DCPUs, NGOs pitch in to help children
The Hindu
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
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.More Related News