Bui Quoc Khanh and Bui Phuong Vy (from right to left) discuss their set of games (Photo: tuoitre.vn) Can Tho (VNS/VNA) - Despite theiryoung age and modest experiences, Bui Phuong Vy and Bui Quoc Khanh,11th graders, have created a set of games to teach children about sexualabuse prevention.
Vy and Khanh are students of Luu Huu Phuoc High School in OMon district, the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.
Vy and Khanh’s idea received much encouragement fromteachers, especially Huynh Nghia Trung, a maths and information and technologyteacher. Trung agreed to guide the two students.
Firstly, Vy and Khanh interviewed 132 children aged betweenthree and 10 about skills to prevent sexual abuse. Most of them did not knowwhat to do if they were abused.
For instance, with the question “If a stranger touches yourbottom, what do you do?”, 52 children answered, “I don’t know”. A total of 45others answered, “I will not do anything, because adults have the right todo that.” Only 25 answered, “I will shout loudly and run away.”
The two students then researched documents about children’spsychology and decided to design a set of games to help children haveskills to prevent sexual abuse, allowing teachers and parents tostudy with the children while playing with them.
Vy and Khanh worked on the weekends and finished theirproject after six months.
The set has five parts including cards, puzzles, a book, acolouring book and a smartphone app. By playing games, the children learn thatthey should not allow anyone to touch their body including their mouth, chest,bottom, thighs or sex organs.
“To attract the children’s notice, we designed the gameswith colourful images,” said Vy.
The questions in the games are short and easy to understandso that children from seven years old can play.
Teacher Trung said that child sexual abuse could happenanywhere and anytime.
“The best way is equipping the children with knowledge sothat they can protect themselves. Vy and Khanh’s project is humane andnecessary,” he said.
After a week of using the games, about 70 percent of theusers assessed the games were good.
Nguyen Thi Truc Phuong, a mother in O Mon district,said: “The games are useful, helping the children have skills to preventsexual abuse. Earlier we also wanted to teach our children about the issue, butdid not know how to teach them.”
Nguyen Anh Thu, a fourth grader, said: “Before, I havelittle knowledge about the issue. After playing the games, I know much more.”
The games have lively and colourful images so they were easyto remember, she said.
Vy and Khanh’s project won second prize in the science andtechnology competition for the southern area 2019.
“For us, the most valuable prize is that the games helpchildren get necessary skills,” said Vy.-VNS/VNA
Vy and Khanh are students of Luu Huu Phuoc High School in OMon district, the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.
Vy and Khanh’s idea received much encouragement fromteachers, especially Huynh Nghia Trung, a maths and information and technologyteacher. Trung agreed to guide the two students.
Firstly, Vy and Khanh interviewed 132 children aged betweenthree and 10 about skills to prevent sexual abuse. Most of them did not knowwhat to do if they were abused.
For instance, with the question “If a stranger touches yourbottom, what do you do?”, 52 children answered, “I don’t know”. A total of 45others answered, “I will not do anything, because adults have the right todo that.” Only 25 answered, “I will shout loudly and run away.”
The two students then researched documents about children’spsychology and decided to design a set of games to help children haveskills to prevent sexual abuse, allowing teachers and parents tostudy with the children while playing with them.
Vy and Khanh worked on the weekends and finished theirproject after six months.
The set has five parts including cards, puzzles, a book, acolouring book and a smartphone app. By playing games, the children learn thatthey should not allow anyone to touch their body including their mouth, chest,bottom, thighs or sex organs.
“To attract the children’s notice, we designed the gameswith colourful images,” said Vy.
The questions in the games are short and easy to understandso that children from seven years old can play.
Teacher Trung said that child sexual abuse could happenanywhere and anytime.
“The best way is equipping the children with knowledge sothat they can protect themselves. Vy and Khanh’s project is humane andnecessary,” he said.
After a week of using the games, about 70 percent of theusers assessed the games were good.
Nguyen Thi Truc Phuong, a mother in O Mon district,said: “The games are useful, helping the children have skills to preventsexual abuse. Earlier we also wanted to teach our children about the issue, butdid not know how to teach them.”
Nguyen Anh Thu, a fourth grader, said: “Before, I havelittle knowledge about the issue. After playing the games, I know much more.”
The games have lively and colourful images so they were easyto remember, she said.
Vy and Khanh’s project won second prize in the science andtechnology competition for the southern area 2019.
“For us, the most valuable prize is that the games helpchildren get necessary skills,” said Vy.-VNS/VNA
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