Dehradun, Dec. 12 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

LANSDOWNE, 11 Dec: Child abuse is a sensitive yet serious issue, and ensuring the safety of every child is a shared responsibility. With this objective, a workshop for primary and junior-level students was successfully organised on Tuesday by the Cantonment Board, Lansdowne in collaboration with the NGO Child Chapter Association to spread awareness on Child Rights and Child Abuse.

The workshop was especially important because child abuse often remains ignored and hidden, as the perpetrators are frequently someone close to the victim, and many children are either unable to explain what is happening or are afraid to speak out.

A major highlight of the programme was the distribution of 1,000 free c...