Top News

UNICEF India national ambassador Ayushmann Khurrana visited a school in Jalna and highlighted society’s collective responsibility to protect children, especially those affected by seasonal migration. He backed efforts to prevent child labour, child marriage & adolescent pregnancy, while praising UNICEF’s initiative supporting migrant workers’ children through education, nutrition & community care.

Actor Ayushmann Khurrana, who is the national ambassador of UNICEF India, has said that protecting the childhood of every child was a collective responsibility of society.

Khurrana on Wednesday paid a visit to a school at Chandai Tepli village in Bhokardan tehsil of Maharashtra's Jalna district, and reviewed a UNICEF-supported initiative aimed at ensuring the care, education and protection of children of seasonal migrant workers.

During his visit, Khurrana interacted with schoolchildren, adolescent girls and boys, relatives, villagers and UNICEF-trained child-friendly volunteers, known as "Balmitras", who support children left behind when their parents migrate for seasonal employment.

"Protecting the childhood of every child around us is a collective responsibility of society. The way villagers and relatives in Jalna have taken responsibility for the children of migrant workers is truly commendable," he said after the visit.