Secretary, Social & Tribal Welfare Department, Padma Angmo distributed winter kits comprising winter clothes, drawing kits, mask and sanitiser bottles to 29 children of migrant labourers at the office premise of District Child Protection Unit, Ibex Colony, Leh on February 13.

The initiative was a part of the exercise to identify and protect children in street situations.
 
Secretary, during her address, stated that an open shelter will soon be established at Nari-Niketan in Ladakh so that daycare facility may be extended to children in street situations where nutrition shall be provided to the children and art, crafts and educational activity shall be conducted. She also directed the District Child Protection Unit to organise a competition for the children and a medical camp in coordination with the Health Department in the last week of February. 
 
MAZDA Union provided free transportation of the children from their place of residence to the venue for the event.
 
Chairman, Child Welfare Committee, Leh Nema Stanzin; Member, Juvenile Justice Board, Abdur Rahim; District Child Protection Officer, Leh Tashi Chosdon and staff of the Child Protection Unit, Child Welfare Committee and Justice Juvenile Board, Leh were present at the occasion.