After implementing different development programmes like natural resources management, livelihood, urban poverty, community health, prevention of trafficking and promoting of safe migration, disaster management and community health in the State, the Caritas, a national organisation of Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI), on Thursday formally launched a pilot project, community-based childcare (CBCC), in three districts of the State.
The project will be implemented in 61 villages of six gram panchyats of three blocks of Sundargarh, Kandhamal and Gajapati districts for two years, said Caritas India executive director Pedrry Joseph. The objective of the project is to ensure a healthy atmosphere to children in all respects like in health and education, said Joseph. “We along with the Government will carry out different welfare schemes meant for children and pregnant women in these three districts and also work to send back the dropouts to the schools,” said Caritas State Officer Francis Barla.
Joseph too informed that the project will be extended across the State later. Among others, retired bureaucrat Aurabinda Behera and child rights activists Mahendra Parida also spoke.