Day 1849: 25 May 2012 Friday. Madeleine Beth McCann , International Missing Children’s Day

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, IMCD has been marked by the launch of two highly valuable initiatives:

 

 

 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, and enables law enforcement agencies to disseminate data and photographs of these children worldwide. The website is an important tool for finding missing children and reuniting them with their families.

 

Our appeal to you:

 

Every year in the UK alone, more than a quarter of a million people are reported missing. An estimated 140,000 are children. Behind every missing child or adult case is a family suffering immensely through heartache and confusion.

 

 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

 

Day 1845: 21 May 2012 Monday. Madeleine Beth McCann, Find Madeleine Campaign Joins Big Tweet for Missing Children

Day 1845: 21 May 2012 Monday. Madeleine Beth McCann

 

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Find Madeleine Campaign Joins Big Tweet for Missing Children

 

On International Missing Children’s Day 25 May, 2012 the Find Madeleine Campaign will join Stephen Fry in helping to safely reconnect missing children by taking part in the charity Missing People’s Big Tweet for Missing Children. 

 

The charity will be tweeting a different appeal for a missing child every 30 minutes for 24 hours. The Find Madeleine Campaign is supporting this creative digital campaign by retweeting the appeals that Missing People tweet to their followers. 

 

Stephen Fry, a patron of Missing People said, “A staggering 130,000 children go missing in the UK every year. On International Missing Children’s Day (Friday 25 May), I will once again join the charity Missing People in harnessing the power of Twitter to help find missing children via The Big Tweet for Missing Children. You can take part too, by retweeting the appeals for missing children that the charity will tweet every 30 minutes. 

 

On this day, the charity will also be launching 116 000 – the new hotline number to call or text for support if you or someone you love goes missing. So please add #116000 to all your tweets and help to spread the word about this important new number. You never know when someone you love might need it.” 

 

 On the same day, the charity Missing People will also be working with the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) and Parents & Abducted Children Together (PACT) to launch a new Missing Kids website.  

 

If you would like to join the Find Madeleine Campaign in taking part in the Big Tweet for Missing Children, you can find more information at www.missingpeople.org.uk/bigtweet2012  

 

Thank you for helping to find missing children.

Day 1124: 31/05/2010 Monday. Madeleine Beth McCann: May 31st, Important Update: Child Rescue Alert

Day 1124: 31/05/2010 Monday. Madeleine Beth McCann  

May 31st, Important Update: Child Rescue Alert

 

Last Tuesday, May 25th, was International Missing Children's Day. Disappointingly, the day didn't seem to get as much attention as it deserves, or rather, as all missing children deserve ' and need!

The day was also important as the UK's new 'Child Rescue Alert' was launched. Gerry and I, along with many others, campaigned hard back in 2008 for the development of such a system within all countries across Europe, to help when a child is abducted. Many of you also helped to make this campaign successful by lobbying your M.E.P.'s at this time. In view of this, I feel it's important that as many people as possible within the UK are aware of, and familiar with this new 'Child Rescue Alert'. This is a system which could save the life of a child. Each member of our country could play a role in achieving this, if they are aware of the CRA and its usage. 

 

The Child Rescue Alert will be used by the police when it is probable that a child has been abducted and in imminent danger of serious harm or death. When the CRA is launched, the public will be notified via various media channels, including TV and radio, with broadcasts being interrupted on a regular basis, to ensure that as many people as possible are aware of the abduction and therefore able to help. The telephone number to call with information following an alert will be: 0300 2000 333. (NB: If you think your child has been abducted or if you think you have seen an abduction taking place before a CRA is launched, call 999 immediately).

 

For more information on the Child Rescue Alert, please visit www.npia.police.uk

 

Another way to help missing children right now is to visit http://shop.ebay.co.uk/pact_auction/m.html. This is an on-line auction of celebrity artwork organised by PACT (Parents and Abducted Children Together; www.pact-online.org) in support of missing children. You can bid now for creative 'balloon' artwork by Robert Pattinson, Sir Roger Moore, Sir Michael Caine and many more ' and at the same time help PACT continue their desperately important work on behalf of all missing children! (The auction closes later this week).

 

Finally, as another May comes to an end, we'd like to say another 'thank you' to everyone who has continued to support us in our search for Madeleine. We are so grateful for all the cards and letters full of kind words and encouragement, the donations to 'Madeleine's Fund', the beautiful flowers and also the birthday cards and gifts for Madeleine. Suffice to say, such support and kindness is invaluable and greatly appreciated.  

Thank you so much. 

Kate

Day 1117: 24/05/2010 Monday. Madeleine Beth McCann: INTERNATIONAL MISSING CHILDREN'S DAY: May 25th

Day 1117: 24/05/2010 Monday. Madeleine Beth McCann 

INTERNATIONAL MISSING CHILDREN'S DAY: May 25th

 

Tuesday (25th May) is International Missing Children's Day (IMCD). This is a day when we remember all of those children around the world who are missing and separated from their families.

 

It is also an opportunity for everyone to try and help these children and to make a difference to this vast and tragic global problem.

 

The NPIA will be re-launching the UK's Child Rescue Alert on Tuesday. 

 

This 'Alert' system for child abductions has been updated in order to improve its effectiveness. It should hopefully prove to be a very useful aid in finding abducted children quickly and returning them to their families. Our hope is that the 27 European Member States will all strive to have similar systems up and running effectively as soon as possible, including the essential facility for cross-border cooperation.

 

PACT (Parents and Abducted Children Together) will be marking International Missing Children's Day in a particularly exciting way! Have a look on www.pact-online.org now to find out how. The team at PACT do an incredible job in trying to make the world a safer place for our children, so please support them if you can.

 

As a parent of a missing child, every day is difficult in some way. We would like to ask everybody to spare a thought and prayer for all missing children, during this coming Tuesday in particular. If you can help in any way, either through practical means, by improving awareness in some way or by donating to one of the Missing Children organisations (see our 'Missing Children' section) we would be very grateful.

 

Just because a problem cannot be seen, doesn't mean it's not there or can be forgotten. Missing children need our help. We can all make a difference.

 

Thank you for your fantastic support.

 

Kate