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Jan 9, 2006 · For the Love of a Child: Directed by Douglas Barr. With Peri Gilpin, Teri Polo, Maria del Mar, John Pyper-Ferguson. In the 1950s, two actresses set up a charity home for "orphans"--actually, children who were purposely abandoned and shunned because of their mixed ethnicity.
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For the Love of a Child is a 2006 Lifetime TV network television movie which aired on January 9, 2006.
In 1975, a young boy named Jacob Fletcher (who lives in fear of his abusive father) calls a hotline for abused children one day and is quickly taken to a rehabilitation facility run by Childhelp USA.
The story of the Childhelp USA founders Sara O'Meara and Yvonne Fedderson unfolds through a series of flashbacks to the 1960s, when a trip to Japan inspires them to start a nonprofit foundation dedicated to helping abused children.
•Peri Gilpin as Sara
•Teri Polo as Yvonne
•Maria del Mar as Annie
•John Pyper-Ferguson as Richard
•Matthew Knight as Jacob Fletcher
•Emily Hirst as Laura
Fact-based story about how lifelong friends and TV actresses Sara O'Meara and Yvonne Fedderson came to dedicate their lives to the prevention and treatment of child abuse through Childhelp USA, the nonprofit group they founded.
The story of Childhelp USA founders Sara O'Meara (Peri Gilpin) and Yvonne Fedderson (Teri Polo) unfolds through a series of flashbacks to the 1960s, when a trip to Japan inspires the rising...
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For the Love of a Child is a 2006 Canadian-American television drama film directed by Douglas Barr. The film aired on January 9, 2006 on the Lifetime network. It is based on Sara O'Meara and Yvonne Lime's 2003 book, "Silence Broken: Moving from a Loss of Innocence to a World of Healing and Love."
The true story of Nobel Prize nominees Sara O'Meara and Yvonne Fedderson, founders of Childhelp USA, an organization that rescues abused and abandoned children throughout the world. The story parallels their work alongside the stories of the victims whose lives they save.
Jan 9, 2006 · Jacob's peers have distressing stories of their own, but competent, devoted staff helps most of them decisively on the former farm, using animal therapy. Douglas Barr. Director. Duane Poole. Teleplay. Full Cast & Crew.
