TURA: A high-level meeting was held here at Montfort Centre for Education in collaboration with the Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) of Caritas India, an NGO from Bangalore, to look at the various welfare schemes for children with special needs on Wednesday.
Montfort Centre director KJ Jose welcomed the gathering and spoke about the need to work in collaboration for the benefit of the children.
The programme mainly focused on child welfare, especially for Children with Disabilities (CwDs). Officers of different departments spoke on the opportunities that can be availed including grants for medical treatment, for which their procedures and terms and conditions were explained. Topics like Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS), Juvenile Justice Act (JJA) and different types of mental health-related problems like obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia and bipolar disorder were discussed.
Netra Shikha Dutta, programme officer of Caritas India, shared about overall activities and plans of CBR while Dipankar Roy, loan-processing officer of MRB, Tura, spoke on how loans can be processed for Self-Help Group (SHG) with National Rural Livelihood Mission’s (NRLM) approval.
The DC also clarified few of the points raised in the memorandum and spoke about the job reservation provided by the Government of India for Persons with disabilities.
