Safer Internet Day 2018 Slated for 6Th February

Executive Director of J Initiative (JI), Awo Aidam Amenyah

Accra, Ghana, January 31, 2018// – J Initiative, a leading child centred NGO and Safer Internet Day Ghana (SIDGhana) partners announced that Safer Internet Day 2018 (#SID2018) will be celebrated in Ghana on Tuesday 6 February 2018.

This year’s celebration is themed- ‘Create, Connect and Share Respect: A better Internet Starts with you’ will be marked by community durbars in all the 10 regions of Ghana.

Safer Internet Day celebration in Ghana is expected to contribute to awareness creation and practice of responsible use of technology.

Regional Celebrations:

Regional venues for SID 2018 are as follow:

  1. Upper West – Wa Children’s Park. (Wa)
  2. Northern – Mariam Centre for Inter-religious dialogue. (Tamale)
  3. Upper East – Catholic Social Centre. (Bolgatanga)
  4. Ashanti – Adum Ramseyer Presby conference hall (Kumasi)
  5. Volta – World Vision hall (Ho)
  6. Greater Accra – Osu Home Basic Schools (Accra).
  7. Brong Ahafo – Sunyani Municipal Assembly Hall (Sunyani)
  8. Central – Metro Assembly Hall (Cape Coast).
  9. Western – Ghana Shippers’ Council conference hall (Takoradi).
  10. Eastern – Suhum Municipal Assembly conference room (Suhum).

“We have celebrated the day in the past three years and this year being 4th and we are excited about the steady progress we have chalk from one regional celebration to 5 regions and now to the whole Country. It only confirms SIDGhana partners resolved and commitment to create the much needed awareness on Internet safety for all”, the Executive Director of J Initiative, Mrs Awo Aidam Amenyah said.

SIDGhana partners join the growing global effort among nonprofits, industry, academic institutions, government entities, municipalities and individuals to raise awareness in all settings on the need to practice cyber hygiene, according to her.

The sessions in the above list are going to be predominantly in the local language of the area. SIDGhana sponsors of the events including- Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), National Communication Authority (NCA), MTN Ghana Foundation, Facebook, FirstBanc Ghana Ltd, and Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

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