Diana (name changed) was standing at the school gate, waiting for her father to pick her up. Suddenly, two men appeared there and started a conversation with her. They told her, that her father had asked them to pick her up today as he got busy with some official work.
What did this little Diana do?
Diana didn’t have a mobile as she is studying in 5th STD, but her senior who was also at the school gate waiting to be picked up had a mobile. Diana approached her senior and asked if she could lend her mobile to call her mother. As soon as Diana dialled her mother, these strangers left the spot.
Diana immediately understood that they were kidnappers. Noticing those men who came to pick Diana up, leaving the spot, Diana’s senior asked her, “What happened, why did those men not pick you up?” Diana said, “See! My mother had told me, other than your parents, if someone else comes to pick you immediately dial me and I will tell you if I have asked them to pick you up! So, as soon as I took the mobile to call my mother, these men escaped. They are kidnappers, my mother had told that many children are being kidnapped and we should be careful with these strangers”.
This true story is a clear indication that the need of the hour is to educate children and others on the issues related to trafficking.
Sr Lini Sheeja MSC
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