Heart4kidsadvocacyforum's Blog

Every day there are more and more reports of “children missing in action”!  I don’t know what is happening in our world, but this is a global crisis, and we need to do some serious “soul searching” on why our children are not a priority!  We have access to so much in terms of technology that can support manpower, but it is still not enough.  We need communities to be vigilant in taking on this responsibility to safeguard our children.  When I was growing up a hundred years ago, we could not go anywhere or do anything without neighbors intervening and reporting to our parents.  Neighbors helped to support each other; it was called a “community”.  There needs to be a “war on abduction and disappearance of children”.  It needs to be addressed on a global, national, and local level.  Some of the statistics that blow my mind are astounding. 

In Australia an estimated 20,000 children are missing every year.

In Canada, an estimated 45,288 children are reported missing each year.

In Germany, an estimated 100,000 children are reported missing each year.

In India, an estimated 96,000 children go missing each year.

In Jamaica, an estimated 1,984 children were reported missing-2015 and 1,027 -2023

In Russia, an estimated 49,000 children were reported missing-2015

In Spain, an estimated 20,000 children are reported missing every year.

In the UK, an estimated 112, 853 children are reported missing every year.

In the United States, an estimated 460,000 children are reported missing every year.

In China, an estimated fewer than 10,000 children go missing every year.

I could go on but there seems to be a global thread.  I think we need a global and local “think tank” and “task force” that works globally to work on how to attack this crisis.

If you have any suggestions on how to confront this and find a way to save and safeguard our children let’s brainstorm in the comment section of the blog.