| | | | In the nearly 40 years since the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) was founded, we’ve helped law enforcement recover more than 400,000 missing children. Photos have consistently been the most powerful tool we have to bring them home. But what has changed is how quickly we can get those photos of missing children to people in the best position to help find them.
From the early days of putting children’s photos on milk cartons, technology has continually evolved to help us distribute literally billions of photos faster and faster – using emails, billboards, mobile devices, social media, and even gas station TVs. We can geo-target posters to specific areas where a child went missing or is believed to be now. But the QR code could usher in a whole new era. Now we’re talking a matter of seconds – and not just one child at a time.
Through the help of talented engineers and thoughtful input from survivor families and experts, we’ve revolutionized the way we search for missing kids.
The only thing missing, is you.
Please open your camera app, hold it over the image above, and click on the square in the center of the image. That will show you photos of missing children in a 50-mile radius of where you are right now. Then look carefully at those children – it only takes one person to save a missing child.
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