Childline 1098
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Childline 1098
Since 2015, Childline 1098 is being implemented in Bangalore Rural (Doddaballapur, Nellamangala, Hoskote, and Devanahalli) by Sparsha Trust along with two other NGOs.
A nodal organization, Sparsha Trust is supported by Childline India Foundation, Ministry of Women and Child Welfare, Government of India. Apart from creating awareness about Childline 1098, Sparsha Trust is also into rescue, organizing outreach and awareness programs, phone testing and open house for addressing local issues related to children.
An average of 700 to 800 cases are handled every year.
About Childline
Imagine a 24-hour confidential emergency hot line for children - India’s first!ChildLine provides 24-hour, toll free, emergency phone service for children in need of care and protection. Any child or concerned adult can call 1098 any time of the day or night. We especially want to help children who are being treated violently or sexually abused by adults.
Each call centre has a team of trained youth who answer calls 24 hours a day. Within 60 minutes the team rushes to the child to resolve the crisis. This may involve going to a police station, the Juvenile Welfare Board to or a hospital. We remain in contact with the child until the crisis ends and then offer options for long term rehabilitation.
Results during 2017-18:
Rescue: 442 cases were reported, of which Devanahalli had 106 cases, Hoskote had 111 cases, Doddaballapur had 108 cases and Nelamangala had 97 cases. There were 217 cases under phone testing activities. Of the 111 cases in Hoskote, 20-25 children have been rescued. And of the 106 cases in Devanahalli, about 20 cases have been rescued.
Open House programme: 5 open house programmes were held during the year
Outreach and awareness: About 6680 children from 130 schools and child care centres attended the outreach and awareness programmes.
Operation Smile/Rakshana:
Sparsha Trust is working to identify, rescue and rehabilitate children who are into begging and on the streets by collaborating with the police, Department of Women and Child Development, Department of Education and Department of Labour.
Working in Bangalore North along with other NGOs, every two years there is a designated ‘rescue day’, during which Sparsha Trust identifies children who are begging on the streets and tries to rehabilitate them in their families or in childcare homes as per the guidelines.
We rescued 300 children in 2010 and about 295 children in 2013. We are actively engaging with the Department to identify children in need of care and protection, rescue children from begging and rehabilitate them as per the guidelines of the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act.