International Child Helpline Day

May 17 is International Child Helpline Day.

The day is meant to call attention to the invaluable work child helplines around the world provide to help children with the problems they encounter in their daily lives.

The Child Helpline International organization, who recently partnered with OneTribe.com, was founded in 2003 in response to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child. The Helpline is designed on the belief that children and young people have rights, and need to be equipped with the proper tools to identify their problems.

Child Helplines are available through phone calls, text messaging, fax, internet, in person and through postal service.

Child Helpline International works in over 150 countries and received 10.5 million contacts from children and young people in need of crisis intervention, rehabilitation and counseling in 2005.

For more information, visit the website or watch the video below.