Indore (Madhya Pradesh): The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) plans to start a rehabilitation centre for child beggars and those who are victims under the POCSO Act. The committee aims to provide a secure environment for the rescued children.
These children would be housed in buildings of NGOs, and later a separate building would be constructed for them.
“There is a demand and need to establish a rehabilitation centre for rescued children. For now, some NGO buildings and a building owned by the CWC would be used. Later, we will float tenders for a building,” said Pallavi Porwal, chairperson, Child Welfare Committee
The CWC works with Childline to help and rescue child labourers and POCSO victims. In the last 3 months, the department rescued 27 child labourers and accommodated them in their rehabilitation building. Counselling sessions and an education campaign is being started for them.
