Women and Child Development Minister Tukuni Sahu on Thursday unveiled a State Help Desk “SAMPARK” by the Odisha State Child Protection Society in collaboration with UNICEF, in virtual mode.
It aims at providing psychosocial support to children during Covid-19.Besides Minister Sahu, department Secretary Pramod Kumar Meherda and Chief of UNICEF Field Office Odisha Dr Monika Nielsen werepresent. The helpdesk would cater to the urgent protection needs of children in context of the pandemic by providing information and primary counselling to children and their caretakers who are impacted or affected by Covid.
It would also support in ensuring shelter, care and protection to children who have lost their parental care in pandemic period and are unable to take care of them, alone or abandoned and also to children who need care and protection, said the speakers. Minister Sahu released a movie on the helpdesk as well.