A Correspondent :
Govt has taken an initiative to build ‘Shishu Palli’, a kind of residence, for protecting the orphan Rohingya children. “The government has a plan to construct Shishu Palli in next month…after identifying the orphan Rohingya children,” said Syeda Ferdous Akhter, additional director of the Department of Social Services (DSS) , a sources of Chittagong DSS said.
In the last 28 days since September 28, the government has identified 16,833 Rohingya orphan child and the project is being implemented through the Myanmar National Orphan Child Program, said said Akhter who also a coordinator of the program. The DSS official, however, said that the construction works of the Shishu Palli might be lingered as the Rohighya people are still coming from neighboring Myanmar. The social service department is engaged for registering the orphan child from the Rohinghya camps. Orphan children have been classified into four categories—who lost parents, who lost only father, physically disabled and children missing their parents.
The government is enrolling the orphan child up to 18 years. The enrolling have already been completed at five Rohingya camps in Tekhnaf, said the DSS official, adding that now they are working on at two big camps-Kutupalang and Balukhali. Identified orphans will get smart card from the Department Social Services, said Pritam Kumar Chowdhury, Deputy Director of Cox’s Bazar Office of DSS.
Govt has taken an initiative to build ‘Shishu Palli’, a kind of residence, for protecting the orphan Rohingya children. “The government has a plan to construct Shishu Palli in next month…after identifying the orphan Rohingya children,” said Syeda Ferdous Akhter, additional director of the Department of Social Services (DSS) , a sources of Chittagong DSS said.
In the last 28 days since September 28, the government has identified 16,833 Rohingya orphan child and the project is being implemented through the Myanmar National Orphan Child Program, said said Akhter who also a coordinator of the program. The DSS official, however, said that the construction works of the Shishu Palli might be lingered as the Rohighya people are still coming from neighboring Myanmar. The social service department is engaged for registering the orphan child from the Rohinghya camps. Orphan children have been classified into four categories—who lost parents, who lost only father, physically disabled and children missing their parents.
The government is enrolling the orphan child up to 18 years. The enrolling have already been completed at five Rohingya camps in Tekhnaf, said the DSS official, adding that now they are working on at two big camps-Kutupalang and Balukhali. Identified orphans will get smart card from the Department Social Services, said Pritam Kumar Chowdhury, Deputy Director of Cox’s Bazar Office of DSS.
