An International Epidemic, Missing Children in India

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	An International Epidemic, Missing Children in India

ShannonGB

3-25-2009 1:17 PM

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child safety, children missing, children safety, missing child, missing children, parenting, family, abductions

ShannonGB says:

Please help spread the word about this, hopefully we can help the families and kids by raising awareness.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/68d1d904-8d91-4c9b-a2c6-bfc0f58fa193/8822FBFC-688E-4156-BA71-4887B592E2F9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://instantamber.com/news/an-international-epidemic-missing-children-in-india/" href="http://instantamber.com/news/an-international-epidemic-missing-children-in-india/" style="font-size: 11px;">instantamber.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://instantamber.com/news/an-international-epidemic-missing-children-in-india/">In India, no exact figures for missing children are available but experts suggest 1 child may go missing or run away every thirty seconds.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://instantamber.com/news/an-international-epidemic-missing-children-in-india/">In India most of the children do not return. Lured away from their homes by the promise of jobs in the big city, these children are forced into exploitative situations by kidnappers masquerading as businessmen. Instead of having a better standard of living, receiving regular meals and being able to send money back to the family, many children end up in the sex trade or otherwise severely exploited. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://instantamber.com/news/an-international-epidemic-missing-children-in-india/">this is a dire situation. The government act which bans child trafficking is both poorly implemented and planned. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://instantamber.com/news/an-international-epidemic-missing-children-in-india/">There is, however, an organization dedicated to returning children to their families, working with the government for better implementation of the laws and with traffickers on amending their ways. <A href="http://www.savethechildren.in/india/index.html">SavetheChildren</A> publishes a pamphlet on keeping children in rural areas safe. Notably they highlight four tips which could end trafficking:</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8822FBFC-688E-4156-BA71-4887B592E2F9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>