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        Our Mission: A Secure Childhood for A Happy Adulthood 

Know the Facts

 

  Myth: We live in a really safe neighborhood. I know that children wouldn’t ever be sexually abused here.

    Fact: Child sexual abuse can happen anywhere, in any neighborhood, in every religion, covering all racial boundaries, and it certainly doesn’t matter how rich or poor you are. 

Myth:  I have already talked to my children about not allowing anyone to touch their private parts.

   Fact: Sexual abuse occurs by forcing or manipulating a child in a way that allows the sexual offender to touch the child’s private parts... More

 

Know the Numbers

 

In 2007, Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) India conducted a study covering 13 states with the sample size of 12,446 children and found that

Girls and boys from all background are sexually assaulted
Children of age 3 – 18 are sexually abused and the age group of 5-12 years reported higher levels of abuse.
In 50% of the cases the sex offenders are someone that child already knows and trusts More