International and National Help lines

 

 USA HELPLINES

 

USA National Hotline List

 

 National Domestic Violence Hotline

Help is available to callers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Hotline advocates are available for victims and anyone calling on their behalf to provide crisis intervention, safety planning, information and referrals to agencies in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Assistance is available in English and Spanish with access to more than 170 languages through interpreter services

 

If you or someone you know is frightened about something in your relationship, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or TTY 1-800-787-3224.

www.ndvh.org

 

 

 

Child Abuse: An Overview

> Crisis-Lines and Hotlines

Child help USA®
National Child Abuse Hotline
1-800-4-A-CHILD
24 Hours a Day

Child Abuse National Hotline
1-800-252-2873, 1-800-25ABUSE

National Youth Crisis Hotline
National Youth Development
1-800-HIT-HOME (1-800-448-4663)

National Runaway Switchboard
This hot-line is a referral service for youths in personal crisis.
1-800-621-4000

 

Children and Family Help Lines

The numbers listed below can be dialed toll-free from anywhere within the United States. These organizations provide mental health information and referrals, and in some cases, crisis counseling.

CHILDHELP USA®
National Child Abuse Hotline
800-4-A-CHILD
800-2-A-CHILD (TDD)
www.childhelpusa.org/programs_counseling.htm
Provides multilingual crisis intervention and professional counseling on child abuse and domestic violence issues. Gives referrals to local agencies offering counseling and other services related to child abuse, adult survivor issues, and domestic violence. Provides literature on child abuse in English and Spanish.

 

Covenant House Nine line
800-999-9999
Spanish-speaking operators available.
www.covenanthouse.org/programs_nl.html


Crisis line for youth, teens, and families. Locally based referrals throughout the United States. Help for youth and parents regarding drugs, abuse, homelessness, runaway children, and message relays.

 

 

Girls and Boys Town National Hotline
800-448-3000
800-448-1833 (TDD)
Spanish-speaking operators available; TDD capability.
www.girlsandboystown.org

 

National Child Care Information Center, ACF
800-616-2242
800-516-2242 (TDD)
800-716-2242 (Fax)
8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Wednesdays, 8:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
Spanish-speaking operators available.
www.nccic.org

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
800-394-3366
http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/index.cfm

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
(800) 799-SAVE (7233)
Spanish-speaking operators available.
http://www.ncadv.org

National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
888-Rx-ABUSE
800-595-4889 (TDD)
http://endabuse.org/programs/display.php3?DocID=41

National Runaway Switchboard
800-621-4000
800-621-0394 (TDD)
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., 24-hour voice mail
www.nrscrisisline.org
Provides crisis intervention and travel assistance information to runaways. Gives referrals to shelters nationwide. Also relays messages to, or sets up conference calls with, parents at the request of the child. Has access to AT&T Language Line.

Rape, Abuse, and Incest National (RAIN) Network
800-656-4673
Spanish-speaking operators available.
www.rainn.org/

Well Spouse Association
800-838-0879
9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
24-hour recording - leave message
www.wellspouse.org/information.html

 

for immediate personal danger always call 911


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

England/UK

Women's Aid

Women's Aid & Refuge

Free phone 24 hr National Domestic Violence Helpline Run in partnership between Women's Aid & Refuge

0808 2000 247

 

Women's Aid, PO Box Bristol 391, BS99 7WS | Registered Charity No. 1054154 | T: 0117 944 4411 | F: 0117 924 1703
E: info@womensaid.org.uk  | Helpline: helpline@womensaid.org.uk 

Domestic violence help lines

The following help lines can offer you practical help and advice including:

• Emergency refuge accommodation

• Safety planning and advice

• Translation facilities if you have difficulty communicating in English

English National Domestic Violence helpline

0808 2000 247

Northern Ireland Women's Aid 24 Hour Domestic Violence Helpline

028 9033 1818

Scottish Domestic Abuse Helpline

0800 027 1234

Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline

0808 80 10 800
www.wdah.org

Refuge
Helpline: 0808 2000 247
www.refuge.org.uk
Refuge is the UK's largest single provider of safe accommodation and support to women and children escaping domestic violence.

Scottish Women's Aid
Contact the head office via an email form on the website: the website gives numbers of local groups.
www.scottishwomensaid.co.uk
Information about Scottish local support groups and refuge services.

Welsh Women's Aid / Cymorth I Fenywod
Helpline: 08 08 80 10 800
www.welshwomensaid.org
Information about Welsh local support groups and refuge services.

