CP&WB Rawalpindi Mobilises Family Tracing Section To Reunite Missing Children With Families
CP&WB Rawalpindi has mobilised its Family Tracing Section to reunite missing and vulnerable children with their families and launched an awareness campaign to educate parents and citizens about child protection, prevention of child disappearances, and the importance of immediate reporting.
According to the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CP&WB), the Family Tracing Section is actively working across the province to identify missing and abandoned children, trace their parents and other family members, and safely reunite them. They utilise available information, identification details, and other particulars of children to locate their families and facilitate safe reunifications.
In Rawalpindi, parents and citizens are being sensitised about child safety measures and the need for timely action in cases of missing children. As part of the awareness campaign, parents are advised to:
- Educate children about basic safety precautions when going outside.
- Not leave young children unattended at markets, parks, educational institutions, public places, or other crowded locations.
- Teach children their name, their parents’ names, home address, and parents’ contact numbers so they can be identified and their families contacted in an emergency.
- Keep a recent photograph of their children along with essential identification details for use in case of an emergency.
Citizens are appealed to immediately inform the relevant authorities if they find a missing, abandoned, or vulnerable child instead of ignoring the situation. This helps ensure the child's safety and enables authorities to initiate the tracing process.
The Child Protection and Welfare Bureau advises parents and family members not to wait if a child goes missing and to immediately contact the Child Protection Bureau helpline 1121. Timely reporting improves the chances of tracing the child and reuniting them with their family.
The bureau stresses that child protection is a collective responsibility, and parents, teachers, educational institutions, media, and citizens can play an effective role in protecting children from disappearance, exploitation, and other risks.