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Today's Children are the leaders of tomorrow. Therefore it is our responsibility to nurture them, protect them from social evils and provide a safe and peaceful environment for them to grow up. This was the main cause for the establishment of the UN Convention on Rights of the Child. This convention paved way to numerous activities on child protection around the globe. Similarly, in Sri Lanka, The National Child Protection was created as the first governmental organization dedicated to work to secure the rights of children in Sri Lanka.

VISION

Promotion and creation of a protective environment for all children at family and community levels as well as in schools and institutions which ensures that children are protected from abuse and exploitation, including physical, sexual and emotional abuse.

MISSION

In relation to child abuse and exploitation, to create awareness and improve knowledge, undertake training and skills development, recommend legal reform and monitor law enforcement, undertake special investigations and provide legal support, strengthen the infrastructure to prevent abuse in families, communities, schools and institutions, establish a comprehensive data base including a cyber-watch, undertake relevant research and coordinate the key sectors involved in child abuse and exploitation namely Probation and Child Care Services, Justice and Law Enforcement authorities, Defence, Health, Education and Samurdhi as well as the NGO and INGO networks.

NEWS PAPER ARTICLES / OTHER ARTICLES

Former Chairman of the Foreign Employment Bureau Jagath Wellawatte is now in the driving seat of the National Child Protection Authority. More...

COLOMBO: “Arrangements will be made to recognise the services of police officers of the National Child Protection Authority Special Police Unit who were in LTTE custody”, Child Development and Women’s Empowerment Minister Sumedha G. Jayasena said. More...

Child rights activists have recorded an increase in the number of child trafficking cases during the first six months of this year...
The police have recorded 341 cases of child trafficking from January to June 2006. Of the reported cases, 13 cases were of child procuring and 108 on cruelty to children. More...