Canada–October is Child Abuse Prevention Month
On October - 10 - 2011
Advocates for children’s rights promote Child Abuse Prevention Month and claim that protecting children in Ontario is a community responsibility. It is clear to many Canadians that child protection and protection against child abuse starts at home. This is especially true when the statistics show that more than 47% of adult Ontarians have been exposed to or know someone who is the victim of child abuse and neglect.
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---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
Educate Yourself -- Learn the Facts
It May Just Save a Child's Life!!
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