Communities will come together throughout the country on Saturday to march against the epidemic of child abuse in the 2nd Annual March Against Child Abuse
According to Children Without a Voice USA (CWAV,) there are nearly 3 million reported child abuse cases each year. However, experts believe the actual number is closer to 9 million as most go unreported. At a recent Washington DC congressional hearing, experts testified they believe over 10 children die each day in the U.S. as a result of child abuse, 4 times as many as the loss of life in the war on terror. One out of 6 boys and 1 out of 4 girls will be sexually molested by a close and trusted person before the age of 18.
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The walk is spearheaded by the advocacy group CWAV (pronounced C-WAVE) of Atlanta, Ga.
Locally, the rally will take place at St. Frances Cabrini, 325 S Oxford Valley Road in Fairless Hills, beginning at 11 a.m.
Local Organizer Mary Bender said people have to protect our children and this is one way we can get that message out to the community.
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“Children are the world’s greatest natural resource and should be protected above all else on earth. We have to break the silence around the magnitude of crimes against our children, educate the masses, hold our lawmakers accountable for taking these crimes seriously, and keeping violent offenders in prison where they belong. We are asking everyone to join us in the streets on April 5, 2014,” Director Lin Seahorn, said
For MACA Levittown information contact: Mary Anne Bender Million March Against Child Abuse-MACA of Levittown maryannebender@verizon.net or visit their Facebook page by clicking here
