Jerry, a 5 year-old speech and hearing impaired child was reunited with family 3 months after he went missing in Jammu with help from the Police andCHILDLINE Jammu. CHILDLINE Jammureceived a call from the Kannachak station houseofficer informing about a missing child who was found wandering near a pond in Kannachak village. He could not speak and was unable to respond to the queries. CHILDLINE Jammu team visited Kannachak Station and met the child. Jerry, a 5 year old boy hails from Chhattisgarh lived with his parents in Jammu. Jerry had gone missing from Bhagwati Nagar, near the old bus stand in Jammu. The process to locate his parents was started and his short stay was arranged at Ved Mandir, where he stayed for around 2 1/2months. During CHILDLINE outreach programme in Bhagwati Nagar, a shopkeeper discussed Jerry’s caseand helped CHILDLINE Jammu team to locate his parents. On the efforts to put in to locate the parents, the news about Jerry wasflashed through the police controlroom and over 200 CHILDLINE centres across the country. “The case was unique, as Jerry could not speak anything but his name due to a congenital disorder affecting his vocal cord. His inability to converse was a major hurdle in locating his parents,”said Manjari Singh, Centre Coordinator, CHILDLINE Jammu. Jerry was later shifted to the SOS Children’s Village, Gole Gujral, for temporary shelter. His parents were subsequently located and onmeeting his parents, Jerry immediately recognised his father.Finally, Jerry was handed over to them at the Kannachak police station after completing the legal formalities. While Jerry, a five-year child, could not express his feelings in words, his gestures conveyed the emotions he was going through after being reunited with his parents after almost three months. CHILDLINE Jammu was instrumental in reuniting Jerry with his parents.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 05:48:34 +0000
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