Keeping Children Youth Safe Online Keeping Children Youth
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Keeping Children + Youth Safe Online
Keeping Children + Youth Safe Online • The internet provides access to opportunities and information that would otherwise remain out of children’s reach. • It is a powerful education resource that helps children learn, providing a platform to amplify their voices to be part of a global discussion on issues that affect them. • However, WV recognizes that children need to have the knowledge and skills to safely engage online hence, the design of KCSO project.
• KCSO is a comprehensive suite of training resources for children, parents and teachers. • It provides the knowledge and skills that enable children to protect Themselves from racist, violent, sexual or other inappropriate content. • Through interactive, child friendly, age appropriate materials children + youth can identify the risks and benefits of digital technology, understanding what is appropriate and inappropriate behaviour online and learn what steps they can take to respond and report a situation that makes them uncomfortable.
The project • Piloted in Armenia and Lebanon – 2009 • Expanded to B+ H, Georgia (including Abkhazia program) and JWG and soon in Albania. • All tools were contextualized and translated in country appropriate languages. (now available in 7 languages) • To. T’s were conducted to trainers as well as children. • On a national level - we partner with local org. and gvts – including the ministries of education and social affairs. • Enhancing the CP systems approach – we collaborate with existing CP Hotlines and Helplines to build a safer internet reporting mechanism. • At an EU level – we partner with the EU Insafe network and other EU safer internet centres to build on best safer internet practises and tools
ART Network + KCSO • KCSO is not a stand alone CP initiative – it has integrated with existing projects - ART Network, Sponsorship 2. 0, communications and more. • Our goal is to empower youth already trained on the KCSO project to work along side and train youth involved in the ART project. • We encourage you to contact the KCSO project managers in your country to make this happen.
