HT Correspondent
NAGAON, May 11: KAWACH – Safe Childhoods for a Thriving India was launched in Nagaon district under the aegis of the district administration at an event organised by the North East Centre for Equity Action on Integrated Development (NEAID) in partnership with the British Asian India Foundation on Monday.
The programme marked a significant step towards strengthening convergence and coordination among departments and stakeholders working on child protection and welfare in the district.
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Aligned with Mission Vatsalya, the centrally sponsored scheme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, the consultation brought together district-level officials to collectively deliberate on strengthening preventive and responsive child safeguarding systems in Nagaon.
The programme was attended by Devashish Sarma, District Commissioner, Nagaon and Kamal Jeet Sarma, ADC, Social Welfare & Health, along with officials from the District Social Welfare Department, Education Department, Police administration, District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), District Child Protection Unit (DCPU), Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), Panchayati Raj Institutions and other allied departments.
Officials underscored that child protection is a shared responsibility requiring active ownership across departments. District Commissioner of Nagaon, Devashish Sarma, highlighted the need for coordinated action at the district, block and community levels to build safer and child-friendly environments.
KAWACH is a long-term system-strengthening initiative aimed at creating protective ecosystems for children through prevention-oriented strategies, institutional coordination, community engagement and capacity building of frontline stakeholders.
The ceremonial launch of the programme concluded with a collective commitment from participating departments and stakeholders to strengthen collaboration and build a more responsive and sustainable child safeguarding ecosystem in the district in the days to come.
