Hello Childline Pakur Annual issue 2011 - 12 A starting effort towards helping Child in need of Care & Protection A Project Supported by Ministry of Women & Child Development (GOI), in partnership with Childline India foundation (CIF), Mumbai. Jan Lok Kalyan Parishad Collaborative Organization, Childline Pakur At- Sindhipara, Near Query association office, Po. + Dist.- Pakur, Jharkhand, 816107 24 Hours Toll free Child Help line no.- 1098, Telephone no. – 06435-220568 Govt. of Jharkhand. Childline ’s mandate is reaching out to every child within an hour of From the desk of secretary the phone call. So the structure which we Dear friends… had planned to establish in the district is a This is my pleasure to present you the very first Edition of call centre (with a common phone lines Hello Childline Pakur . This annual edition covers the connecting the entire Telecom Zone, & the activities & achievements of JLKP as a Collaborative CHILDLINE staff attending to the calls 24 organization of CHILDLINE Pakur project through out the hours in shifts), but in order to reach any financial year 2011-12. The CHILDLINE Project is a project of child in the district within an hour of phone Ministry of women and child development, Govt. of India, which call, we required a strong network / support, meant for Child in need of care & protection. In Pakur district who could attend to the cases referred by st this project commenced from 1 of February 2011 with the the CHILDLINE call centre. Thus, in order support and recommendation from CHILDLINE India to develop this strong network within the Foundation (CIF), which is the recommending agency district we had needed a strong volunteer authorized from Ministry of Women and Child Development, support from ICDS / Block Welfare office / Govt. of India. Sarva Siksha Abhiyan Volunteers, Govt. Recently Pakur has come to the leading news as a source departments, local NGOs etc. area of Child laborers. The district is famous for its stone & biri Thereafter visit to Pakur by Smt. Lena Basu industry. A large number of children can be seen engaged in & Sri Sandeep ji (representatives of CIF, these industries. These children are commonly exploited by the Kolkata), was fixed on 20 th to 24 th July 2009. mines and crusher owners. Pakur is famous for supplying huge They conducted meetings with various Govt number of child labourers as biri rollers, Child marriage, Child departments and NGOs. Visit was done to trafficking, migration, and drop-out are the main issues some of the remote villages, Hilly areas, affecting children in the district. Poverty in its ugliest form can places like Tribal villages, market, etc. CIF be seen in Paharia villages. Malnutrition & diseases have interacted with various categories of children rendered whole villages into shambles. Extreme poverty, like those staying in residential school, non illiteracy, ignorance and existence of border with West Bengal school going, school going as well as child (close to Bangladesh border) are of the few reasons behind the labourers etc & everyone expressed the child trafficking in Pakur. Addiction is very much prevalent need of CHILDLINE service in the Pakur among the poor children in Pakur. Those children who roll bidi district. After satisfying by our works and at there home are in the habit of smoking biri and taking dedication for child welfare, the CIF tobacco in other form. Drug addiction can be seen among the recommend & appoint our organization to rag pickers, most of these children are addicted to inhaling serve as a CHLDLINE Pakur Collab. Centre. Dendrite gum, which is easily available in market at a low This 31 st March 2012, JLKP has completed price. Child marriage is prevalent among the villagers in Pakur. its first full financial year of this project. We have tried to summarize all the Under these circumstances the need of an emergency service like CHILDLINE is being felt. CHILDLINE could cater to the achievements of the CHILDLINE Pakur in emergency needs of the children who are in need of care and this annual edition of Hello Childline Pakur. protection. To combat all these problems a Child friendly So enjoy reading…… system is required in this district. Thus JLKP planned to start CHILDLINE in Pakur with the support from Childline India foundation, Local NGOs and with an active support from the Sri Vinod Pramanik Secretary, JLKP, Pakur 1 Telecom Mobile Toll - Landline Toll - WLL Toll - Other Districts / States Services free free free Incoming Outgoing 1098 BSNL Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Vodafone No No No No No No No No Current Airtel No No No No No No No No Connectivity Reliance No No No No No No No No Tata Indicom No No No No No No No No Status at DOCOMO No No No No No No No No MTS No No No No No No No No Pakur Hello Contents JLKP Contacts Childline About Childline, Preparatory Web site – www.jlkp.org Phase of Childline Pakur Pakur Page 3 JLKP’s Head & Admin. office – An annual issue covering Sindhi paara, near quarry association office, Activities and achievements of Post & Dist.