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Childhelp USA
Founded in 1959 by Sara O'Meara and Yvonne Fedderson, Childhelp USA is one of the largest and oldest national nonprofit organizations dedicated to the prevention of child abuse, neglect as well as to the treatment of its victims in the United States. Childhelp's programs, which directly serve abused children and their families, focus on meeting the children's physical, emotional, educational and spiritual needs. In 2005, O'Meara and Fedderson were both nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
ISPCAN (International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect)
The International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, founded in 1977, is the only multidisciplinary international organization that brings together a worldwide cross-section of committed professionals to work towards the prevention and treatment of child abuse, neglect and exploitation globally. www.ispcan.org
Children of the Underground
Founded in the early 1980s by Faye Yager, the organization was dedicated to help mothers or fathers whose spouses had sexually abused their children. The organization was especially important in the many cases where the legal system was incapable or wrongly administrered justice. In many cases, as have come to the attention of the media, the judges and the legal system often fail to punish sexual molestors and/or fail to restrict the molestor from obtaining custody of the abused child. Ms. Yager organization gained notoriety for her courageous attempts at helping these parents escape or stop their spouses from having access to their endangered child and putting the molestor behind bars. Although this organization no longer exists, it was one of the first organizations to attempt this and gained international support and media attention.
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