CHILDLINE 1098

On May 16, 2002, BOSCO Bengaluru began to function as the collaborative organization of CHILDLINE in Bangalore. BOSCO CHILDLINE works for the protection of the rights of all children in general, with special focus on street children and youth living on the streets, child labourers working in the unorganized and organized sectors, domestic help, especially girl domestics, children affected by physical / sexual / emotional abuse in families, schools or institutions, children who need emotional support and guidance, children of commercial sex workers, child victims of the flesh trade, victims of child trafficking, children abandoned by parents or guardians, missing children, runaway children, children who are victims of substance abuse, differently abled children, children in conflict with law, children in institutions, HIV/ AIDS infected children, children affected by conflict and disaster, child political refugees, and children whose families are in crises. It is a district model childline and it is a project of the Government of India. Bosco acts as its collaborative agency in Bangalore.