Annual Report 2013

9 >> two boys were admitted in the Boys' Home for adequate care and protection. Now they go to the Deenabandhu School. The boys followed the routine every day which began early in the morning with prayers in chapel and ends in the evening with prayers. Through the day the boys according to the timetable attended the Deenabandhu School, did their home work, were present in time for meals and played in the evening in the school grounds. Every week-end they went to church for the Service. They participated at the Christmas bonfire at the Bishops House and met many other children from other diocesan churches there.

Childline Service at Anandgram: It is a 24 x 7 helpline service for children in distress for East Delhi District. The significance of DBS Childline service is evident in the number of calls the team had attended through the year. It is an impressive number of 19888 calls. An analysis of calls show that the team attended to children who needed medical attention, help to find a shelter, to be rescued from abusive situation, children who were lost and those who needed emotional support.

Without underestimating the prime importance of calls the activity of the Childline team involved much more than this. The Team members made Mothers reading phamplets at Childline exhibition efforts to make people aware of the Childline services. For this purpose 20,000 printed pamphlets were distributed in various residential areas and institutions; 470 posters were displayed on notice boards; 1000 stickers were pasted on vehicles like cars and buses; and 12 street plays were performed in public places. In 24 schools the children were informed about the work of the Childline. The team members did 12 rounds of patrol at night.

Every child either brought to the Childline office or rescued by the DBS Team was produced within 24 hours before the juvenile magistrate at the Child-WelfareCommittee (as the Juvenile Courts are now called). In these instances the cases significantly varied. Some cases were in the category of 'child in need of care and protection', or 'child in need of rescue and shelter' or 'child in conflict with law'.

With best compliments from Mrs. C.N David from New Delhi