Child Welfare Committee (CWC) Chairpersons of Guntur and Krishna districts made a surprise visit to the Chiguru Children’s Home on May 17 (Wednesday).
Krishna district CWC Chairperson K. Suvartha and her Guntur counterpart G. Arogya Pramila enquired about the measures being taken in the dormitories to protect the children from heatwaves.
They went around the children’s home at Penumaka village and enquired from the children about the quality of food being served to them. They expressed satisfaction over the maintenance of the facility.
“Water should be sprinkled on the home premises and sufficient drinking water, ORS sachets and buttermilk should be supplied to the children regularly. All the children were seen in a happy mood in Chiguru home,” Ms. Suvartha said.
Ms. Pramila instructed the home organisers Fr. Antaiah and Anil Kumar to allow the children to play games and take steps to prevent sunstroke in the wake of the rising temperatures.
Mr. Anil Kumar explained that 85 children were in the home, including the bridge school students, and about 15 CCTVs were installed on the premises.
The staff must take the children with complaints of dehydration to hospital immediately, said Ms. Suvartha. “We will inspect more childcare homes and enquire about the facilities there,” said Ms. Pramila .
