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" We all know how popular Snapchat is with teenagers. Which is why we&amp;#039;re totally applauding the work of one organisation based in India, who has set up a Snapchat account especially to help younger victims of domestic violence speak up about it, and seek help. The account,\u00A0Snap Counsellors, was\u00A0launched in Mumbai,\u00A0India - where mistreatment of women is a huge issue -\u00A0by three counsellors,\u00A0Rajshekar Patil, Avani Parekh and Nida Sheriff.\u00A0 Realising that many young victims of domestic abuse will keep quiet about any physical or emotional\u00A0trouble within their relationship, instead\u00A0often using social media to portray a happy image of their relationship to their friends, the Snap Counsellors hope to target these frequently voiceless victims. The account creates &amp;#039;Snapchat\u00A0Stories&amp;#039; feature to speak to victims, encouraging them to speak out about the violence they&amp;#039;re suffering. And despite having only launched this month, the account is already seeing results worldwide.\u00A0 Speaking to Mashable,\u00A0Rajshekar Patil\u00A0said: &amp;quot;We have non-resident Indians in the U.S., Canada, and South Asia reaching out to us, and we advise everyone equally. We are open to teens around the world, including men.&amp;quot;         And the approach is proving successful almost immediately. &amp;quot;We already have an average of eight people reaching out to us everyday. There are almost 200 people watching the stories we are broadcasting on Snapchat,&amp;quot; he added. What a brilliant idea. Follow Cat on Twitter.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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