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Uninor gets CRY’s Child Rights Champion Award

By VARINDIA - 2015-02-26

Uninor has been awarded with the prestigious Child Rights Champion Award 2015 conferred by Child Rights and You (CRY). The award has been given for Uninor’s WebWise program on increasing awareness among children and parents of the potential threats and cyber harm. The special jury award recognized Uninor’s strong commitment towards child rights in its sustainability strategy. "We are honoured to have received the CRY child rights award for the WebWise program. At Uninor, we firmly believe that children should be equipped not just with the means to access the Internet but with the right information and guidance to be able to safely navigate the digital world. This is especially important in India where 134 million children will get online by 2017 and of these 100 million are going to be first-time users. Keeping our children safe on the Internet is our responsibility as a mobile internet service provider,” said Vivek Sood, Chief Executive Officer, Uninor. Uninor is the first telecom operator to launch a program towards creating a Safe Internet experience for Children. WebWise program started in February 2014 with the objective of creating awareness in young children and building digital resilience. Through a school outreach program, children are equipped with practical information on building digital life skills. In a short span of one year, the WebWise program has reached out to 15,000 children across various schools in the six operating circles of Uninor. The ambition is to take this program to another 20,000 children in 2015. Apart from workshops and increasing school participation, Uninor is planning to take forward the Webwise program through implementing social initiatives and a child helpline in the next phase.