The members of Goa
Velha Free Legal Aid Cell of V. M. Salgaocar College of Law, Goa in
collaboration with the childline, an organization that works for the protection
and welfare of children organised a legal literacy program, a talk on CHILD
RIGHTS, on 11th February 2017 in the Church Hall of the St . Andrews Church
situated at Goa Velha.
Miss. Jessica Pereira
and Miss. Suraya Borges, the team volunteers of childline were the guest
speakers and Prof. Gomati Desai, the faculty in charge of the cell also
attended the program.
Ms. Srushti Patil, the
Student in charge, introduced the guest speakers. Ms Jessica began the session
with a brief introduction of the child line, about its objectives and its
functioning. Miss Suraya spoke on rights of children. She explained the four
most important rights that a child has with the help of a power point
presentation. She illustrated various
cases that childline had come across in Goa and showed a video on the rights of
children which made the session very interactive. After that she informed the audience
about the helpline number for children-1098 and its functioning. The session
ended with a demo and a trial of calling 1098 to understand how it works and
how it's to be approached. The session was for one hour and was attended by
twenty people.
The cell member, Jatan
Rodrigues delivered the vote of thanks The program was organized under the
guidance of Prof. Gomati Desai, the faculty incharge of the cell. The session
was very informative and of great help to the people. The efforts taken by the
cell members made the program successful.
