Urges individuals and corporate to partner and support the campaign
Chronicle Reporter, Bhopal, On the occasion of International Day of Families on 15th May, SOS Children’s Villages of India, a voluntary child care organization, launches #NoChildAlone campaign.The campaign is a call to acknowledge the difficulties of 2 crore children without adequate parental care in India and evoke responses to ensure support for children under the care of SOS India.
These 2 crore children do not receive adequate care because they have lost both or either of their parents abandoned or their families are unable to take care of them. If not taken seriously with measures like strengthening the families, or providing abandoned children with a family-like environment in an alternate care home, this figure is estimated to rise to 2.4 crores by the year 2021.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, in its preamble, recognises many of the principles in the declaration on the rights of the child, such as family as the best environment for a child to grow, the importance of child protection, best interest of the child, recognising child participation, etc.
It states that it is convinced that the family, as the fundamental group of society and the natural environment for the growth and well-being of all its members and particularly children, should be afforded the necessary protection and assistance so that it can fully assume its responsibilities within the community.
In India, concerted efforts are required to give a family-like environment to the abandoned or orphaned children. “Responding to the need of the hour, SOS India takes pride in launching the campaign – #NoChildAlone, on the International Day of Families, with which also coincides the SOS Family Day.
The need is urgent and requires responsible partnership from individuals and corporate besides continuous support from the government”, said Anuja Bansal, Secretary General, SOS Children’s Villages of India.