Friday, September 16, 2005
More Info on CNN's Efforts This Weekend to Reunite Children Displaced by Katrina
As reported yesterday, CNN will be helping reunite children displaced by Hurricane Katrina this weekend. A CNN press release provides more information:
As part of a non-stop, 40-hour initiative to highlight children lost in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, CNN/U.S., in a partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), plans to broadcast this weekend photographs of children who remain missing or are searching for their parents in Katrina’s aftermath.
Starting at 7 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, and continuing through 11 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, CNN will continuously display a panel on the left side of the screen, which will include the name and photo of a missing or displaced child along with information about NCMEC’s special national Katrina Missing Persons Hotline, 1-888-544-5475, and Web site, www.missingkids.com.
“Nearly three weeks after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, too many children still have not been reunited with their families,” said Sue Bunda, senior vice president of news for CNN/U.S. “We determined that one of the most important things we could do as a news network is to broadcast the images of these children to make as many people aware of them as possible.”
“Wide circulation of information about the more than 2,000 children who remain missing or displaced improves our chances of returning them to their families. To date more than 700 children have been reunited with their families,” said Ernie Allen, president and CEO of NCMEC. “We are grateful to CNN for dedicating an entire weekend to broadcasting their photographs, thus significantly increasing the chances of reuniting even more children with their loved ones.”
Established in 1984 and headquartered in Alexandria, Va., NCMEC provides services for families and professionals in the prevention of abducted, endangered, and sexually exploited children. NCMEC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. NCMEC's congressionally mandated CyberTipline, a reporting mechanism for child sexual exploitation, has handled more than 340,000 leads. Since its establishment in 1984, NCMEC has assisted law enforcement with more than 116,000 missing child cases, resulting in the recovery of more than 94,000 children.
As part of a non-stop, 40-hour initiative to highlight children lost in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, CNN/U.S., in a partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), plans to broadcast this weekend photographs of children who remain missing or are searching for their parents in Katrina’s aftermath.
Starting at 7 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, and continuing through 11 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, CNN will continuously display a panel on the left side of the screen, which will include the name and photo of a missing or displaced child along with information about NCMEC’s special national Katrina Missing Persons Hotline, 1-888-544-5475, and Web site, www.missingkids.com.
“Nearly three weeks after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, too many children still have not been reunited with their families,” said Sue Bunda, senior vice president of news for CNN/U.S. “We determined that one of the most important things we could do as a news network is to broadcast the images of these children to make as many people aware of them as possible.”
“Wide circulation of information about the more than 2,000 children who remain missing or displaced improves our chances of returning them to their families. To date more than 700 children have been reunited with their families,” said Ernie Allen, president and CEO of NCMEC. “We are grateful to CNN for dedicating an entire weekend to broadcasting their photographs, thus significantly increasing the chances of reuniting even more children with their loved ones.”
Established in 1984 and headquartered in Alexandria, Va., NCMEC provides services for families and professionals in the prevention of abducted, endangered, and sexually exploited children. NCMEC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. NCMEC's congressionally mandated CyberTipline, a reporting mechanism for child sexual exploitation, has handled more than 340,000 leads. Since its establishment in 1984, NCMEC has assisted law enforcement with more than 116,000 missing child cases, resulting in the recovery of more than 94,000 children.
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