Dear Chrissy. On behalf of the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN), I congratulate you on initiating the “My Body is My Body” program aimed at prevention of child sexual abuse. Some of my colleagues have implemented this program and found it very powerful and entertaining. This unique approach of using music and songs to convey the preventive messages has proved very effective and appreciated both by children and teachers. I am aware that your ever growing global network of volunteers and ambassadors is very enthusiastic about this program and are reaching children through the school system in all parts of the world. I wish and hope that soon it will reach a critical mass to make a significant impact at global level.

As commissioner of the Department of Human Services, I would like to thank you on behalf of the State of Tennessee and the many school children of Tennessee who have benefited from your efforts. The program is one of the largest child sexual abuse prevention programs delivered within the Tennessee public school system. Your program is entertaining, non-threatening and effective

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Chrissy Sykes for many years. The My Body Is My Body Foundation is changing the lives of children and giving them a future free from child abuse. This program is also helping teachers, social workers, and communities learn the signs of abuse. This program is also the core educational program for our nonprofit, Global Goodwill Ambassadors Foundation.

Chrissy Sykes consistently works on this program by producing it in many different languages along with doing the animations herself. When it comes to safeguarding children, it is Chrissy’s top priority, and she has been a tremendous help to our organization by helping ensure our policies are the best they can be.

This program is extremely well received by more than a million children around the world and is very much needed. Ms Sykes runs this program with extreme professionalism

“Compassion International is thrilled to include the My Body is My Body Curriculum on the website ForChildren.com. ForChildren.com is a public website presented by Compassion International designed to help young people thrive amid adversity by offering a wide variety of resources, learning opportunities and ideas to help equip people who work with children and youth. In addition, Chrissy has been generous in her support to ensure that the My Body is My Body Program can be offered across 29 countries to the 8,500 churches who partner with Compassion to support children and youth in their development and prepare them to be released from poverty.

The protection and safeguarding of children and youth is one of Compassion’s most important priorities and informs much of our work with participants. We are committed to educating children to help prevent harm and protect themselves from abuse. The My Body is My Body Program provides an engaging, informative, relevant, and developmentally appropriate way to help do this! The availability of the program in many of the languages native to areas of the world where Compassion programming takes place helps to make it accessible and effective.

• Sarah Byrd, Senior Manager Protection and Safeguarding, Global Program, Compassion International”

We write to attest to the tremendous impact and suitability of the My-Body-is-My-Body programme for children, teachers, parents and communities in Nigeria and Africa. In our capacity as the Co-Chairs of the programme in Nigeria, we have through our non-profit, Hope Ambassadors and Childcare Organisation and our extensive network of volunteers been reaching and impacting not less than 5,000 kids every month for over 3 years.