BENGALURU: A campaign to end child sexual abuse was launched by a human-rights NGO in the presence of Kripa Alva, former chairperson of Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR). The NGO World Vision India will train parents on child protection at household level, and within the community, and facilitate school safety programmes as part of the campaign announced on Tuesday.
However, a member of the Child Rights Commission (requesting anonymity) said that the government body is not extending any support in the form of human resource, funds or technical expertise to the NGO for realisation of these announcements.
Among those present were Dr. Usha, District Child Protection Officer; Dr. Prakash, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Bytranapura, Mysore Road; Sony Kutty, Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF; Dr. Venna, medical officer, GG Halli Primary Health Centre; Rajendran, International Justice Mission, Bangalore; and Selwyndoss, Manager, Children Fund.