Children’s Home In Guwahati Railway Station Platform No. 1

GUWAHATI: The Guwahati Railway Station based on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the NF Railway Women Welfare Organization (NFRWWO) and Prayas JAC Society a shelter home has been set up at platform number 1.

The house will provide care and protection to helpless children coming in contact with Railways, rescued by Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) or Childline, Child Help Desk and other organizations concerned.

The shelter house has approximately 2000 square feet of accommodation comprising of a dormitory, bathrooms, first aid room, counseling rooms, and a store. It would be able to accommodate 25 children at a time and provide them with basic services such as nutrition, psycho-social support, and medical aid.

While the NFRWWO will provide security personnel to look out the property after its assets, the operational expenditures for running the open shelter would be provided by the Prayas JAC Society. The shelter home would be used as transit in restoring the children with their families by following the laid down process under Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act, 2015.

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