At the beginning of April this year, Kamil from Częstochowa came to the Upper Silesian Children’s Health Center. The eight-year-old boy was beaten, doused with boiling water, burned with cigarettes and thrown on a hot stove in late March. Despite burns covering as much as 25 percent of the body surface and numerous unhealed fractures, no one called an ambulance for the child for several days. On Monday, the Upper Silesian Children’s Health Center announced the death of an eight-year-old boy. – The direct cause of the boy’s death was progressive multi-organ failure. It was caused by a serious burn disease and a severe infection of the whole body, caused by extensive, long-unhealed burn wounds.
“It doesn’t happen in one house”
The boy’s tragic story touched many people. Ewa Chodakowska, among others, spoke on this matter. – Yesterday, all day I looked away from the articles about Kamil’s death. Each time I felt hot and weak … I was unable to go through the text to the end – confessed the trainer. – This is not happening in one house, this is not a single case. […] Domestic violence is a topic that concerns us all. And not reacting is allowing harm! she added.
Ewa Chodakowska: We have to interfere
Chodakowska also referred to the problem of our consent to violence. – If you hear that there is an ACT OF VIOLENCE behind the wall and you do nothing about it, explaining your lack of reaction with the words: “THIS IS NOT MY BUSINESS!”, “I will not interfere”, “They saw what they were taking”, “Someone finally should do something about it”, then know that you are Giving PERMISSION TO VIOLENCE!!! Consent to banditry – added the trainer. Later in the post, she also appealed to her followers:
Call the police! Scream you won’t let it go! In the meantime, run! Knock on the door. Ring the bell! If you’re afraid for yourself, call and run back home. Maybe right now, you will stop this bestial act! Don’t wash your hands! DON’T STAY Idle! The belief that domestic violence is a private matter, that outsiders should not interfere, is a LIE! NONSENSE! PARANOIA! It’s not allowed! We need to start helping! We must interfere! It is our sacred duty! Do not passively watch! You cannot accept bad treatment, pain and suffering!! Nobody deserves to be hurt!
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Need help or witness violence?
Have you witnessed violence or suspect that someone is being hurt? People who live in the vicinity of people who are suspected of violence should help potential victims in several ways. It is worth reacting especially when: you hear fights, shouting, crying or unusual noises. Witnesses of violence can talk to the injured person and offer them help or directly report their suspicions to the police, the Social Welfare Center or the “Blue Line” by calling 800 12 00 02. It is worth remembering that the abused person often hides the perpetrator out of shame or fear – but this should not discourage you from taking action.
“We encourage you to take a look at such situations and help stop the violence. Then you will take part in a very important stage of preventing violence – in intervention. Your intervention can initiate the process of getting out of violence of the victim, but above all it can help ensure their safety” – he appeals “Blue Line”. More information can be found on this page. If there is a threat to life – call the emergency number 112.
Source: Gazeta
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