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Helpline numbers
Below you can find an overview of international helplines, websites and other contact details you can reach out to if you’re dealing with some issues that you shouldn’t be dealing with on your own.
Argentina
Helpline: (54-11) 4758-2554
www.familiardesuicida.com.ar
Australia
Helpline: 13 11 14
www.lifeline.org.au
National: 1300 36 36 22
Austria
Helpline: 142
www.telefonseelsorge.at
Barbados
Helpline: (246) 4299999
samaritansbdos@yahoo.com
Belgium
Helpline: 106
www.tele-onthaal.be
Botswana
Helpline: 3911270
www.lifelinebotswana.org
Brazil
Helpline: +55 51 211 2888
180 (Call centre for women)
100 (Human Rights)
Canada
Helpline: 604-872-3311
www.crisiscentre.bc.ca
Mental health: 1-866-996-0991
Childline: 1-800-668-6868 (age <20)
Chile
HIV help: 800-37-88-00
Child abuse: 800 730 800
Mental health: http://www.nepsis.cl/
China
Helpline Suicide: 800-810-1117 or 010-82951332
http://www.lifeline-shanghai.com/
Mental Health: 021-64387250
Croatia
Helpline: (01) 4833-888
www.plavi-telefon.hr
Cyprus
Helpline: +357 77 77 72 67
or 0809 1122
www.cyprussamaritans.org
Denmark
Helpline: +45 70 201 201
www.livslinien.dk
Estonia
Helpline: 126 or 1247
Oth. helpline: 646 6666
www.usaldus.ee
Fiji
Helpline: 679 670565,
or 679 674364
Finland
Helpline: 01019-0071
www.mll.fi/nuortennetti
France
Helpline: (+33) (0)9 51 11 61 30
www.sos-amitie.org
Germany
Helpline: 580251 10412
Hotline: 030-44 01 06 07
www.international-helpline.com
www.telefonseelsorge.org
Ghana
Helpline: 233 244 846 701
www.lifeline-international.org/looking_for_help/ghana
Greece
Helpline: (0) 30 210 34 17 164
www.klimaka.org.gr
Hungary
Helpline: (46) 323 888
Iceland
Helpline: (+354) 1717
India
Helpline: 2549 7777
www.mpa.org.in
Ireland
Helpline: +44 (0) 8457 90 90 90
+44 (0) 8457 90 91 92
1850 60 90 90
www.samaritans.org
Israel
Helpline: 1201
From abroad: 972-9-8891333
Italy
Helpline: 199 284 284
www.telefonoamico.it
Japan
Counseling: 03 5774 0992
Face to face: 03 3498 0231
Kenya
Helpline: +254 20 3000378/2051323
Liberia
Helpline: 06534308
www.lifeline-international.org/looking_for_help/liberia
Lithuania
Helpline: 8-800 2 8888
www.jppc.lt
Malaysia
Helplines: (063) 92850039
(063) 92850279
(063) 92850049
Malta
Helpline: 179
www.appogg.gov.mt/supportline179.asp
Mauritius
Helpline: (230) 800 93 93
befriendersmauritius@gmail.com
Namibia
Helpline: (09264) 61-232-221
www.lifeline.org.za
Netherlands
Suicide: 113 or 0800-0113
0900-0767
Childline: 0800 0432
Urgent crisis: 0900-9955599
www.113.nl, www.crisis.nl
New Zealand
Helpline: (09) 522 2999
0800 111 777
www.lifeline.org.nz/
Norway
Helpline: +47 815 33 300
www.kirkens-sos.no
+47 400 00 777 (LGBTQIA+ Youth)
http://www.skeivungdom.no/
New Guinea
Helpline: 675 326 0011
www.lifeline.web.za/papua.htm
Philippines
Helpline: 02 896 9191
Mobile phone: 0917 854 9191
(632) 804-HOPE (4673)
and 0917-558-HOPE (4673)
Poland
Helpline: +48 527 00 00
+48 89 92 88
pomoctel.free.ngo.pl
Portugal
Helpline 1: (808) 200 204
Website: www.aac.uc.pt
Romania
Suicide: 0800 801 200 (19h till 07h)
http://www.antisuicid.com/
sos@antisuicid.com
Samoa
Helpline: 32000
www.samoalifeline.org/
Scotland
Lothian Gay & Lesbian 0131 556 4049
Serbia
SRCE Novi Sad: (+381) 21-6623-393
centarsrce.org.yu
vanja@centarsrce.org.yu
Singapore
Helpline: 1800- 221 4444
www.samaritans.org.sg
South Africa
Helpline: 0861 322 322
www.lifeline.org.za
Anxiety and Depression: 0800 567 567
www.sadag.org
Sweden
Helpline: 020 22 00 60
Text: 020-22 00 70
www.nationellahjalplinjen.se
Switzerland
Helpline: 143
www.132.ch
Thailand
Helpline: (02) 713-6793
www.samaritansthailand.blogspot.com
Ukraine
Helpline: 058
www.dovira058.netfirms.com
UK
Childline: 0800 1111
Abuse: 0808 8005015
Depression: 0845 123 23 20
Sexual assault: 0808 8000 123/122
LGBTQIA+: 0300 330 0630
USA
Depression: 1-630-482-9696
Suicide: 1-800-784-8433
Sexual Assault: 1-800-656-4673
Zimbabwe
Helpline: (263) 09 65000
Toll Free: 0800 9102