Cyclone against Child Sexual Abuse

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CII- Young Indians Cycle Rally against 'Child Sexual Abuse in Chennai


Monday, January 31, 2011

Chennai: The Young Indians (Yi) of CII organised a Cycle Rally in Chennai on 30 January 2011 with an aim to create awareness on 'Child Sexual Abuse'. The cycle rally was participated by over 200 students from various schools in Chennai City.
Actor Mr Karthi Sivakumar, flagged off the rally at Thiru Vi Ka Park in Shenoy Nagar, Chennai which ended at Bhavan's Rajaji Vidyashram, Kilpauk, Chennai covering a length of 10 KMs.
Earlier, Mr Karthi Sivakumar addressed the school students on the issue of Child Sexual Abuse and said that these kinds of awareness campaigns involving student community would empower them to face any challenges with respect to the issue of child sexual abuse.
Ms Deepa Sathiaram, Chairperson, Yi Chennai; Mr Anantharaman Mani, Student Nets Chairman, Yi Chennai and Mr Prasanna, Co-Chair, Yi-Chennai also participated in the cycle rally.



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Al said…
The Let Go...Let Peace Come In Foundation is a newly formed nonprofit with a mission to help heal and support adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse worldwide. We are actively seeking adult survivors who would be willing to post a childhood photo and caption, their story, or their creative expressions to our website www.letgoletpeacecomein.org. By uniting survivors from across the globe we can help provide a stronger and more powerful voice to those survivors who have not yet found the courage to speak out. We also have a prepared a youtube video that can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4PDC03Gl2k. Together we can; together we should; together we NEED to stand up and be counted. Please visit our site for more details on how you can send us your submissions.
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