The Director of the Child Protection and Social Welfare Department of the Social Services Department in Sharjah, Amina Al-Rifai, confirmed that the hotline, which was recently adopted as a unified free number 800700 to receive reports and protect the social care missing from various groups of society, received 1152 reports from the beginning of this year until last October. It was divided into urgent reports, amounting to 84 reports, and non-urgent reports amounting to 1068 reports. Al-Rifai pointed out that the line, after it was dedicated to protecting children since its inception in 2007, has become available to serve all groups of people without social care within the framework of completing the system of protection and support by unifying the channels to receive the communications stipulated in the Law of the Persons Without Social Care, which assigned its responsibility to the Department Social services in Sharjah in cooperation with the competent government agencies, represented by the police, health, court and others. She stated that since the beginning of this year, the line has achieved a set of goals that are in the interest of the child, as all reports of all kinds received on the line have been responded to and the risk of abused children has been lifted, in coordination with the concerned authorities and partners, even in light of the difficult circumstances during the days of the ban in the crisis of "Covid-19 », While following all necessary precautions. And she added, "The helpline also has specialized work teams to deal with reports received about abuse that children face or the risks and problems surrounding them, whether physical, sexual or emotional, in addition to the financial or commercial exploitation of children." She said that one of the most important things that has been accomplished since the start of the Corona pandemic with regard to children, is to provide protection services for them to those affected by the Corona epidemic by losing the breadwinner by placing them in the department's temporary quarantine center, securing their rights through transfer to the legal clinic, securing the right to education for them, and securing the right to treatment. And health, and resolving a number of family disputes, and dealing with the aggressor by controlling a violation or abuse towards a child and a pledge of protection or transferring reports to the security authorities. Channels to Receive Reports The Director of the Child Protection and Social Welfare Department of the Social Services Department in Sharjah, Amina Al-Rifai, explained that the Child Rescue has several channels to receive notifications related to the child, the most important of which is the toll-free line 800700 and via e-mail: callcenter@sssd.shj.ae, or via the (Chat Bot) system Through the WhatsApp platform via the number 0097165015995, indicating that the reporting line is supervised by 32 employees who have the status of judicial seizure by a decision of the Minister of Justice, distributed in the Emirate of Sharjah and its affiliated regions. She pointed out that there are cases that have been dealt with urgently at night and the line has entered the child’s rescue to rescue her and end her suffering, as reports are received around the clock, day and night, and the response is done by the urgent intervention team within an hour of receiving the report.