The SOS Children’s Villages India has announced that it is ready to provide short or long-term care to vulnerable childrenacross the country whose safety, security, and well-being have beenseverely affected because of losing parental care due to the pandemicand have no caregivers left to provide for them. SOS Children’s Villages secretary general Sumanta Kar said: “We aretrying our best to ensure that all the children under our care aresafe and secure. We are willing to join hands with Government, thecorporates, and the civil society to extend care to children belongingto the underserved communities, whose families have been affected dueto the pandemic in our 32 children’s villages across 22 States inproviding short term and long term care.”
Children whose parents are Covid positive and are undergoing treatmentcould be placed under short-term care till their parents recover andchildren who have lost parents can be placed under long-term care, headded.“If you come across any child near our projects, please call ourhelpline number 18002083232 or email at soscvi@soscvindia.org. We will be happy to reach out to child and extend support inbestpossible manner,” said Kar.