YONGSAN GARRISON, South Korea - Service members and their families have a new weapon in the fight against sexual violence thanks to the Department of Defense Safe Helpline.
The DoD Safe Helpline is a crisis support service designed for members of the military community affected by sexual harassment and assault.
Soldiers from Eighth Army learned about the new program May 19 during a briefing held at U.S. Army Garrison, Yongsan.
Safe Helpline services are provided by the DoD Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office and are operated through a contract by the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, the largest anti-sexual violence nongovernmental organization in the United States.
Safe Helpline provides live, one-on-one support to survivors and their family, and friends. All helpline services are confidential, anonymous and secure. The service is available worldwide, 24/7.
"The cornerstone of the DoD Safe Helpline is that all of our services are anonymous and confidential" said Kinjal Dala, DoD Safe Helpline marketing manager. "And we wanted to make anyone who is using Safe Helpline is in control of their situation."
Safe Helpline has five services that support survivors of sexual assault, a telephone helpline, an online helpline, a safe help room, a self-care app and info by text.
"Our five main services are always available whenever and wherever you are in the world." said Dala."Our staff are very highly trained and always ready to answer whatever questions you have."
Safe Helpline provides live, confidential, one-on-one help through a secure instant-messaging platform at www.SafeHelpline.org and over the phone at 877-995-5247 (in the U.S. and worldwide via DSN).
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