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<p align="center"><b>The Brave Telephone - childrens help-line</b></p>
<p>Abuse and neglect is a tragic traumatic experience for children 
  that has long-term adverse affects on their development. Children most commonly 
  respond to trauma with fear and anxiety. They suffer from sleeping disorders, 
  insomnia, loss of appetite, psychosomatic illnesses, depression, and they often 
  develop emotional disorders and demonstrate suicidal behaviour. That is why 
  prevention and on time intervention is crucial for the child to continue functioning 
  normally.</p>
<p>The brave telephone, a help-line for abused and neglected children, was launched 
  in October 1997 at the Psychotrauma Center of the Childrens Hospital in Zagreb. 
  The purpose of this project is to help abused and/or neglected children, their 
  parents and caregivers, raise public awareness about this issue and provide 
  therapy for children to help them overcome the trauma and prevent abusive behaviour 
  being passed down from generation to generation.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="/comm/Hrabri_Telefon.jpg" width="276" height="268"></p>
<p>By sponsoring the brave telephone, PLIVA also contributed 
  to a project called Intervention and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect in 
  2001.</p>
<p>In addition, PLIVA also gave a donation to the Fight Against 
  Child Abuse Week, a range of events organised by the brave telephone in cooperation 
  with the association <i>Potpora</i> (Support) in January this year at the ITD 
  Theatre in Zagreb. The official part of the event included lectures, workshops 
  and roundtables, while the less formal part of the program consisted of cultural 
  events, including plays, concerts, recitals and exhibitions of childrens works.</p>
<p>Past experience shows that every time the brave telephone 
  is presented to the public through such events, the number of calls increases 
  and more and more people are encouraged to seek help and contribute to the prevention 
  of child abuse.</p>
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2			<p align="center"><b>The Brave Telephone - childrens help-line</b></p>
3			<p>Abuse and neglect is a tragic traumatic experience for children
4			that has long-term adverse affects on their development. Children most commonly
5			respond to trauma with fear and anxiety. They suffer from sleeping disorders,
6			insomnia, loss of appetite, psychosomatic illnesses, depression, and they often
7			develop emotional disorders and demonstrate suicidal behaviour. That is why
8			prevention and on time intervention is crucial for the child to continue functioning
9			normally.</p>
10			<p>The brave telephone, a help-line for abused and neglected children, was launched
11			in October 1997 at the Psychotrauma Center of the Childrens Hospital in Zagreb.
12			The purpose of this project is to help abused and/or neglected children, their
13			parents and caregivers, raise public awareness about this issue and provide
14			therapy for children to help them overcome the trauma and prevent abusive behaviour
15			being passed down from generation to generation.</p>
16			<p align="center"><img src="/comm/Hrabri_Telefon.jpg" width="276" height="268"></p>
17			<p>By sponsoring the brave telephone, PLIVA also contributed
18			to a project called Intervention and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect in
19			2001.</p>
20			<p>In addition, PLIVA also gave a donation to the Fight Against
21			Child Abuse Week, a range of events organised by the brave telephone in cooperation
22			with the association <i>Potpora</i> (Support) in January this year at the ITD
23			Theatre in Zagreb. The official part of the event included lectures, workshops
24			and roundtables, while the less formal part of the program consisted of cultural
25			events, including plays, concerts, recitals and exhibitions of childrens works.</p>
26			<p>Past experience shows that every time the brave telephone
27			is presented to the public through such events, the number of calls increases
28			and more and more people are encouraged to seek help and contribute to the prevention
29			of child abuse.</p>