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Make separate allocation in budget for children

Speakers urge govt at pre-budget discussion

Staff Correspondent
The government should make separate allocation in the national budget for children with a view to ensuring their welfare, said the speakers at a pre-budget discussion yesterday.
Besides, special allocation is needed for children living in vulnerable areas like char, haor, coastal belt and hill areas, they added.
The discussion titled 'What type of budget we want for children' was organised by Save the Children Sweden-Denmark at Cirdap auditorium in the city. Dr Khandaker Ibrahim Khaled, chairman of Krishi Bank and former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank, said national budget could be a wastage of national resources unless efficiency and good governance are ensured.
Alongside budgetary allocation it is also important to make children and their parents aware about their rights through screening short film and documentary as most of them are not aware of their rights, he added.
Focusingon the utilisation of allocated money properly Khaled said the government
should set up separate children comer in every government hospital to provide adequate healthcare service to them.
He also called for allocation of budget for extracurricular activities of children in every school and college to help flourish their latent talents.
Prof Muzaffer Ahmad, eminent educationist and chairman of TIB Trustee Board, underscored the need for exploring child-related issues in existing projects of the government.
He said proper linkage between National Planning of Action (NPA) for children and Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) is necessary.
In a keynote paper, M Abu Eusuf, associate professor of Dhaka University, made recommendations for special allocation for urban slum children, incorporating children's views in policy making procedure for children, setting up psychosocial care centre for victim of violence, and special funds for rescue and reintegration of trafficked children.
At the discussion a group of children and adolescents from Ichchhey Media Group and Child Brigade Children affiliated with Save the Children
Sweden-Denmark shared their views on child rights situation.
In its report Ichchhey Media mentioned that a total of 853 children were killed in road accidents from 2006 to 2008.
Besides, a total of 235 children aged between1-eight and nine wer^ resell, 292 children aged between six and 18 were victims of abduction, 69 children were trafficked and 198 were tortured physically, the report added.
Lawmakers Tarana Halim, Mahbuba Ara Gini, Asifa Ashrafi Papia and Shammi Akhter also took pan in the discussion.
Niels Bentzen, country representative of Save the Children Sweden-Denmark, chaired the discussion which was moderated by its deputy country representative Shamsul Alam Bokul.