Keeping tabs on vulnerable children

Helping hand: Jeevithan talking to some of the children he looks after.

ALOR SETAR: For the past seven years, G. Jeevithan has been keeping a lookout for children left behind by their parents who are drug pushers or users.

“We try to track down their extended family and do a background check on them, so that we can find a suitable home for the child,” he said.