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“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.”

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Nelson Mandela

Imagine a childhood disease that strikes one in four girls and one in six boys before they reach the age of 18 - a disease that can cause severe conduct disorders; a disease that breeds distrust of adults and undermines the possibility of experiencing normal men/women relationships; a disease that can have profound implications for an individual's future health by increasing the risk of deadly diseases such as cancer, multiple cases of sclerosis and AIDS; problems such as substance abuse, and suicide, a disease that replicates itself by exposing future generations to its debilitating effects, a disease that causes brain damage and modifies it's DNA in three generations.

Imagine what we, as a society, would do if such a disease existed.

• We would spare no expense.
• We would invest heavily in basic and applied research.
• We would devise systems to identify those affected and provide services to treat them.
• We would develop and broadly implement prevention campaigns to protect our children. Wouldn't we?

Such a disease does exist—it’s called child sexual abuse. Our response, however, has been far from our response to traditional diseases or health concerns of equal or even lesser magnitude. Perhaps the perception of sexual abuse as a law enforcement problem or our discomfort in confronting sexual issues contributes to our complacency and inaction. 

Whatever the reason, we have severely underestimated the effects of this problem on our children's health; future, and quality of life.

Now imagine that one of the biggest breakthrough research discoveries since the dawn of modern science is the brain’s ways of healing with extraordinary tales of recovery from incurable conditions; stories backed up by lengthy excursions into brain science.

We now know that a damaged brain can be healed; the younger the patient, the greater the plasticity and capability for recovery.

This is the core of Innocence in Danger's work; we offer to heal to child survivors of sexual abuse and accompany them from discovery to recovery.

IID International

Innocence in Danger’s mission is to defend children against all forms of exploitation, including sexual abuse and trafficking.

IID has offices in:

Switzerland, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium et Colombia.