Our Correspondent
Kohima | May 31
The State Child Protection Society (SCPS) today called for formation of the Village Child Protection Committee (VCPC) in all the villages in Nagaland.
The formation of VCPC has been necessitated to garner the participation of all the communities and villagers at the grassroots level.
Addressing a sensitization programme on “Child Rights and its importance” at Viswema village under Kohima district this morning, Raitale Zeliang, Programme Manager of SCPS shared the vision of SCPS to set up VCPC in all the recognized villages in Nagaland.
“The setting up of the VCPC is to encourage community participation and ownership on child protection mechanism. The support and participation of the community greatly helps in fulfilling the aims and objectives of the scheme,” she said.
The SCPS, since the launching of the Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) in the state in 2010, has been rendering its best effort to reach out to all corners of the state, in educating the people on the importance of child rights.
The effort to reach out to the grassroots is being carried out through the initiative of the District Child Protection Units (DCPU) which had been already set up in all the districts.
By 2015, it was learnt that the DCPUs have reached out to 536 villages across the State.
Megoneituo Kielienyü, Legal-cum-probation officer of SCPS briefed the gathering about the rights and laws laid down by the Government of India, particularly to protect and safeguard children in need of care and protection and those in conflict with law.
Kielienyü urged the village leaders to rise up “to protect children who are in need of care and those juvenile in conflict with law.”
He also told the village leaders to identify those children in need of care and support and those in conflict with law, so that they could be given care, counselling and corrective advice.
District Child Protection Officer, Povezo Puro highlighted the Integrated Child Protection Scheme.
