Charter of guidelines for orphanages
by S.M. Wijayaratne, Kurunegala Cor.
The Ministry of Child Development and Women's Affairs has issued a
charter of guidelines for children's orphanages. It contains guidance
and standards that all children's orphanages in the country should
follow.
Accordingly, children's orphanages now functioning by charity
organisations and other voluntary organisations would be regulated and
supervised in the future under this program. The introduction of the
charter is expected to safeguard the rights of children and provide due
affection to orphans who are in children's homes island wide, Minister
of Child Development and Women's Affairs, Tissa Karaliyedda told the
Sunday Observer.
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