Humanitarian body facilitates militancy-affected children in mental health care, recreational activities

                                                                                    By SALMAN SHEHZAD
PESHAWAR: Being displaced by militancy and ongoing military operations in Khyber Agency, thousands of children are prone to different challenges. A number of national and international humanitarian organizations are working for their welfare. Among the affectees, children are vulnerable to too many troubles. A program, Child Protection is being run to keep these tribal children busy in extra curriculum activities. The Center of Excellence for Rural Development is running this program in collaboration with UNICEF at Jalozai IDPs Camp. Two centers for child protections have been established. These centers provide mental health care facilities to the militancy-affected children. They also keep these the children engaged in different sports and social activities after their school time. A child in the center said that when three mortar shells landed in their house, his parents decided to leave the area and they came to this IDPs camp. Social activists related to the organization said that currently as many as three hundred children have been getting different facilities in the centers. Recreational activities are given a special priority so that these children are not affected mentally by terrorism in their respective areas in a negative way. The children are kept in the center till evening. Coordinator of the program, Neelam Gul said that the children are taught about cleanliness, recreational activities, importance of sports and extra-curriculum activities in life. She said a mother’s role cannot be downgraded in this regard as she is the real engineer of a child’s personality and psychological growth. She said mothers are being trained in the centers how to make their children responsible citizens of the society. The other day a kite competition was held in the centers among the children where a large of IDPs from Khyber Agency took participation besides social workers from different organizations.

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