Sri Lanka, July 14 -- The programme to grant a monthly allowance of Rs. 5,000 to children held in detention homes, child development centers or with a guardian and street children will commence tomorrow, Minister of Women and Child Affairs Saroja Savithri Paulraj stated.

According to Minister Paulraj, a total of 9,191 children will benefit from the programme.

The Minister noted institutional care is provided in detention homes and child development centers for children who do not have proper care and protection in the home they live in, due to the loss of parents, loss of custody, or even under the custody of both the mother and father or one of them and also to orphaned and abandoned children.

Accordingly, it has been reported that by...