Day 1849: 25 May 2012
Friday. Madeleine Beth McCann
Updates
Friday, 25th May, is
International Missing Children’s Day (IMCD)– a day to remember the many thousands
of children who go missing every year from all around the world.
We hope that this date will become ingrained in people’s minds as
we work together to tackle this vast and devastating problem.
This year in the UK
1. The charity ‘Missing
People’ (www.missingpeople.org.uk) have
launched a new single telephone number, 116 000, as the number to call for
advice, help and support if you, or your loved one go missing. It is free,
available 24 hours a day and confidential.
(NB: To report a missing child, call 999)
2. The ‘Child Exploitation and Online Protection’ centre (CEOP;
www.ceop.police.uk ) in association with 'Parents & Abducted Children
together’ (PACT; www.pact-online.org ) have launched a brand new version of the
MissingKids website, www.missingkids.co.uk . This website includes information
and appeals about the many missing children, in or from the UK
Our appeal to you:
Every year in the UK
Please remember the new
number, 116 000. Store it in your
mobile phone and pass it on to others. One day, you might just need it, and
then it will be a lifeline.
Visit www.missingkids.co.uk
and circulate the web address to your contacts. Please spend ten minutes
looking through the different pictures of missing children on the website. It
has been estimated that one missing child in seven (1 in 7!) is found because a
member of the general public has recognised them after seeing their photograph.
Every one of us can make a difference.
And finally, thank you to the Government, the charities and
organisations, the businesses and the general public for helping to raise
awareness, providing critical resources and for joining the search. Let’s keep
it going!
Kate
