How to keep children safe online

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Keeping Children Youth Safe Online
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Keeping Children Youth Safe Online

• The internet provides access to opportunities and
  information that would otherwise remain out of
  childrens 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.

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• 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.

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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)
• ToTs were conducted to train 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

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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.