OUR BACKGROUND
“EPAMM” comes up after watching a French video where the people who had undergone any kind of abuse during childhood or adolescence evidenced deep depression and reiterated suicide attempts.
Then, together with Dr. Ana González de Verrastro, Assistant Defense Counsel of the Honorable National Justices of the Court of Appeals in Civil matters and a group of professionals, decided to make a different video, a video of hope, convinced that with the own effort or with help, the human being can overcome any extreme situation.
Furthermore, it was our purpose, and we hope to have succeeded, that our service would be a prevention tool .
EPAMM wants to arrive in time, like a vaccine, preventing the fact. And in perpetrated situations, to prevent the reiteration of the fact on the abused child or on any potential victims.
The video had the cooperation of lawyers, social workers, teachers, psychologists and Dr.Eduardo Cárdenas who ,by then, was Judge in family matters.
Every detail was taken into account, so that the video could become a valid instrument and suitable for minors of different ages, always supervised by a specialized coordinator or teacher ,familiarized with this matter.
Though EPAMM was already working in the prevention field, the video is first shown at the Leloir Institute Foundation with great success, and a short time later the FIRST NATIONAL CONGRESS IN CHILDREN’S ABUSE AND MISTREATMENT PREVENTION, was held at the General San Martin Theatre..
More than 600 persons attended, including participants from neighbouring countries.
At present, EPAMM goes on working at its main office of 1454 Viamonte street, 1st floor “A”, Buenos Aires city, in the northern and southern zones Argentine Red Cross, Lomas de Zamora district.
Always moving forward, the Association is planning a new video covering children’s mistreatment and abuse, seen from points of view other than the sexual one, but as destructive as the other; misery, blows, lack of education, neglect and lack of love. In fact, every mistreatment that causes very deep wounds.
I finish this brief summary quoting a phrase I took from the “Sexual abuse ABC”by Dr. Eduardo Cárdenas :” Let’s open our hearts to the deep grief and loneliness felt by an abused child”
PLEASE, LET’S NOT BE INDIFERENT!!!
