‘Yellow ribbon’ campaign launched in Ganjam district

Parents, teachers, police will be educated about child rights

Ganjam Collector inaugurates the week-long campaign

Competitions and seminars will be conducted in schools
BERHAMPUR: Week long ‘Yellow ribbon’ campaign to create awareness against child abuse was launched in Ganjam district on November 14. Ganjam district Collector V.K. Pandian inaugurated the campaign taken up by the ISRD-Childline at Chatrapur. The slogan of the campaign is ‘Say YES to Prevention of Child Abuse’. Signature campaign
It would include a signature campaign through out the district where people would take pledge to never commit, condone or remain silent about abuse and violence against children. Parents, teachers, civil society activists, police personnel etc would be educated about child rights during the campaign.
During this week long campaign yellow ribbons will be worn, placed on different publicly visible locations like doors, windows and computers in offices and institutes.
Director of the ISRD-Childline, Sudhir Sabat said they would take up competitions and seminars at different schools where parents and teachers would get together with students to discuss the issue of child abuse.
It may be noted that as per a Global School-Based Student Health Survey carried out developing countries like India, between 20 and 65 percent of the children of school going age reported to have verbally or physically bullied in school.
Mr Pandian said parents have the most important role to play in the bringing up of children. But at times socio-economic condition leads to abuse of children even in their families. During the yellow ribbon campaign special targeted group would be the fishermen families living on the Ganjam coast.
It is alleged that large-scale incidents of child abuse is reported from this community. The parents of this community would be educated about the rights of their children. There would be special sensitisation programmes for the parents of working children, labour class mothers members of Women Self Help Groups.

Courtesy:The Hindu