A new Chapter in Child Care during the Covid times: Contribution of Child Welfare Committees during the Covid pandemic.
The Child Welfare Committee at the District level works for protecting the rights as well as lending protection to children and women. The Committee was active even during Covid times and worked to understand the problems faced by children and to solve them. A new Chapter in Child Care was written. This report is an overview of the work done by the Child Welfare Committees of 8 districts of the Marathwada region during Covid times. The first Covid patient was identified in Maharashtra on the 9th of March 2020 and within a few months, the infection had reached the villages and settlements. Along with education and health, the issue of child care also suffered greatly during covid times.
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Read this report in Marathi/ हा अहवाल मराठीत वाचा:
‘देवाघरची फुलं’ असं आपण ज्यांना म्हणतो ती मुलं कोविडकाळात कोंडली गेली, भरडली गेली. कुठल्याही आपत्तीची सर्वात मोठी झळ मुलांना सोसावी लागते कोविडच्या संकटात मराठवाड्यात हेच दिसून आले. मुले, महिला यांच्या संरक्षण व अधिकारांसाठी जिल्हास्तरावर बालकल्याण समिती काम करते. कोविडकाळातही या समितीनेच बालकांचे प्रश्न जाणून घेत ते सोडवण्यासाठी नेटाने प्रयत्न केले आणि बालसंगोपनाचा कोविडकालीन अध्याय लिहिला. मराठवाड्यातील आठ जिल्ह्यांत कोविडकाळात बालकल्याण समित्यांनी केलेल्या कार्याचा हा आढावा.
