Mysore/Mysuru: The Women and Child Welfare Department and the Department for the Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens have invited applications from eligible differently abled persons for availing various benefits and facilities for the year 2022-23. The benefits include student scholarship, Pratibha Puraskar, fee reimbursement, Talking Laptop for visually impaired students studying in SSLC…
ASHA workers avert many Child Marriages
November 9, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With schools reopening fully after a gap of over one-and-a-half years, Child Development Project Officers (CDPOs) and officers from Women and Child Welfare Department of Mysuru are hoping to see a drastic decline in child marriages. Ever since the pandemic began, there has been a dramatic spurt in child marriages where a majority of…
Two Uganda women escape from Government: Stay Home in Mysuru, held in Bengaluru
October 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Two women from Uganda, who were staying illegally in city after their visa had expired and housed in the Stay Home of the Women and Child Welfare Department at Vijayanagar, from where they had escaped have been held in Bengaluru. The City Police during their routine check had found four foreign nationals staying illegally…
Helpline for COVID orphaned children
June 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Women and Child Welfare Department has launched a Helpline for COVID orphaned children in the age group of 0 to 18 years. The Helpline No. is 0821-2543003. Those having any information about such children and children who require help, can contact the Department Office located on Anjanadri Main Road, Vijayanagar 4th Stage, Mysuru…
Brave heart boy from Kodagu posthumously honoured with Hoysala Shaurya Award
March 14, 2021Madikeri: A class 10 student from Kodagu, who drowned in Cauvery river at Dubare Elephant Camp of Kodagu district last year while saving the life of his schoolmate, was honoured with the Hoysala Shaurya Award by the Women and Child Welfare Department. Son of Madeera Harish and Kavitha of Hysodlur village, Madeera Lenin Bopanna (16)…
Toll-free Telecounselling Helpline-14499 for children
January 10, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: In yet another initiative of Women and Child Welfare Department for the care of distressed children, the Department has set up a Toll-free Telecounselling Helpline Number-14499, to help children come out of distress. This Helpline is a Centrally- sponsored programme, wherein neglected, separated, violence hit or exploited children are prevented from slipping into depression,…
Entries invited for State Award in Child Welfare
August 28, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Women and Child Welfare Department has invited entries from individuals and organisations, who have worked in the field of child welfare for a minimum of five years, for conferment of State Award as part of Children’s Day celebration. The applicants must have worked in areas such as Child Health and Nutrition, Child Education,…
Applications invited
July 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Women and Child Welfare Department has invited applications from eligible candidates for appointment to the post of Co-ordinator at the State Resource Centre. The applicants must be a Post-Graduate (MSW/ MA in Women Studies) and have computer knowledge. They should also have 3 to 5 years of experience in the field of Women…
Five-year-old girl and mentally challenged teen handed over to Women and Child Welfare Department
May 3, 2019Mysuru: A 25-year-old mentally challenged girl and a five-year-old girl, who were in distress since four months were handed over to the Department of Women and Child Welfare in the presence of Additional DC (ADC) Anuradha on Tuesday. The five-year-old girl, daughter of 38-year-old Mahalakshmi, second wife of Dayananda Murthy, a resident of Gokulam and…
Udyogini, Microloans & Samruddhi schemes Calling women beneficiaries
November 19, 2018Mysuru: The Women and Child Welfare Department has invited applications from eligible women for selection of beneficiaries under the Department’s Udyogini, Microloans and Samruddhi schemes. The applications are available at the Department office. For details, contact the following numbers: Mysuru City: 0821-2491962; Mysuru Rural: 0821-2567940; H.D. Kote: 08228-2255320; Hunsur: 08222-252254; K.R. Nagar: 08228-262714; Nanjangud: 082211-226168;…
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