Recommendations to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on the OPAC - Sri Lanka

Summary: This report provides supplementary information on Sri Lanka's initial report on the implementation of the OPAC. Annually child helplines receive 11.3 million calls from children and youth needing care and protection. This report is compiled by CHI and Don Bosco LAMA SARANA and provides recommendations on child helpline in Sri Lanka. It describes the current status of the child helpline and opportunities for collaboration between the helpline, NGOs and the government so as to scale up the helpline’s activities to reach out to more children.pdf: http://www.crin.org/docs/Sri Lanka_CHI_OPAC_NGO_Report.pdf

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