UPDATE: It appears that Celeste has been returned home safely. But please be sure to support Peace4 The Missing. There are still other people who need to come home safe.
For the past couple of weeks Xenite.Org has been running special banners on its network that feature a missing child, Celeste Christianssen, whose family feel she has been taken and held against her will.
Celeste's family have created a Web page about her situation at http://peace4missing.ning.com/video/no-sign-of-celeste, which is hosted by the Peace4 The Missing site.
I feel strongly that too few children are found because we don't have a good system for keeping people aware of their situations. Every now and then you hear about a child that has turned up after missing for years, often after enduring abuse.
We can each do a little bit to help by at least promoting the Web sites that keep these children's hopes of survival and rescue alive. I came across the Peace4 The Missing site after reading about another missing child's story. I decided that I could help promote the site and increase awareness by featuring one of its children on the Xenite network.
Over time I hope to find a better way to help promote these missing child cases. I think we can do more than just read their stories with sadness in our hearts. At least, if you have a Web site, it's hard to say you cannot do anything.
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