Peren District CHILDLINE Advisory Board (CAB) meeting was held on 18th April 2022 at DC’s Conference Hall, Peren under the chairmanship of SDO (C) Peren, Kemciyile.

A short PowerPoint presentation was delivered by Counsellor, CHILDLINE Peren, Ganchuimei wherein she briefed on CHILDLINE and its activities, intervention cases, advocacy issues, visibility, and achievements for the period April 2021-April 2022. This was followed by a review of the status of the previous CAB meeting agendas which was followed by a discussion of the current agendas which included:

To translate POCSO Act (2012) into local language viz., Zeme, Liangmai, Rongmei, and Kuki; to conduct special drives against underage driving and regular checks near schools and town areas; to organize a one-day seminar on child rights and child protection with Community base organization and to conduct orientation and training for Village Child Protection Committee in collaboration with DCPU.

SDO (C) Peren, Kemciyile requested CHILDLINE team to coordinate with the departments and stakeholders for follow-up on the agendas discussed and implementation of the same.

The meeting concluded with a note of gratitude from Collab Director, Akeina.

(Mamang IA, Peren)