November
26, 2016, Karnal: A
two day training of trainers on ‘Child Rights and Child
Protection’ was organized jointly by Haryana Institute of
Rural Development (HIRD) and Save the Children, Punjab and Haryana
State Programme Office at Nilokheri, Karnal on 26th&
27th November 2016. The training programme will further
benefit the representatives of 6186 Gram Panchayats in Haryana.
Fifty resource persons from all 21 districts of Haryana participated
in the training.
A curriculum was launched jointly developed by HIRD and Save
the Children, an international child rights organization. The
training was aimed at building capacities of the trainers to
effectively access child protection mechanisms and enable delivery
of the child rights at the grassroots level.
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Inaugurating
the training programme, Dr. Puran Singh, Director of
HIRD said,“Child Rights and Child Protection
issues are results of the many mistakes made by the
adults knowingly or unknowingly. Panchayati Raj
Institutions (PRI) could play an important role in
correcting these mistakes and establish a child
friendly society.”
HIRD has been working to ensure overall development of rural areas by undertaking capacity
building programmes for all the stakeholders’ e.g.
elected PRI members and other Rural Development
functionaries.With new skills and knowledge on Child
Rights, Child Protection and Legal Provisions, this
training would further strengthen their efforts.Dr.
Singh, while appreciating initiative of Save the
Children, said, “I am confident that the training
will definitely sensitize the panchayat members and
play an effective role in the betterment of
children.”
Mr.
Jatin Mondar, Project Director of Save the Children,
said, “We aim to bring immediate and lasting
change in the lives of children. Collaboration with
HIRD will enable us to share our knowledge and
expertise on child rights with wider audience and
thus reach out maximum number of children.”
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Mr.
Anshu Parashar, Training Coordinator, HIRD gave a
welcome address to all the participants and informed
about the objective of the training programme. The
inaugural session was came to an end with the vote
of thanks by Mr. Dharmananda Sundaray, Assistant
Manager, Child Protection Save the Children, Punjab
and Haryana.
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