ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL ORPHANAGES

ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL ORPHANAGES

The Orphanage Control Board Monitoring Committee, chaired by district panchayat president Babu George, has decided to strictly enforce the rule that only children with destitution certificate should be permitted to stay at various orphanages in the district.Addressing meeting of the monitoring committee here recently, Mr. George said that though a majority of the orphanages in the district functioned as per the rules and regulations prescribed by the government, as many as 26 orphanages were found to have been functioning illegally. The Police Department had taken steps to close down these, after shifting the children to various recognised centres, he said.

Sayoojyom and Sankethom at Enadimangalam near Adoor; Thengumkavu Charity Children's Home at Mallasserry; Santhvanom Charitable Society at Mylapra; Deepam Balika Bhavanam at Mekkozhoor; Good Samaritan Orphanage at Kulanada; Navajeevan Charitable Society at Nalkalickal near Aranmula; BSS Orphanage, Thombikandom near Ranni; Voice of Gospel Mercy Home at Kallampally; Manna Charitable Society at Makkappuzha near Ranni; Emmanuel Children's Home at Iythala near Ranni; Kripa Bhavan Grace Gospel at Chittar Estate; Kripalaya at Kadammanitta; Emmanuel Children's Home at Kallooppara Madhathumbhagom-North; Faith Children's Home at Vellayil near Kotanad; Sree Bhadra Seva Samiti at Mallappally-East; Pratheeksha Boy's Home at Kumbanad; Dr. Ambedkar Memorial Educational Institution for the Physically-Challenged at Adichippuzha; and Karunalayam Charitable Society at Myladumpara near Malayalappuzha are the illegal orphanages for children identified in the district, he said.

                                                               Prof. John Kurakar