MYSURU: The slew of awareness programmes undertaken by child helpline activists has yielded results, with the helpline number ‘1098’ registering a spurt in calls during the pandemic.
In the past seven months, activists answering calls made to the helpline have attended to more than 950 queries and helped prevent child marriages, get kids who were forced to drop out back to schools and reunite children, who were deemed lost with, their families.
In Mysuru, the helpline is managed by personnel who are part of the Rural Literacy and Health Programme, and activists from the Nisarga Foundation.
Prior to 2021, the personnel attended to 1,100 calls each year, on average, however, the number has risen sharply following the activists' decision to educate teachers, ASHA and anganwadi workers about the benefits of seeking support.
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