Srinagar, June 23(KNS): District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) and the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) Bandipora have successfully reunited an abandoned girl child with her family.
The girl child, who was handed-over by the police to Protection Officer (Non-Institutional-Care), was produced before the CWC Bandipora. The CWC Bandipora ordered Superintendent Child Care Institution girls to provide all basic needs to the child till her whereabouts could be traced.
The CWC, which is responsible for ensuring the welfare of children in need of care and protection, took up the case and conducted investigations to identify the child and locate her family. With the help of Police and DCPU officials Mission Vatsalya, Bandipora, the CWC was able to trace the child's father.
The DCPU and the CWC then worked together to reunite the child with her family, ensuring that all necessary legal and administrative procedures were followed. The child's father was overjoyed to be reunited with their daughter, and expressed his gratitude to the DCPU and the CWC for their efforts.
The process was done under the supervision of District Child Protection Officer (DCPO) Obaid-ul-Khazir. “We are committed to the welfare of children in need of care and protection. For the betterment of children in need, the whole team is working unitedly,” he said.
Speaking about the successful reunion, Chairperson CWC Bandipora Dr Aisma Hassan, said, “The safe and timely reunion of the child with her family is a testament to the coordinated efforts of all concerned authorities especially PONIC DCPU Bandipora Gowhar Mahmood and Sakib Shabir. The DCPU and the CWC remain committed to ensuring the welfare and protection of all children in need."
The successful reunion of the abandoned girl child with her family is a heartening example of the effective functioning of the DCPU and the CWC in ensuring the welfare and protection of vulnerable children.(KNS).