Social Justice, Kerala

Childline Services

CHILDLINE is a national emergency toll free phone out reach service for the children in need of care and protection operates on the 1098 number, and is supported by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WMCD), Government of India and works in partnership with state governments, NGOs, Bilateral/Multilateral Agencies and Corporate Sector. CHILDLINE India Foundation (CIF) has been appointed as the Mother NGO for setting up, managing and monitoring the CHILDLINE 1098 service all over the country. CHILDLINE 1098 service is cited by the Government of India as India’s response to commitments under the Child Rights Convention of the United Nations to which India is a signatory.

At present CHILDLINE is operational in 82 cities/districts in India. Under the XIth Plan CHILDLINE India Foundation has been mandated to extend the CHILDLINE service in all districts of the country as part of the Integrated Child Protection scheme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development.

The service focuses on the needs of children living alone on the streets, child labourers, domestic workers, run away children, Children of sex workers and sexually abused children.

The basic objectives of the CHILDLINE Service are as follows:-

To respond to children in emergency situations and refer them to relevant Governmental and Non- Governmental Organisations and link them to long term rehabilitation.

To create a structure which ensures the protection of the rights of the child as ratified in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000;

To provide a platform for networking amongst organizations and to strengthen the support systems which facilitate the rehabilitation for children in especially difficult circumstances;

To sensitize agencies such as the public, hospitals, municipal corporations and the railways towards the problems faced by these children;

To provide an opportunity to public to respond to the needs of children in difficult circumstances.

CHILDLINE has responded to a total of 15194271 Calls from inception till December 2008. These calls have been for medical assistance, shelter, repatriation, missing children, protection from abuse, emotional support and guidance, information and referral to services, death related calls etc.

For more information www.childlineindia.org.in

ChildLine (1098) Services in Kerala

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM	Nodal Organisation
	Loyola Extension Services Loyola College Sreekariyam, Thiruvananthapuram – 17 Ph : 0471-2595097
	Collab Organisation
	Don Bosco Nivas Thampanur Thiruvananthapuram – 14 Ph : 1098
	Support Organisation
	Trivandrum Social Service Society (TSSS) Bishop House Compound P.B. No. 828, Vellayambalam Thiruvananthapuram Ph : 0471-2727123
KOCHI	Nodal Organisation
	Rajagiri College of Social Sciences Rajagiri P.O, Kalamassery Kochi – 683 104 Ph : 0484-2532099 / 2555564
	Collab Organisation
	Don Bosco Snehabhavan Annexe Kammattipadam Near KSRTC Bus Stand Kochi – 682 035 Ph : 1098 0484-2231009
THRISSUR	Nodal Organisation
	Vimala College Thrissur – 680 648 Ph : 0487-2330351,2332080
	Collab Organisation
	St. Christeena Home Pullazhy, Thrissur – 680 012 Ph : 1098
KOZHIKODE	Nodal Organisation
	Farook College Farook College P.O, P.B. No. 59 Kozhikode – 673 632 Ph : 0495-2440766
	Collab Organisation
	Association for the Welfare of the Handicapped Mujahid Square Complex Pavuamam Road Kozhikode – 673 001
WAYANAD	Nodal Organisation
	Hilda Trust P.B. No. 9, Sulthan Bathery Wayanad – 673 592 Ph : 04936-2221652, 2220052
	Collab Organistion
	JVALA Kalpetta North, Wayanad – 673 122 Ph : 1098, 04936 203574 / 206036

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Children

Childline Services

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Childline Services

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