Srinagar, June 24: The District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) and the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) in Bandipora have successfully reunited an abandoned girl child with her family.
The girl child, who was handed over to the Protection Officer (Non-Institutional Care) by the police, was presented before the CWC in Bandipora. The CWC ordered the Superintendent of the Child Care Institution for girls to provide all the basic needs of the child until her family could be located.
The DCPU and the CWC collaborated 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 his daughter and expressed his gratitude to the DCPU and the CWC for their efforts.
The process was supervised by the District Child Protection Officer (DCPO), Obaid-ul-Khazir. “We are dedicated to the welfare of children in need of care and protection. The entire team is working unitedly for the betterment of such children,” he stated.
Regarding the successful reunion, Chairperson of 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 serves as a heartening example of the effective functioning of the DCPU and the CWC in ensuring the welfare and protection of vulnerable children.
