In our effort to educate and equip vulnerable communities with the risks of OSAEC, human trafficking, and identify the signs of abuse and exploitation, we recently facilitated an online safety seminar for 60 student leaders from Ponciano Elementary School in Brgy. Kaunlaran.
Our audience was composed of attentive and proactive 11-year-olds—the age most at-risk of OSAEC. The members of the Barangay Council were also present to encourage the students and emphasize the importance of the seminar in keeping themselves and their classmates safe online. We not only encouraged individual safety, but also a shared commitment to looking after one another, because oftentimes, victims do not realize they were at risk before it was too late.
During the session, we helped the students identify online red flags, understand how to protect their personal information, and learn what to do if something feels wrong. And true enough, the topic resonated with their lived experiences. Many students shared stories about playing Roblox and instances where strangers would initiate chats or video calls with them. These stories only proved the urgency and relevance of our program because of how common online predators frequent spaces typically designed for children.
After the seminar, we thanked the Brgy. Kaunlaran and Ponciano Elementary School for trusting us to share our advocacies with them. We are also grateful to them for making child protection a shared responsibility among their teachers, local officials, staff, and the students themselves.
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