276 children participated in the activities of the “Summer Friends” summer program, which was launched by the Department of Social Services in Sharjah, and continues until the end of August. Children in the age group of 5-12 years benefit from it, and its implementation is supervised by the Department’s Child and Family Protection Center. Fatima Al Marzouqi, Director of the Child and Family Protection Center, says that the program includes various activities that coincide with the children’s summer vacation, and aims to invest the summer vacation in developing the skills and abilities of children, teaching them the importance of their rights in society, as well as knowing how to protect themselves from harm. It also aims to enhance Communication and interaction among children and improving the quality of time they spend with their social environment during holidays and vacations. She added that "Summer Friends" includes a group of educational and awareness programs that are implemented in coordination and cooperation with various centers from community agencies concerned with children within the Emirate of Sharjah. The activities include 3 programmes, which are a group of awareness and educational lectures presented by an awareness team at the Child and Family Protection Center, made up of social protection specialists, social intellectuals and legal researchers. The first programme, “How to Say No”, aims to teach children the foundations of protecting themselves from harm through several methods. Basic stages, where he defines them and trains them to apply them by choosing a number of children and acting out scenes in order to reinforce the idea within each child and teach them to protect themselves properly. The second program, “My Rights,” is a legal program in which children are introduced to their rights and duties by simplifying many of the concepts related to their rights, telling the story of (the little girl and Dima), which was the reason for issuing a law for the child and protecting children, and explaining the material in an easy and smooth manner to the children so that they know their rights. The basic ones are: their right to life and security, their right to a name, registration in the birth registry, the right to nationality, the right to lineage and other identification documents, the right to express opinion, the prohibition of employment before reaching the age of 15, the prohibition of commercial exploitation, and family, health, educational and social rights. Cultural, right to protection, protection mechanisms and measures, and sanctions. The third program, “Honesty and Respect,” is to instill values ​​within children, promote positive morals among their peers, learn beautiful and humane behaviors, respect for parents, and the importance of honesty as a virtue that a person can possess in society. As well as clarifying concepts about behaviors that the child’s age understands and are appropriate for him through imitation and imitation, which are considered the first tools of knowledge and learning for young people. The work team touched on the extent of the children’s awareness during the presentation of the programs and their interaction during their participation in the practical workshops accompanying the programs, which through their interaction is a positive echo in increasing awareness and knowledge and acquiring life, scientific and practical skills for them.