Child Welfare Council, Punjab is running Child Line 1098 Project at its District Council branch Gurdaspur. CHILDLINE works towards ensuring that all children in need of care and protection are aware of and have access to services, that are child friendly, available when they want it and encourage them to participate in decisions that affect them.
But its special focus is on all children in need of care and protection, especially the more vulnerable sections, which include:
Street children and youth living alone on the streets
Child labourers working in the unorganised and organized sectors
Domestic help, especially girl domestics
Children affected by physical / sexual / emotional abuse in family, schools or institutions.
Children who need emotional support and guidance
Children of commercial sex workers
Child victims of the flesh trade
Victims of child trafficking
Children abandoned by parents or guardians
Missing children
Run away children
Children who are victims of substance abuse
Differently-abled children
Children in conflict with the law
Children in institutions
Mentally challenged children
HIV/ AIDS infected children
Children affected by conflict and disaster
Child political refugees
Children whose families are in crises