11:13 pm
Wednesday 07 December 2022
Books – Ahmed Gomaa:
The Ministry of Health and Population said the National Council for Children and Maternity had taken all legal steps in the event of a beating of children by a daycare manager in Alexandria Governorate.
Dr Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, said the 16000 Children’s Helpline had been monitoring the incident through social media and had received several communications from the children’s families, confirming that the reports were been referred to public prosecution in order to preserve the rights of children and their families.
For his part, Engineer Nevin Othman, secretary general of the National Council for Children and Motherhood, indicated the full support of the Council for Children Victims of Abuse by the director of the private daycare centre, emphasizing that this incident it is a shameful crime and a flagrant violation of the rights of the child, during which the nursery director was stripped of any feeling of humanity and violated the rights of the children in her care.
Othman confirmed that the National Council for Children and Motherhood continues to provide psychological support and family guidance to children and their families and to psychologically rehabilitate children due to their exposure to violence and abuse, in order to remove the impact psychology of what happened to them. In case and provide the necessary support for children.
Muhammad Nazmy, director general of the Child Helpline, indicated that the incident was referred to the Child Protection Committee in the Alexandria Governorate and one of the partner associations, and a case study was conducted for children who suffered violence, and the parents of the children acknowledged that they had been subjected to severe beatings, as the father of one of the victims reported that the director of the kindergarten was harsh in some cases. Issues relating to meeting the parents, or the allow them to communicate with teachers or kindergarten operators, or even look at cameras, as well as preventing them from entering the nursery premises unless they have made an appointment by sending a request via the nursery application on the Internet, and only the principal.
“Nazmi” added that upon investigating the matter, it was found that unusual behaviors appeared in the children, such as constant screaming, outright refusal to go to kindergarten and panic during sleep, until special recordings appeared revealing the abuse of children , noting that Bab Sharq district prosecution is conducting its investigation into this incident.
The National Council for Childhood and Maternity invites citizens to contact the Child Helpline in the event that minors suffer violence or abuse, through the communication mechanisms, which are the toll-free number 16000, or via the WhatsApp application at 01102121600, or through the Nabta Misr application, or through the messaging function on the National Childhood and Maternity Council page on the Facebook social network site.
