On the occasion of the International Children's Day, the Child and Family Protection Centre, affiliated with the Sharjah Social Services Department, organised a group of awareness programmes for students of public and private schools, kindergartens and private nurseries. The programmes included advice and guidance on achieving comprehensive child protection for teachers and supervisors in educational institutions concerned with child care in Sharjah. The center stated that the number of awareness programs during the year 2024 has reached more than 100 programs to date, including children’s rights and methods of protection and prevention. The programs are presented by a specialized team consisting of social educators, social protection specialists, legal researchers, and psychologists. Through the “How to Say No” program, children are taught how to protect themselves from abuse and types of harm, and to learn about the most important strategic methods of self-defense and how to deal with situations that the child and his peers may be exposed to. Teaching children the basics of protecting themselves from harm through several basic stages, and training them to apply them by selecting a number of children and acting out a group of scenes in order to reinforce the idea within each child and teach them to protect themselves properly. Among the activities, a program titled “Super Strong” was presented to enhance communication and conversation skills among children who suffer from psychological marginalization due to fear of communicating with others and difficulty expressing opinions. The center’s psychological specialist helped them by implementing group and interactive workshops that help break the barrier of fear and enhance self-confidence within them. A team of legal researchers also educated children on the importance of their rights in society. The program introduced children to their rights and duties by simplifying many legal concepts. He used the narrative method to tell the story of the little girl "Wadeema", who was the reason for issuing a law for the child and child protection, and explained the article in an easy and smooth way for children to familiarize them with the basic rights, which are: their right to life and safety, their right to a name, registration in the birth registry, the right to nationality, the right to lineage, other identification documents, the right to express an opinion, the prohibition of employment in work before reaching the age of 15, the prohibition of commercial exploitation, family, health, educational, social and cultural rights, the right to protection, protection mechanisms and measures, and penalties. On another level, the event organized a program to raise awareness among teachers, parents, supervisors and community members in institutions about the importance of knowing the Wadeema Law and knowing children’s rights and how to implement them in the country. The social protection specialist also discussed the importance of raising awareness about school and electronic bullying, how to deal with it, methods of prevention and training to strengthen oneself without harming others, and how to communicate with the Child and Family Protection Center in the event of a report being submitted. In addition to introducing and disseminating the child protection policy to social professionals in educational institutions and entities concerned with child care in the Emirate of Sharjah, the hotline expert, Khaled Al Kathiri, at the Child and Family Protection Center, presented a number of workshops and lectures concerned with child protection and raising awareness among medical personnel and those supervising children in hospitals, health centers and relevant entities about the (Honorable Observer) service and how to introduce reporting mechanisms via the hotline 800700 and how to intervene urgently in it.