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Visiting NCPCR team's attention drawn to plight of children Publication: The Sangai Express Date: Wed, 2011-05-25 Imphal: The plight of the children of Manipur have become worse with the occurrence of various heinous crimes against innocent children besides the enduring onslaught of certain grave issues like the pandemic HIV/AIDS, armed conflict and child trafficking, the Manipur Alliance for Child Rights (MACR) has asserted in a memorandum to the visiting team of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), New Delhi. The alliance submitted the memorandum to the NCPCR team which is camping in Imphal since yesterday to study the issues being confronted by the children in the trouble torn state of Manipur. The team led by Dipa Dixit, member NCPCR, comprises of BK Sahu, registrar, Sanjoy Kumar Tiwari and Ramnath Nayak, senior consultants of the commission. They arrived here yesterday and will stay till tomorrow, May 26 . In the memorandum, the MACR dre

66% Slum Children in Delhi malnourished: CRY Survey Publication: Development Channel Date: Fri, 2011-05-06 New Delhi: Over 66 per cent of children in Delhi slums are malnourished, suggests a new survey. The survey was conducted by NGO-Child Rights and You (CRY) in Delhi and other states.The survey conducted in seven districts of Delhi. In the seven districts analysed, approximately 7,500 children between ages 0-6 were present in the districts.The survey found that 30 per cent of children born in these districts were under-weight, while 63 were born anaemic. It was found that most malnourishment cases occur among children from Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Classes. The main reason for malnourishment is the poor health status of the mothers.The survey found that Anganwadi centres in the capital city are useless as they lack infrastructure, the wages offered are low, there is unavailability of space for children to play and educational facilities are a

Madhya Pradesh topped in malnourishment among children Publication: Visionmp.com news service Date:   2011-04-29 BHOPAL: One of the study conducted by Child Rights and You (CRY) across four states -Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan – found child malnourishment to be highly prevalent in Madhya Pradesh as the share of children in the age group of 0-6 was 14.53%, a decline of 3.34% from the 2001 Census figures. Yogita Verma, director of CRY said, “In a random sample survey of 255 children across 11 settlements of Bhopal we found that 69% children were severely malnourished. Not only this, there is shortfall of 47% Anganwadi centres in MP”. “Of the total budget of Rs90 crore allocated for the National Nutrition Mission, the share for child health has seen a decline from 21.7% to 17.56%,” Saighal said, adding child malnourishment in India was preventable if there is timely investment in terms of resources, staff and pla