NARBI takes up Child Abuse and Child rights issue
February 16, 2012 by admin
Filed under Human Rights, National, newsletter-india
India, February 15, 2012: The National Assembly of Religious Brothers India (NARBI) held its Executive Body meeting at CST brothers Generalate, in Angamallee on 22nd January, Sunday. The President Bro. Giles, CMSF who is also a Provincial in Trivandrum Franciscan brothers, invoked God’s blessing during the Executive Body meeting. The whole body of brothers resolved to enter into the current problem affecting India today. They have decided to hold Seminar cum workshop all over India on Child Abuse and Child rights. In the first phase the Seminar cum workshop will be for the Religious Brothers who are involved in Educational and Social Ministry on how to handle child abuse cases and on how to counsel them after the trauma.
Br. Paul Augustine Siluvai of Patrician brothers has specialised on this subject and would move around India conducting the awareness programmes. The NARBI has selected some strategic places like: Tamilnadu Brothers regional unit at Trichy, Karnataka brothers regional union at CRI, Bangalore, The Kerala Brothers regional unit at Kochi, the Mumbai Goa brothers regional unit in Mumbai, the Northern brothers regional unit in Delhi and the North Eastern brothers regional unit at Guwahati Montfort etc.
The second phase will be for the students to become aware and be cautious. It is a unique news worthy step taken by the Religious Brothers in India. The western church has been suffering from stigma of Child abuse and child rights. Therefore precautionary measures are taken to educate church leaders and the students by the NARBI.
On 31st March and 1st April at Franciscan Institute at Borivli, for Maharashtra Region.
On 21st and 22nd April at Montfort Provincialate, in Trichy for Tamil Nadu Region.
On 28 and 29th April at Franciscan Provincialate , in Trivandrum for Kerala Region.