The Social Justice Department is piloting vulnerability mapping of children in the State.
The special project ‘Karuthal,’ under the Integrated Child Protection Scheme, aims at identifying children living in difficult circumstances. The project will be piloted in the Vilappilsala panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram district and Kodur in Malappuram district.
As part of the project, details of such children will be collected so that schemes for their welfare can be drawn up.
These will include children in conflict with law, those needing care and protection, those who come in front of law as survivors or witnesses, and those who are destitute.
Details will be collected through sources such as panchayat office records and police station reports and interviews.
Inauguration
Ward-level discussions will also be held to identify such children. Kudumabsree workers will visit such families and collect the details. Minister for Social Justice K.K. Shylaja will inaugurate the project on Monday.
