CHILDLINE works for the protection of the rights of all children in general. But our special focus is on all children in need of care and protection, especially the more vulnerable sections which include:

• Street children and youth living alone on the streets
• Child labourers working in the unorganized and organized sectors
• Domestic help, especially girl domestics
• Children affected by physical / sexual / emotional abuse in family, schools or institutions.
• Children who need emotional support and guidance
• Children of commercial sex workers
• Child victims of the flesh trade
• Victims of child trafficking
• Children abandoned by parents or guardians
• Missing children
• Run away children
• Children who are victims of substance abuse
• Differently-abled children
• Children in conflict with the law
• Children in institutions
• Mentally challenged children
• HIV / AIDS infected children
• Children affected by conflict and disaster
• Child political refugees
• Children whose families are in crises