Published: 30th April 2015
VELLORE: Police have launched an awareness campaign with Kamol – an animated film – to sensitise children about sexual abuse and protect themselves. The initiative also targets parents to educate them and safeguard their wards. The campaign kick-started a week ago and the 10-minute film has been screened at five camps so far, covering school students aged 5 and above. On Tuesday, the film was screened for around 1000 students from five schools in and around Sathuvachari.
Apart from screening the film, the police department also roped in folk artists to keep the students engaged through interactive sessions and stage dramas to educate them about good touch and bad touch and popularise the child helpline - 1098. Superintendent of Police (Vellore) P K Senthil Kumari told the children that they should inform their parents or teacher, if someone shows them their private parts, obscene pictures/movies. They can also call the child helpline, she informed.
Since the summer vacation has started, police are planning to screen the movie in villages as well. DSPs will take part in the programme in their sub-division, while the inspectors will reach out to the villages in their respective jurisdiction. “We have issued CDs of the animated film to each police station in the district. The Inspector will conduct similar camps in each village in their station limit and we are planning to cover all the villages in the district within two months,” the SP added.
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