Find real-world help
Choose the location that fits. Services, confidentiality rules, and mandatory reporting vary, so verify details on the official service before relying on them.
Youth and child-protection starting points
Colombia
ICBF Línea 141 is a free national 24-hour line for child protection, emergencies, reports, and guidance involving abuse, sexual violence, bullying, child labor, substance use, and other threats to children and adolescents.
Official ICBF information →United States
988 provides crisis support by call or text. NCMEC’s CyberTipline accepts reports of suspected child sexual exploitation, and Take It Down can help limit sharing of eligible explicit images created before age 18.
988 Lifeline →NCMEC CyberTipline →
United Kingdom
Childline 0800 1111 supports anyone under 19 in the UK. Calls are free, and Childline also offers messages and online counselor chat.
Official Childline information →Canada
Kids Help Phone 1-800-668-6868 offers 24/7 phone support. Young people can also text CONNECT to 686868 for confidential crisis support.
Official Kids Help Phone information →Australia
Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800 is a free 24/7 phone and online counseling service for young people ages 5 to 25.
Australian Government listing →Another country
Child Helpline International maintains a country directory of child and youth helplines. Not every country has a member helpline, so local emergency, health, school, and child-protection services may still be needed.
Find a child helpline →Sexual assault or abuse
A local sexual-assault service can explain medical care, evidence options, reporting, confidentiality, and counseling. In the United States, RAINN provides confidential hotline and chat support.
RAINN →Sextortion and image threats
Stop contact, do not pay or send more, preserve threat evidence, tell a safe adult, report the account, and use official image-protection tools. Do not forward a minor’s sexual image to friends while asking for help.
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