Northern Ireland Women's Aid Federation
Helpline: 028 9033 1818
www.niwaf.org
Provides refuge and support to women and children suffering harassment in the home.

M.A.L.E (Men's Advice Line Enquiries)
Helpline: 0845 064 6800
10am-9pm Mondays, 10am-5pm Tuesday - Thursday. A confidential 24-hour answer phone service is available at all other times.
A helpline service for men experiencing domestic violence.

www.mensadviceline.org

 

VICTIM SUPPORT

Provides help and advice for victims of crime.

   0845 3030 900

www.victimsupport.com




 

Respect is the UK membership association for domestic violence perpetrator programmes and associated support services. Our key focus is on increasing the safety of those experiencing domestic violence through promoting effective interventions with perpetrators.

Respect Phoneline 0845 122 8609

The Respect Phoneline 0845 122 8609 is an information and advice line for people who are concerned about their behaviour towards their partners.

http://www.respect.uk.net/

 

 

NSPCC -National Society for Prevention of Child Cruelty

Help for adults

Worried about a child? Call the NSPCC Child Protection Helpline on 0808 800 5000.

Help for children & young people

ChildLine

0800 1111

Copyright © 2006 NSPCC - All rights reserved. National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Weston House, 42 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3NH. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Registered charity number 216401. NSPCC, charity registered in Scotland, charity number SC037717.

 

If you feel you are in immediate personal danger always dial 999

 

 

Germany

BUNDERSVERBAND

 

Frauenberatungstellen und Frauennotrufe

 

Kontakt:
Bundesverband Frauenberatungsstellen und Frauennotrufe
Geschäftsstelle
Rungestraße 22-24
10179 Berlin
t: 030-322 995 00
f: 030-322 995 01
m:
info@bv-bff.de

 

Der WEISSE RING...

... ist die einzige bundesweite Hilfsorganisation für Kriminalitätsopfer und ihre Familien. Der gemeinnützige Verein tritt auch öffentlich für die Interessen der Betroffenen ein und unterstützt den Vorbeugungsgedanken. 

 

www.weisserring.de

 

Kriminalitätsopfer und Interessierte können telefonisch Informationen zu den Hilfen des WEISSEN RINGS anfordern. Mit diesem zentralen Infotelefon betont der gemeinnützige Verein weiter seine Stärke bei der Information über Hilfsangebote.

Der Telefonanschluss 01803 - 34 34 34 kann aus jedem Ort Deutschlands angewählt werden (0,09 € pro Minute). Diese Telefonnummer des WEISSEN RINGS sollte sich jeder Bürger sofort notieren.

 

Bundesgeschäftsstelle

WEISSER RING e. V.
Weberstraße 16
55130 Mainz

Telefon: 06131 83 03 0
Telefax: 06131 83 03 45

 

 

 

In Deutschland  arbeitet The Body Shop bei der Kampagne STOPPT HÄUSLICHE GEWALT mit TERRE DES FEMMES zusammen.

Wenn Sie Hilfe benötigen, wenden Sie sich bitte an:

TERRE DES FEMMES- Menschenrechte für die Frau e.V.

Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 40

72072 Tübingen
Telefon: 07071-79 73 0
www.frauenrechte.de

Hilfe für den Notfall:
www.frauen-gegen-gewalt.de
f

or immediate personal danger always call 112

 

 


Further Helplines/ Emergency contact numbers from around the world!



International "911" and Emergency Numbers

 

International Emergency Telephone Numbers

Last update: February 2008

A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   Y   Z  

Country

Ambulance

Fire

Police

A       TOP

Afghanistan

local numbers only

Albania

17

18

19

Algeria

21606666

14

17

American Samoa

911

Andorra

118

118

110

Angola

118

118

110

Anguilla

911

Antarctica (McMurdo Station)

911

Antigua & Barbuda

999/911

Argentina

107

100

101

Armenia

103

 

Aruba

911

Ascension Island

6000

911

6666

Australia

000 (112 on mobile)

Austria

112/122

Azerbaijan (Baku)

03

01

02

Azores

112

 

B       TOP

Bahamas

911

Bahrain

999

Bali

112

118

Bangladesh (Dhaka)

199

9 555 555

866 551-3

Barbados

511

311

211

Belgium

112

Belarus

103

101

102

Belize

911

Benin

local numbers only

Bermuda

911

Bhutan

110

112

113

Bolivia

118

 

