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CHILDLINE 1098 thanks A.R.Rahman for his campaign # BachpanBachao
25th June,2020,Mumbai: CHILDLINE INDIA Foundation the emergency helpline number recently witnessed immense support by celebrated personalities to create awareness and highlight the issues of child abuse the country is facing during this lockdown. CHILDLINE frontline workers have intervened in more than 10,000 cases in a month pertaining to child abuse.
Looking at the shocking statistics, Padma Bhushan, Indian composer, singer and music producer A.R.Rahman has come out with an Anti-Child Abuse campaign urging people to report such incidents and save the childhood of such distressed children. The hard-hitting video shows children witnessing domestic abuse at home wherein they are made to carry out work, apart from the emotional and physical abuse they are subjected to by their elders. The video urged all to save their childhood by calling at the National helpline number 1098.
Speaking on this generous initiative by A.R.Rahman, Dr Anjaiah Pandiri, Executive Director, CHILDLINE INDIA Foundation said, “We thank Mr Rahman and the entire team which has put forth this campaign with folded hands. Child abuse is a grave disease this country is fighting along with the on-going pandemic and such act of awareness can help us reach every child out there suffering silently.”
Union Minister Smriti Irani, Priyanka Chopra, Karan Johar, Kartik Aaryan, Shekhar Kapur were among those who shared the message, promoting the helpline number 1098 and urging everyone to report such incidents.
Campaign Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWdRluJhwSK
About Us
CHILDLINE 1098 is India’s first and only 24-hour, toll-free, emergency phone outreach service for children in need of care and protection, linking them to long-term services for rehabilitation. Any child or concerned adult who calls the 1098 helpline number is provided with emergency assistance. Based on the child’s need, he/she is referred to a relevant organization for crisis intervention and long-term rehabilitation and follow-up. CHILDLINE works in tandem with Child Protection Structures at the district and state level, multiple stakeholders, including the Government, civil society organizations, corporates and community, to ensure that child’s protection becomes everyone’s mandate.
25th June,2020,Mumbai: CHILDLINE INDIA Foundation the emergency helpline number recently witnessed immense support by celebrated personalities to create awareness and highlight the issues of child abuse the country is facing during this lockdown. CHILDLINE frontline workers have intervened in more than 10,000 cases in a month pertaining to child abuse.
Looking at the shocking statistics, Padma Bhushan, Indian composer, singer and music producer A.R.Rahman has come out with an Anti-Child Abuse campaign urging people to report such incidents and save the childhood of such distressed children. The hard-hitting video shows children witnessing domestic abuse at home wherein they are made to carry out work, apart from the emotional and physical abuse they are subjected to by their elders. The video urged all to save their childhood by calling at the National helpline number 1098.
Speaking on this generous initiative by A.R.Rahman, Dr Anjaiah Pandiri, Executive Director, CHILDLINE INDIA Foundation said, “We thank Mr Rahman and the entire team which has put forth this campaign with folded hands. Child abuse is a grave disease this country is fighting along with the on-going pandemic and such act of awareness can help us reach every child out there suffering silently.”
Union Minister Smriti Irani, Priyanka Chopra, Karan Johar, Kartik Aaryan, Shekhar Kapur were among those who shared the message, promoting the helpline number 1098 and urging everyone to report such incidents.
Campaign Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWdRluJhwSK
About Us
CHILDLINE 1098 is India’s first and only 24-hour, toll-free, emergency phone outreach service for children in need of care and protection, linking them to long-term services for rehabilitation. Any child or concerned adult who calls the 1098 helpline number is provided with emergency assistance. Based on the child’s need, he/she is referred to a relevant organization for crisis intervention and long-term rehabilitation and follow-up. CHILDLINE works in tandem with Child Protection Structures at the district and state level, multiple stakeholders, including the Government, civil society organizations, corporates and community, to ensure that child’s protection becomes everyone’s mandate.
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