On the International Day of the Girl Child, the Terre des hommes team in Shengjin, along with the community facilitator, Sorosh Shiwa, also a Google expert, organized an informative-awareness session with the girls of the Afghan community sheltered in Albania with the aim of empowered them against a society increasingly exposed to digital challenges.
During the session, tangible issues were addressed, such as preventing internet addiction, creating a website, and promoting the well-being of Afghan girls and their digital empowerment.
Nilofar, one of the participants, said after the activity:
"Everything was great.I had not heard about Tdh and your activities before, because I have only been living in Albania for 2 weeks, but I feel very happy that I participated and learned more about online safety.”
Mothers were also included in this session to raise awareness about the importance of enhancing online security measures.
"Today I learned how to approach my children to prevent addiction to the Internet and electronic devices. Until now I was not aware of the existence of time limit options for the use of mobile devices.”
This activity was organized within the project "𝑅𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑔𝑒𝑒𝑠, 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛, ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑒, 𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡", implemented by Terre des hommes Albania and Nisma për Ndryshim Shoqëror, ARSIS in partnership with UNICEF Albania and funded by the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) of the US Department of State.