Victoria Climbie Story
Victoria Climbie’s Story.
Contents 1. Introduction 2. Victoria’s biography 3. After Victoria’s death... 4. Resume 5. Pictures about the material 6. References
Introduction
The death of any child as the result of non-accidental injury is a tragedy. The fact, that in England around 80 children die every year from abuse or neglect, and that this figure has remained relatively constant over more than 30 years, is shocking.
Since 1948 there have been around 70 public inquiries into major cases of child abuse. The names of many of the children who have died have become well known, simply because of the terrible nature of their deaths. In many of these cases the child has been the target of abuse from an adult who is not the natural parent (typically a step-father). While the particular circumstances of each case are different, there are also areas of considerable similarity. In particular, the following features recur time after time:
• Failure of communication between different staff and agencies.
• Inexperience and lack of skill of individual social workers.
• Failure to follow established procedures.
• Inadequate resources to meet demands.
Victoria Climbie, the 8 year-old girl, died on 25. February 2000 in London, because the child protection system and medical care that should have protected her failed her so absolutely.
Victoria’s biography
Victoria was born near Abidjan in the Ivory Coast on November 1991, the fifth of seven children. According to her parents, she had a happy and healthy childhood. In October 1998, Marie-Therese Kouao, the aunt of Victoria’s father, visited the family and took Victoria to France with her, where she promised to arrange better education for the girl. From that point Kouao pretended that Victoria Climbie was her daughter Anna Kouao, which was already documented in her passport (she originally planned to take another girl, Who’s names was Anna, but failed to do so). Throughout her life with Kouao,
Contents 1. Introduction 2. Victoria’s biography 3. After Victoria’s death... 4. Resume 5. Pictures about the material 6. References
Introduction
The death of any child as the result of non-accidental injury is a tragedy. The fact, that in England around 80 children die every year from abuse or neglect, and that this figure has remained relatively constant over more than 30 years, is shocking.
Since 1948 there have been around 70 public inquiries into major cases of child abuse. The names of many of the children who have died have become well known, simply because of the terrible nature of their deaths. In many of these cases the child has been the target of abuse from an adult who is not the natural parent (typically a step-father). While the particular circumstances of each case are different, there are also areas of considerable similarity. In particular, the following features recur time after time:
• Failure of communication between different staff and agencies.
• Inexperience and lack of skill of individual social workers.
• Failure to follow established procedures.
• Inadequate resources to meet demands.
Victoria Climbie, the 8 year-old girl, died on 25. February 2000 in London, because the child protection system and medical care that should have protected her failed her so absolutely.
Victoria’s biography
Victoria was born near Abidjan in the Ivory Coast on November 1991, the fifth of seven children. According to her parents, she had a happy and healthy childhood. In October 1998, Marie-Therese Kouao, the aunt of Victoria’s father, visited the family and took Victoria to France with her, where she promised to arrange better education for the girl. From that point Kouao pretended that Victoria Climbie was her daughter Anna Kouao, which was already documented in her passport (she originally planned to take another girl, Who’s names was Anna, but failed to do so). Throughout her life with Kouao,
References: * Website: http://www.publications.parliament.uk House of Commons Health Committee - The Victoria Climbie Inquiry Report; Sixth Report of Session 2002–03 * Website: http://en.wikipedia.org Murder of Victoria Climbie (this page was last modified on 25 august 2012) * Website: http://www.sunderlandchildrenstrust.org.uk The Victoria Climbie Inquiery; The summary report of an report by Lord Laming * Pictured from website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1113896.stm BBC News