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Child Focus is the common name of the European Center for Missing and Sexually Exploited Children.
Their emergency telephone numbers are:
- 110 (free, Belgium only)
- +32 2 475 44 99 (worldwide)
These numbers are available at all time.
Activities
Child Focus is active in the prevention of the following matters: - Missing children
- Abduction of children by a parent or stranger (Child stealing or kidnapping)
- Runaway children
- Sexually abused and exploited children
The people at Child Focus provide psychological and legal support to the victims of these events (both the children and their parents). They also follow their cases and sometimes ensure they are treated with due care by the persons in charge. Finally, they help and spread the information about missing children by publishing their pictures and descriptions in newspapers, magazines, etc. The abduction or kidnapping of a young child (or baby) by an adult has been called child stealing. ...
A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles on various subjects. ...
Since 1998, Child Focus has treated 3000 cases a year, and closed 70% of them within the year. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
Funding Child Focus' funds come from: Funding or Financing is to provide capital (funds), which means money for a project, a person, a business or any other private or public institution. ...
A donation is to give a fund or cause or such donated gift usually for charitable reasons. ...
An organization is a formal group of people with one or more shared goals. ...
History Child Focus was created on Jean-Denis Lejeune's initiative in June 1996, one year after the abduction of his daughter Julie and her friend Melissa by Marc Dutroux. June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ...
1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
The abduction or kidnapping of a young child (or baby) by an adult has been called child stealing. ...
Marc Dutroux (born 6 November 1956 in Brussels) is one of the most notorious criminals in Belgian history. ...
Lejeune had learned about the existence of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Washington and went to visit it in order to study its structure. During the White March in Brussels on October 20, 1996, he asked Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene for help in creating a similar organization in Belgium. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children was established in 1984 as a private, non-profit organization, but seems more like a department of Justice program, based on the $30,000,000. ...
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October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ...
1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
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Jean-Luc Dehaene (born August 7, 1940) is a Flemish (Belgian) politician. ...
On March 31, 1998, Child Focus was fully operational. March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ...
1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
Links Marc Dutroux Marc Dutroux (born 6 November 1956 in Brussels) is one of the most notorious criminals in Belgian history. ...
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