Children reaching the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare’s Ammathottil or its child care centres will no longer have to be shifted to child-care institutions run by the government or voluntary organisations once they turn six. They can continue to stay on the council premises till they turn 18.
On Friday, 11 girls in the 6-12 age group will be shifted to a five-storey building constructed by the non-profit Adeeb and Shafeena Foundation for free on the council’s premises at Thycaud here.
The building has space to accommodate 102 girls in the 6-18 age group. In the first phase, the council has licence to accommodate 63 girls. Eleven girls in the 6-12 age group will be shifted there first, and those in the 12-18 age group will follow.
