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Child protection units, NGOs pitch in during pandemic to safeguard children
The Hindu
The child protection units offer counselling, and will also conduct awareness programmes for the public on how to contact the government about children orphaned due to COVID-19
The District Child Protection Units (DCPU) in charge of Vellore, Ranipet and Tirupathur 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 The DCPUs and NGOs in the three districts have also been giving psycho-social counselling to children whose parents have tested positive for COVID-19.More Related News