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MTN Foundation, in partnership with Maendeleo Foundation, has launched the second version of the Help Children Be Children marketing campaign in Mukono, specializing in baby on-line security and digital literacy.
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The marketing campaign introduces superior instructional initiatives to empower dad and mom, educators, and youngsters with information and expertise to navigate the digital world safely.
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In collaboration with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), MTN continues to strengthen the Africa-wide on-line baby security portal for reporting Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), accessible at Child Online Protection | MTN.com.
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MTN Uganda reaffirms its dedication to defending youngsters on-line and making a safer digital area by means of continued partnerships, schooling, and progressive options.
MTN Foundation, in partnership with the Maendeleo Foundation and different key stakeholders, has formally launched the second version of the Help Children Be Children marketing campaign. This initiative underscores MTN Uganda’s unwavering dedication to safeguarding youngsters within the digital area, creating consciousness, and selling on-line security.
Building on the success of the primary version, which centered on elevating consciousness about baby on-line security and reporting mechanisms, the second version takes these efforts additional. It introduces enhanced instructional instruments and initiatives geared toward empowering dad and mom, caregivers, educators, and youngsters with the information and expertise wanted to navigate the net world safely and responsibly.
Speaking on the launch in Mukono, Leah Natukunda Kyanzi, MTN Uganda’s Senior Manager Network Quality and Performance highlighted the group’s dedication to baby on-line security. “The web gives immense alternatives for studying and progress, however it additionally poses dangers, particularly for our kids. At MTN Uganda, we imagine that everyone deserves the advantages of a contemporary join life. However, this imaginative and prescient is tempered by the duty to guard our most susceptible customers—youngsters—from the potential risks that accompany digital inclusion, and this marketing campaign displays that perception. Through schooling, partnerships, and progressive instruments, we’re dedicated to making a secure on-line area the place youngsters can discover studying alternatives with out concern,” she mentioned.
The Help Children Be Children marketing campaign continues to work intently with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) to strengthen the Africa-wide on-line baby security portal, a essential useful resource for reporting situations of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). The portal is accessible at Child Online Protection | MTN.com, offering a streamlined course of for reporting dangerous content material.
Asia Komukama, the Executive Director of Maendeleo Foundation praised MTN Uganda’s ongoing efforts and dedication to defending youngsters within the digital age. “This marketing campaign is not only about addressing the challenges of on-line security; it’s about constructing a future the place our kids can thrive with out concern. We applaud MTN Foundation for main this cost and for its relentless assist in making this imaginative and prescient a actuality,” she remarked.
As a part of this marketing campaign, MTN Foundation is investing in state-of-the-art know-how to proactively detect and stop the unfold of CSAM, whereas additionally conducting nationwide workshops for folks, lecturers, and youngsters by means of its digital literacy companions reminiscent of Maendeleo Foundation, Smart Girls Foundation, the Burn Radio, Pinkcode, Faces Up and Internet Society Uganda Chapter. These workshops are designed to supply sensible suggestions and instruments to boost digital literacy and safeguard towards on-line threats.
Reiterating MTN Uganda’s long-term dedication, the MTN Uganda Representative added, “Our work doesn’t cease right here. MTN Uganda, by means of the MTN Foundation, will proceed to put money into significant initiatives that defend our kids and guarantee they take pleasure in the advantages of a contemporary related life, free from hurt and exploitation. Together, with our companions and communities, we are going to create a safer digital world for the subsequent technology.”
MTN Uganda urges everybody to play an energetic function in defending youngsters on-line. If you encounter suspicious exercise, you might be inspired to report it instantly by means of the portal.
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