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Our mission is to help provide a healing VOICE for survivors, a VOICE for children to teach them a plan of protection and a VOICE for adults to teach them how to protect our children. You can help us do this TODAY!
Get to know the FACTS!
Numbers of Children Sexually Abused before 18th Birthday:
1 in 4 Girls
1 in 6 Boys
Only 1 in 10 tell
* 70-80% of sexual abuse survivors report excessive drug and alcohol use.
* 50% of male survivors have suicidal thoughts &more than 20% attempt suicide.
* Young girls who are sexually abused are more likely to develop eating disorders as adolescents.
* Over 60% of teen first pregnancies are preceded by experiences of sexual abuse
* The average age of the offenders is 27
*Approximately 40% of sex offenders report having been sexually abused as children.
* Both men & women who have been sexually abused are more likely to engage in prostitution
* Approximately 70% of sexual offenders of children have between 1 and 9 victims
* 20-25% have 10 to 40 victims
* Serial child molesters may have as many as 400 victims in their lifetimes
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