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The rapid spread of the Corona virus disease has clearly produced a challenging situation in the entire world. Communities across the globe are in the fore paw of Corona Virus. The social workers also plays a vital role to protect the societies from various threats such as hunger, social instability, abuse and spread of the disease.
In these circumstances, YCDA recognizes the importance of access to learning of the frontline social workers protecting the children at the grounds. We organized an online capacity development program on Psychosocial Counselling and support for front line CP workers in the form of an webinar which was anchored by Mr.Rajendra Meher, CEO- YCDA along with Expert lecture by Dr.Nilima Mehta, a much known national level qualified psychotherapist who has been involved in the field of Child Rights, Child Protection, Juvenile Justice, Adoption and Family Counselling for over decades.
We received an overwhelming participation of over 75 nos. of child protection functionaries such as the DCPOs, members of the CWCs, CSOs working in the fields of Child Protection, staffers of the CCIs from across Odisha, Jharkhand and Bihar. The participants got a chance to put forward their queries regarding the issues that they are facing typically during this situation of COVID-19 lockdown. Looking in to the success we are planning to organize more such Webinars in the future so that the learning never stops!

Publications: YCDA’s Resource Centre On Alternative Care has published Two nos. of literature –
1)Practitioners Manual on COVID-19 for children living in Child Care Institutions.
2)Practitioners Manual on COVID-19 for children living in family-based care.