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RESOURCE PERSONS
We are in the process of developing a resource directory in child protection. We welcome professionals who are willing to join our pool of resource persons. Please forward your qualifications and areas of capacity to the NCPA. Correspondence should only be through email. This information will be vital for awareness programmes, training programmes and consultations for projects undertaken by the NCPA and other relevant organisations.
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- UNICEF : www.unicef.org
- ILO/IPEC: www.ilo.org
- Save the Children : www.savethechildren.lk
- Plan Sri Lanka : www.plan-lanka.lk
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Help Children in Sri Lanka Donate for National Child Protection Fund at
Bank of Ceylon , Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
Account No.71252941
Today's Children are the leaders of tomorrow. Therefore it is our responsibility to nurture them, protect them from social evils and provide a safe and peaceful environment for them to grow up. This was the main cause for the establishment of the UN Convention on Rights of the Child. This convention paved way to numerous activities on child protection around the globe. Similarly, in Sri Lanka, The National Child Protection was created as the first governmental organization dedicated to work to secure the rights of children in Sri Lanka. News Headline Children Helping Children
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CHILD ABUSE DEFINITIONS
“Anything which individuals, institutions, or processes do (acts) or fail (omissions) to do which directly or indirectly harms children or damages the prospects of safe and healthy development into adulthood”The World Health Organization Report of the consultation on Child Abuse and Prevention (1999) proposed modified definitions for child abuse, which cover wider areas.
CHILD RELATED LAW ACTS
Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Act, No 8 of 2003
Tsunami Special Arrangements Act, No 16 of 2005
Prevention of Child molestation Act, No 30 of 2005
Prevention of Domestic Violance Act, No 34 of 2005
Act, No 7 of 2006 (Amendments)
Act No, 16 of 2006
Act, No 24 of 2006 (Amendments)
GOVERNMENT - CHILD CARE ORGANIZATIONS
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HISTORY OF THE NCPA
Although child abuse is often denied in the Indian subcontinent, probably one of the oldest recorded histories of child abuse is a 2,500-old Buddhist story called “Sopaka.” In the story, a jealous stepfather leaves a boy named Sopaka tied to a corpse in a cemetery to be eaten by wolves. Buddha comes to the boy’s rescue and preaches to the child, perhaps one of the earliest recorded instances of counseling.
- Advising government on national policy and measures regarding prevention and treatment of child abuse as well as protection of children.
- Creating awareness of the rights of the child to be protected from abuse.
- Consulting and co-ordinating with relevant ministries, local authorities, public and private sector
- organizations and recommending measures for the prevention of child abuse and protection of victims.
- Recommending legal, administrative and other reforms for the effective implementation of national policy.
MANDATE OF THE NCPA
The NCPA's mandate includes a broad range of authority, objectives and duties. This includes formulating policies related to child abuse and exploitation, the therapy and rehabilitation of children who are victims of such abuse, co-ordination of the many groups and agencies involved in combating abuse, including NGOs, monitoring research and resource mobilization.
Donationas
Ms. Sussy Larsen and Sus Frowland handed over their donation to Mrs. Anoma Dissanayake, the chairperson of the National Child Protection Authority.
NCPA seeks help from generous and kind hearted people from all over the world to uplift the plight of these needy and unprotected children in Sri Lanka.