SHIELD

With SHIELD, Save the Children Thailand, in partnership with ECPAT Foundation Thailand, aims to create a safer online environment for children and youths in Thailand. Focusing on 10 communities in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, the project will improve preventative and response capacity for addressing digital risks among children and youths within the network of adults and institutions that comprise their socio-ecological environments.

Through SHIELD project, we plan to implement the activities as follows:

- Support youth-led initiatives for raising awareness and promoting peer-to-peer education and support.

- Develop and implement targeted education programmes for parents and caregivers about online risks and safety measures.

- Enhance the capacity of schools, social workers, law enforcement, and local governments to identify, report, and respond to cases of digital harm.

- Create an enabling environment for mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) responses, specifically focused on children and youth survivors of digital harm.

In addition, through youth-led campaigns and advocacy, we will work with national-level actors to strengthen legal frameworks and policies related to online child protection in Thailand.

We intend that this holistic approach will lead to the production of a model for promoting online safety and addressing digital harm that can be replicated in other communities in Thailand and benefit global online safety initiatives.