The East Singhbhum district administration has today selected Red Cross Bhawan in Sakchi for its one-stop center ‘Sakhi’. The centre will work to provide women victim of violence in Jamshedpur and adjoining districts of Seraikela-Kharsawan and West Singhbhum to get all assistance under one roof.
District social welfare officer, Ranjana Mishra informed that they had received a letter earlier this month from the state social welfare, women and child development department principal secretary MS Bhatia for suggesting a site for opening of the one stop center and we have held talks with Indian Red Cross Society district unit officials for using their building (Red Cross Bhawan) centrally located at Sakchi for the purpose and after getting their consent we have intimated to the department on Wednesday.
It may be mentioned that the setting up of the one-stop centre is an initiative of the Union Government under the ‘Nirbhaya Fund’ for women safety pertaining to strategic areas of prevention, protection and rehabilitation and aims to provide all kind of assistance including legal, police, medical help, counseling, temporary support service to women affected by violence.