Child Focus
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Child Focus (or the European Center for Missing and Sexually Exploited Children) is a Belgian foundation that supports prevention and investigation of missing children,
runaway children, and sexually abused
and exploited children, along with psychological and legal support to the victims. They also follow their cases and sometimes ensure they are treated with due care by the persons in charge. Finally, they help and spread the information about missing children by publishing their pictures and descriptions in newspapers, magazines, etc.
Since 1998, Child Focus has treated 3,000 cases a year, and closed 70% of them within the year.
History
Child Focus was created on
abduction of his daughter Julie and her friend Melissa by Marc Dutroux
.
Lejeune had learned about the existence of the
Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene
for help in creating a similar organization in Belgium. Its honorary president is her Majesty Queen Paola.
On March 31, 1998, Child Focus was fully operational, and in July 1997, Daniel Cardon de Lichtbuer became the first Chairman of the organization.
