MoSA Holds Children's Day Webinar: From Children, By Children, For Children

JAKARTA (July 21, 2021) - To welcome National Children's Day, MoSA held a webinar with the concept of "From Children, By Children, For Children" on Wednesday, (21/07). This event involved children being moderators, speakers, entertainment performances, and audiences.

Director General of Social Rehabilitation Harry Hikmat said this activity was here to fill children's time at home during a pandemic.

"Children's lives now are very different from before the pandemic, namely now activities outside the home are limited. Following the direction of Minister Risma, our Minister of Social Affairs, Children's Day should not only be a D-day momentum but also be filled with positive activities, including this webinar," said Harry explaining to the children.

Through webinars, he continued, children can share ideas, express and convey ideas, and discuss various things.

The webinar with the theme "Making Friends in the Time of the Covid-19 Pandemic" was attended by a total of around 900 participants, generally consisting of children from various regions in Indonesia, either through the Zoom Meeting application or live broadcast through MoSA's Youtube account.

"This (webinar) is a series of National Children's Day which is commemorated every July 23. MoSA will also hold a series of other events online considering the atmosphere is still Emergency PPKM," said Harry.

A total of seven speakers representing children from various backgrounds, namely Hati Bening Asy-syahidah (violin player), Febriyanti Prayitno (top scorer at the 2019 Children's Jamboree), Rangga Arya Sandika (former Taekwondo winner), Dandi Resando (an outstanding student from Semarang City who had participated in the UNICEF program), Dodi Tanoga (Foundation of Modern Diakoneia Campus), Jason (Foundation of Modern Diakoneia Campus), Roudhotul Esa Maharani, and moderated by Nabila (junior high school student in Jakarta).

They share knowledge and experiences about tips on communicating with friends during a pandemic, bullying behavior and ways to avoid it, toxic friendships, and tips to stay away from negative people.

In line with the speakers, the Chairperson of the Indonesian Child Protection Agency (LPAI) Seto Mulyadi said the message to children was to take care of each other so as not to enter into negative behaviors.