110

Bonaire

911

Bornio (Sabah)

999

 

Bosnia-Herzegovina

124

123

122

Botswana

997/911

Brazil

192

193

190

Bosnia

94

93

92

British Virgin Islands

999

Brunei

991

995

993

Bulgaria

150

160

166

Burkina Faso

local numbers only

Burma/Myanmar

999

Burundi

local numbers only

C       TOP

Cambodia, The Kingdom of (Phnom Penh)

119

118

117

Cameroon

local numbers only

Canada (AB, MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QU)

911

Canada (BC, NF, SK)

911 local only1

Canada (NT)

 

3 dig+2222

3 dig+1111

Canada (NU)

local only

Canada (YK)

3 dig+3333

3 dig+2222

3 dig+5555

Canary Islands

112

Cape Verde (Santiago Island)

130

131

132

Cayman Islands

911

Central African Republic

local numbers only

Chad

 

18

17

Chile

131

132

133

China, The People's Republic of

999/120 (Beijing)

119

110

Christmas Island

000

Columbia

112/123 land & mobile

Comoros Islands

local numbers only

Congo

local numbers only

Cook Islands

998

996

999

Costa Rica

911

Côte d'Ivoire

 

110/111/170

180

Croatia

94/112

93/112

92

Cuba

26811

Curaçao

112

114

444444

Cyprus

112/199

Czech Republic

112/155

112/150

112/158

Congo, Democratic Republic of/Zaïre

local numbers only

D       TOP

Denmark

112

Djibouti

351351

18

17

Dominica, Commonwealth of

999

Dominican Republic

911

E       TOP

East Timor

112

Easter Island

100-215

100-264

100-244

Ecuador

131

 

101

Egypt

123

180

112

El Salvador

911

England

112/999

Equatorial Guinea

local numbers only

Eritrea

local numbers only

Estonia

112

Ethiopia

92

93

91

F       TOP

Faeroe Islands (Denmark)

112

Falkland Islands

999

Fiji

911

9170

911

Finland

112

France

112/15

112/18

112/17

French Guiana

112/15

112/18

112/17

French Polynesia

15

18

17

G       TOP

Gabon

1300-1399

18

1730

Gaborone

997/911

998

999

Gambia, The

16

18

17

Georgia

022

Germany

112

Ghana

193

192

191

Gibraltar

999

Greece

112/166

112/199

112/100

Greenland

 

113

 

Grenada

434

112

911

Guadeloupe

18

18

17

Guam

911

Guatamala

123

123

110

Guernsey

999

Guinea Bissau

local numbers only

Guinea Republic

local numbers only

Guyana

912

913

911

H       TOP

Haiti

118

 

114

Honduras

1952/37 8654

198

119

Hong Kong

999/112 mobile

Hungary

112/105

112/107

112/104

I       TOP

Iceland

112

India

102

101

100

Indonesia

118/119

113

110

Iran

115

125

110

Iraq

local numbers only

Ireland, Republic of

112/999

Isle of Man

999

Israel

101

102

100

Italy

118

115

113

J       TOP

Jamaica

110

110

119

Japan

119

119

110

Jersey

999

Jordan

191

193

192

K       TOP

Kazakhstan

03

Kenya

999

Kiribati

994

 

Kosovo

911

Korea, The Democratic People's Republic of (North Korea)

local numbers only

Korea, The Republic of (South Korea)

119

119

112

Kuwait

112

Kyrgyzstan

103

L       TOP

Laos

local numbers only

Latvia

03/112

01/112

02/112

Lebanon

140

175

112

Lesotho

121

122

123/124

Liberia

911 mobile only

Libya

193

Liechtenstein

112

Lithuania

112

Luxembourg

112

112

112/113

M       TOP

Macau

999/318

Macedonia

193

192

194

Madagascar

local numbers only

Madeira

112

Malawi

998

999

997

Malaysia

999

994

999

Maldives Republic

102

999

119

Mali

15

17

18

Malta

112

Marianas Island

911

 

Marshall Islands

625 4111

 

625 8666

Martinique

15

18

17

Mauritania

 

118

117

Mauritius

999

Mayotte

15

 

Menorca

112

112

112/091

México

066, 060 or 080

Micronesia, Federated States of

local numbers only

Moldavia

903

901

902

Monaco

112

Mongolia

103

101

102

Montserrat

911

 

999

Morocco

15

15

19

Moyotte

15

 

