Within 10 months: 2,459 abused children

A child’s suicidal tendency every day prevents “The Child’s Smile” thanks to its support lines. The president of the voluntary organization Costas Giannopoulos, in a discussion about child abuse on the show “SocialNet” with Fotis Karydas, revealed that only for the first ten months of 2021 “The Smile of the Child” supported 2,459 abused children.

“We have the 1056 line that operates 24 hours a day. At last the children are talking and through these communications many dramas have come out. During this semester we can say that we hear about a suicidal tendency every day. All this has to do with violence in general. In the 26 years of action in the field of violence of the “Child’s Smile” we have supported 1,285,460 children. In the first ten months of 2021 alone, we supported 2,459 abused children “, underlined Mr. Giannopoulos

“The Smile of the Child” operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and provides all services free of charge. It employs more than 500 specialized scientists, has more than 3,000 active volunteers, operates 12 Centers for Immediate Social and Medical Intervention throughout Greece, has the National Hotline SOS 1056 while operates the European Hotline for Missing Children 116000 and the European Hotline 116 Children1 It has seven call centers throughout Greece interconnected as one, operates 11 Homes that grow up with the care of hundreds of children victims of all forms of violence, three Day Care Homes for children, whose families are in trouble and has the only one in Greece “House of Child “, a Treatment Center for children victims of all forms of violence.

For “To Hamogelo tou Paidou” the call centers are its core, as operating daily and 24 hours a day they provide the possibility to communicate with the citizens at any time and their direct connection with all the services of the Organization. At the disposal of the Lines and the specialized team of “Hamogelos” for the treatment of every issue but also for the management of emergency problems, are the Emergency Surgery vehicles and the Mobile Medical Intensive Care Units and newborns and children, that the Organization has.