Speaking at a webinar to review the implementation of the “Protecting children against online sexual abuse” project in Da Nang, municipal People’s Committee Vice Chairwoman Ngo Thi Kim Yen highlighted the importance of the project in providing local children and young people with sexual abuse-related knowledge and self-protection skills in the online environment, especially during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Vice Chairwoman Yen expressed her desire that the World Vision Viet Nam organisation would continue to accompany with, and support,  her city in educating children and teenagers about child sexual abuse, as well as understanding the impact of the abuse, thereby helping them protect yourself from sexual assault. Meanwhile, as for the city, efforts would be made to build Da Nang into a child-friendly city in the near future.

Funded by the World Vision Viet Nam organisation, the VND16.5 billion project was carried out in Da Nang from September 2018 to September 2021.

After 3 years of implementation, a combined total of 15,000 children, young people and teenagers in the districts of Hai Chau, Son Tra and Cam Le, and 12 senior and junior high schools citywide, along with 8,000 parents, caregivers and teachers, benefited much from the project. They were provided with sexual abuse-related knowledge and skills, as well as had the opportunity to access friendly services in terms of network security.

Reporting by NGOC DOAN - Translating by M.D