home at Moirang Thamnapokpi (run by New Life Foundation) can be contacted for boys at 9862948678 and 8802002748, whereas for girls Nura Poireikon Bishnupur located at Ward No 4 (by Universal Development and Caring Society-UDCS) can be contacted at 8730037794 and 8837073926 .
It further stated that such children in distress will be provided immediate shelter and rehabilitation under the provisions of Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) under the permissible guidelines of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 .