Designed for children aged 8-14, the mock, virtual online interactive scenarios encourage children’s critical thinking and autonomous decision-making skills in an online environment and empowers children to understand how their actions can keep their characters – and therefore themselves – safe.ĭeveloped by the University’s Centre for Child Protection, in collaboration with ECPAT International, A21, Playerthree, and the University of Stirling, the game aims to enable the comprehensive training of professional practitioners and those working directly with children in Cambodia and Thailand, with the age-appropriate tools to educate children about online safety. Known as May and Bay, the simulations follow(s) the stories of two children, as they encounter the insidious world of online grooming. A new culturally informed educational ‘game’ has been developed to help educate children and young people across Thailand and Cambodia on how to spot the signs of online grooming and recognise the tactics that abusers and traffickers employ.
