The SOS phone line for children and youth 0800 1 2222, turned its sixteenth birthday in 2009. During the last year, the First Children’s Embassy in the World – Megjashi, registered a total of 377 claims.
The most used way to get in contact with the Megjashi, was the SOS phone line for children and youth 0800 1 2222 which is free of charge. On the second place, there are direct visits by the citizens in the facilities of the SOS service, who asked for direct help by the First Children’s Embassy in the World Megjashi. There were 118 direcit visits to Megjashi in 2009.
For each of these claims, three to four contacts were made in average (telephone and visits) which means that around 700 phone calls and 400 direct visits were made.
More detailed report on the activities of the SOS free phone line for children and youth, are available for download.
Documents:
- Press Release on SOS Phoneline
Megjashi’s report on SOS telephone activities
TV clip on SOS activities:
Sexual abuse of children – Alfa News, Skopje
