Missing Child Bureau Missing Child Bureau (MCB) is a web based search
and must optimally use the inroads provided by
facility for missing children supported by the
CREAM to trace and home place the missing children
software Home Link. It works to document and
in communities that were initially impenetrable.
publicize information relating to Missing Children with the co-operation and collaboration of the Child line and District Police Station. The state government in Karnataka acknowledged the work done by BREADS and its partners for the Young at Riskin the last two decades, by designating one of them as the nodal agency for the entire state, in 2007. Since then, BREADS Bangalore has been engaged in strengthening the MCB centres across the state. With fresh space and penetration promised by CREAM, BREADS decided to administer and strengthen MCB units in the 10 districts under this project.
The MCB programme has been able to make its own strides in all the districts. Whether it is spreading awareness on the significance of filing complaints or tracing/home placing a child, the response from the communities has invited new and composite strategies. Nevertheless, the MCBDCs have walked their extra miles only to make sure that missing children are traced back to a place where they are cared best. 1218 complaints were registered during year, of which 751 were traced. Another 1192 unaccompanied children were found. Among them, all 1465 children were home placed while 477 children were domiciled in government/NGO run homes.
A 2013 report from the National Crime Records
There are still more than 450 children who have to
Bureau revealed that Karnataka recorded the
be traced back to their families. With revamped
highest number of missing children complaints in
monitoring, the staffs are more confident of bringing
South India. This only meant that BREADS could
down these alarming numbers.
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