- Pakur, State – Jharkhand, PIN- Childline Pakur through out Challenges in 816107. the year 2011-12 implementation, Structure of Childline in Pakur, JLKP’s branch office – Contents provided by – At- Littipara, Near Littipara middle school, Sri Vinod Pramanik, Page 4 Post- Litiipara, State- Jharkhand, (Secretary, Jan lok kalyan Parishad, Pakur), mob.- Childline Pakur Net. map, JLKP’s Redg. office – 09431158447 At- Makhani, Post.- taljhari, Dist.- Sahebganj, Page 5 State- Jharkhand Compiled, Edited and Designed by – Case studies JLKP’s Family counseling center – Sri Anshuman kumar, Page 6 to Page 16 Sindhi paara, near quarry association office, Harindanga bazaar, Pakur, Post & Dist.- Pakur, State – Jharkhand. mob.- 09332571705. Childline Pakur Activities at JLKP’s Primary education center – Case studies contents At- Chapadanga, Post & Dist.- Pakur, provided by – a glance, Page 17 to Page 20 State – Jharkhand, PIN- 816107. Smt. Ranjana Srivastava, (Childline Pakur Counselor, CHILDLINE Pakur Collaborative center – JLKP, pakur) Childline pakur in News Sindhi paara, Post & Dist.- Pakur, State – Jharkhand, PIN- 816107. Important Notes – papers The views expressed by the Page 21 Mobile nos., Phone & Fax – authors are their own and not 09431158447, 06435-220568 necessarily of the government Achievements Emails ID – This publication is for personal [email protected] distribution only, any or whole [email protected] & Statistical part of this issue may be use for republication after proper Child Help Line Emergency Toll free Nos – permission from the Secretary data 1098 of JLKP, Pakur. Page 11 & Page 14 2 About Childline Preparatory CHILDLINE is a 24-hour free emergency phase of Phone outreach service for children in need of care and protection. CHILDLINE links children to long-term services. Any Childline Pakur child /concerned adult can call 1098 free of cost and avail of the service at any The preparatory phase for CHILDLINE time of the day or night. CHILDLINE aims to create a child project in Pakur District includes: protection network to reach out to every child. CHILDLINE, initiated in June 1996, is a network working iii. Rapid Assessment Study: towards child protection that has evolved through a partnership The need for CHILDLINE in between the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Pakur is already very evident Government of India, the Department of Telecommunications, and thus it was decided that a street and community youth, NGOs, academic institutions, the full fledged Need Assessment corporate sector, and concerned individuals. The CHILDLINE Study is not necessary. It is India Foundation (CIF) is the nodal organization for required to conduct a rapid CHILDLINE across the nation. CIF undertakes replication of assessment study, primarily CHILDLINE, networking and facilitation, training, research and based on secondary data (also documentation, and awareness and advocacy at the national based on some interaction with and international level. the various categories of vulnerable children in the CHILDLINE reaches out to all children in need of care and district) and send it to CIF. protection. These include: street children, child laborers, iv. Resource Directory & District children who have been abused, child victims of the flesh Mapping: Data for the trade, differently abled children, child addicts, children in Resource Directory in all the conflict with the law, children in institutions, mentally ill six blocks of Pakur has been children, children infected by HIV/AIDS, children affected by collected and a district conflict and disaster, child political refugees, and children mapping is done. Area whose families are in crises. mapping is done for each block Children / concerned adults can call CHILDLINE for medical separately in terms of child assistance, shelter, missing children, Repatriation, Protection related facilities, health from abuse, Emotional support and guidance, Death, facilities, types of child information about CHILDLINE, Volunteers, Information and problems, communication referral to services, Silent calls, Chat calls etc. facilities, child prone zone, education facilities, local NGOs Chidline in Jharkhand presence, etc In Jharkhand, at present CHILDLINE operates only in Ranchi, This process was done by CIF in Dhanbad and Pakur District. collaboration with consultant group / NGO appointed by CIF. 3 Considering the major challenges issues in implementation of CHILDLINE in Pakur Challenges in district, and hard to reach geographical locations, the CHILDLINE rural model structure for Pakur district is decided as implementation the best by CIF, which is now functioning Implementing the CHILDLINE service in Pakur district has is follows:- proven very much challenging works: the following challenges we are facing through out this year, starting from the One Nodal Centre in Pakur Block preparatory phase. One Collab. Centre in Pakur block It’s a challenge to get NGOs working exclusively on Two Sub Centres in Littipara Block Child Protection Two Sub Centres in Mahespur Block Lack of Child Protection Infrastructure.