Child Welfare Council, Punjab

Child Line Services

Heading:   Child Welfare Council, Punjab is running Child Line 1098 Project at its District Council branch Gurdaspur.

Date:   2017-02-07

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