Mozambique

117

198

119

Myanmar

199

N       TOP

Namibia

2032276

2032270

1011

Nauru

local numbers only

Nepal

 

101

100/103

Netherlands (Holland)

112

Netherlands Antilles

112

New Caledonia

18

18

17

New Zealand

111

Nicaragua

128

115/911

118

Niger

local numbers only

Nigeria

199

Niue

999

Norfolk Islands

000

Northern Ireland

112/999

Norway

113

110

112

O       TOP

Oman

9999

P       TOP

Pakistan

115

16

15/1122

Palau

911

Palestine

101

101

100

Panama

911

Papua New Guinea /Port Moresby3

 

1101

0001

Paraguay

911

Peru

 

116

105

Philipines

117

Pitcairn Islands

no telephone system

Poland

112/997

112/999

112/998

Portugal

112 (117 for forest fires)

Puerto Rico

911

Q       TOP

Qatar

999

R       TOP

Réunion

15/112

18

17

Romania

112

Russia

112

Russian Federation

03/911/112

01/911/112

02/911/112

Rwanda

 

 

112

S       TOP

Saba

912

 

5994 63237

Sabah (Borneo)

999

Samoa

999

San Marino

118

115

113

São Tomé and Principe

local numbers only

Sarawak

999

994

999

Saudi Arabia

997

998

999

Scotland

112/999

Scilly, Isles of

999

Senegal

local numbers only

Serbia

112

Seychelles

999

Sierra Leone

999

019

999

Singapore

995

995

999

Slovak Republic (Slovakia)

155

150

158

Slovenia

112

112

113

Solomon Islands

999

Somalia

local numbers only

South Africa

10177

10177

10111

South Africa (Cape Town)

107

S. Georgia Is./ S. Sandwich Is.

no telephone system

Srpska, Republic of

124

123

122

Spain

112

Sri Lanka

110

111

118/119

St Eustatius

140

St Eustatius

911

St Helena

911

St Kitts & Nevis

911

St Lucia

999/911

St Maarten

911/542-2111

911/120

911/542-2111

St Pierre & Miquelon

15

18

17

St Vincent & the Grenadines

999/911

Sudan

 

 

112

Suriname

115

Swaziland

local numbers only

Sweden

112

Switzerland

112/144

112/118

112/117

Syrian Arab Republic (Syria)

110

113

112

T       TOP

Tahiti - French Polynesia

15

 

Taiwan (Republic of China)

119

119

110

Tajikistan

03

 

Tanzania

112/999

Thailand

1669

199

191

Tibet

unknown

Togo

 

 

101

Tonga

911

Trinidad & Tobago

990

990

999

Tunisia

190

198

197

Turkey

110

155

112

Turkmenistan

03

Turks and Caicos Islands

999/911

Tuvalu/Ellice Is.

911

U       TOP

Uganda

112 mobile/999 fixed

Ukraine

112

United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi)

998/999

United Kingdom

112/999

United States

911

Uruguay

911

US Virgin Islands

911

Uzbekistan

03

V       TOP

Vanuatu

112

Vatican City

113

115

112

Venezuela

171

Vietnam

05

08

03

W       TOP

Wake Island

no telephone system

Western Sahara

150

 

Western Samoa

999

Y       TOP

Yemen, Republic of

191

191

194

Yugoslavia (Serbia & Montenegro)

94

 

Z       TOP

Zambia

991/112 mobile

993/112 mobile

999/112 mobile

Zimbabwe

994/999

993/999

995/999

1 911 service in major cities only; local numbers in rural areas

2 Red Cross

3 Papua New Guinea should be getting one number for all services in the near future.

When roaming with a GSM telephone in the European Union, use 112 for emergency services.


 

The world is a volatile place. Many of the countries listed here have gone through considerable changes in the past couple of years (Hong Kong, for example, is now run by China, and the European Union (EU) has standardized much of Europe.) In addition, some countries are in the process of changing their systems to one number for all emergency services. This list is accurate to the best of the author's knowledge, but changes may have been made since this list was compiled. Many of the EU countries are retaining, at least for now, their old emergency numbers even as they standardize on the new 112, and are listed here if still in operation.

Every effort has been made to confirm the accuracy of these numbers, but mistakes do happen. Please try to confirm your information before travelling, and let us know if you find any inaccuracies.

Any updates, corrections, additions, filling in gaps, etc., would be greatly appreciated. Please send information here.


























 


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