WNS Cares Foundation & CHILDLINE India Unite to Empower Over 7 Lakh Children on Cybersafety

WNS’ CSR arm WNS Cares Foundation (WCF) has announced that it has associated with CHILDLINE India Foundation (CIF), the nodal agency of the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, to train over 7 lakh children and youth on the basics of cybersafety, using WCF’s CyberSmart platform.

In the first phase, WCF would train 300+ facilitators from the CIF in next three months. These facilitators would further train 11,000 participants from 1,000+ NGOs, who would then educate nearly 2 lakh children on cybersafety using CyberSmart.

In the second two, starting April 2022, more than five lakh children and 1 lakh+ teachers, parents, partners and community members would be trained as well through CyberSmart platform.

Keshav R. Murugesh, Group CEO, WNS says, "The shared mission to protect children and nurture their growth forms the foundation of our collaboration with the CHILDLINE India Foundation. This partnership marks another milestone in our journey of forging strategic alliances to further the cybersafety agenda,”

Shamini Murugesh, Honorary Chief Mentor, WCF says, "Two enabling factors will ensure that WCF’s mission to make every child in India cybersafe gains further momentum – CyberSmart's unique online and offline methodology, coupled with age-appropriate interactive modules, and CHILDLINE India's expansive network and experience.”

India's first holistic cybersecurity education portal, CyberSmart enables gamified learning using thematic quiz-based modules based on curriculum advisory and challenges that children encounter in cyberspace. It was launched nationally in May 2020 by Shri Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, MeitY, in partnership with NASSCOM, and is available in ten languages. Since the launch, CyberSmart has empowered more than 5 lakh learners including teachers, parents and students on traversing cyberspace safely.

Dr. Anjaiah Pandiri, Executive Director, CHILDLINE India Foundation (CIF) says, "Cybersafety has become a crucial aspect within the larger issue of child safety, especially in the wake of the pandemic due to the unprecedented unsupervised online exposure that children are experiencing. We are pleased to collaborate with WCF to seed cybersafe behavior among children.”

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