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Welfare Committee (CWC), composed of a chairperson and four members who are usually experts working in the area of child rights and the committee decides the future course for the rescued child like if the child has to be sent to a shelter home. For how long and if the child's parents or guardians are located, he would be sent back to his hometown and in addition the CWC can also order for counselling and rehabilitation of the child.
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departments in case rescue is needed and also provides other support services like medical and psychological counselling to the rescued children in relevant cases. Calling the
Childline helps in call getting recorded and officially documented and secondly, the national network of 1098 can be activated immediately if required especially in cases of trafficking for providing immediate support.
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working the field and in year 2021 brought under administrative control of the
Ministry of Home Affairs. The move means that police personnel instead of social workers will handle the calls made to 1098. The action will also help in preserving data sensitivity. The Secretary of the Ministry functions
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has over 4.35 million working children between of ages of five to 14 years. Childline's role is limited to addressing calls, ensuring action including rescue, and presenting the child before the Child
Welfare Committee (CWC), a quasi-judicial body, as per the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of
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rescues around 30 to 40 children every month and 70 per cent among them are aged between 14 and 16 years as many of them had either run away from homes or sometimes they are brought by contractors for child labour and once tracked the organisation rescues them and sends them to their native places
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and government departments. APSA once getting a distressed call which are currently mostly pertaining to begging, RTE violations (such as children not getting admission in private schools), and child labour does an in-depth fact-finding study on the field and also collaborates with government
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CHILDLINE works for the protection of rights of all children aged from 0 to 18. It is an initiative for rescuing and assisting children in distress. Their particular focus is on all children in need of care and protection, especially the more vulnerable sections, including:
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to provide 30,000 free rides to their child care professionals as a support for reaching and attending to children in distress across country. The association worth over ₹63 lakh covers for the period from
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