Swipe Safe continues to be delivered in Vietnam – where it originated and has already reached more than 12,000 young people. In 2020 Swipe Safe was rolled out in the Solomon Islands, and in 2023 Swipe Safe programming began in Cambodia, Indonesia and Timor-Leste and then in Papua New Guinea and Fiji in 2024.
The newly-developed Swipe Safe App will enable us to develop a safer future for more children around the world.
The Swipe Safe model is a holistic approach that supports children and young people to build their own self-protective skills and capabilities, while also strengthening the protective environment around the child. This includes parents and carers, community partners, and government. The Swipe Safe model focuses on:
Prevention such as building online safety knowledge and skills for children and young people, their parents/carers, and the frontline professionals around them. For example, teachers, police, community and religious leaders.
Response such as working with community and government stakeholders to strengthen referral pathways that allow children and young people to access support services if they experience online harm.
In 2020, ChildFund Australia commissioned Western Sydney University to conduct research with young people and parents in the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, and Kiribati that we used to inform the adaptation and development of the Swipe Safe curriculum for the Pacific, and for work we are doing to lobby governments to have a stronger focus on online safety.
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The global ChildFund Alliance of 11 organisations working with 36 million children in 70 countries recognises the unparalleled importance – and risks – that technology plays in young people’s lives all over the world. The Web Safe and Wise campaign aims to help children to access the potential benefits of the digital environment while also promoting mechanisms and support – like Swipe Safe – to keep them safe.