NGO Child In Need Institute (CINI) launched a Drowning Prevention Campaign titled “Freedom from Drowning”. This is an initiative for the children of Sundarbans to save them from drowning. CINI also organized an interactive session with the children from Sundarbans at the Kolkata Press Club and highlighted the risk factors and need for the effective data collection on drowning deaths.

Child Speakers from different Child Parliaments of Sundarbans were present to share their own perspective regarding the pain of child death, their sufferings, and emotions and called on the administration to create a child-friendly community to save them from drowning and make a national drowning prevention plan to prevent unnecessary and avoidable deaths at the event. The children also took out a Candle March in memory of those who died due to drowning in the region.

The mission is to ensure that children and adolescents achieve their rights to health, nutrition, education, protection, and participation by making duty bearers and communities respond to their well-being. This Campaign is based on one of our strong preventive approaches to ensure child participation.” CINI’s Preventative Approach towards Child Protection in India or preventing harm by intervening before it occurs.