What is a Child Helpline?
A child helpline is a phone service that links children in need of care and protection to services and resources. It is an important intervention strategy for child protection. Child helplines across the world annually receive over 11 million calls from children who call when they need crisis intervention, rehabilitation, counselling or just someone to talk to. These helplines reach out to children and young people through many means of communication, be it a post card, the radio station, the phone or via text messaging and confidential internet chat rooms. They take an active role in responding to childrens calls by providing medical assistance, reuniting missing children with their families, rescuing sexually abused young people and child labourers and even rehabilitating HIV/Aids victims. Whatever the method, helplines provide an invaluable service to the lives of children: the sense of dignity that comes with being heard. What is Child Helpline International? The idea of a global n
