By Maryam Mtengulah

Blantyre, August 19, Mana: Blantyre District Acting Social Welfare Officer, Irene Lakudzala has urged people in the district to take responsibility of ensuring that technology is being used as a vessel for advocating and protecting the rights of children in the district.

Lakudzala said this on Friday during the commemoration of day of the African child which was held at Tafika Primary School in the area of Traditional Authority Lundu.

The commemoration involved hundreds of children from Tafika Primary School, Katete Primary School, and Milale Primary School under the theme ‘The Rights of the Child in the Digital Environment’.

“Blantyre District Council is concerned with how technology is violating the rights of children by exposing them to bad behaviors including pornography and violent behavior. We are therefore linking with different stakeholders to implement activities that will help against digital abuse so that our children should grow with good morals,” said Lakudzala.

Speaking on the same, Director of Step Kids Awareness, God knows Maseko said the negative impacts of technology on children should not be overlooked and therefore advised parents, leaders, and the government to join hands in advocating and raising awareness on how technology can assist children instead of destroying them.

In an interview with one of the pupils, Daniel Kasimu urged his fellow children to stay away from technological activities which may result to moral decadence and that they must seek guidance from their parents before utilizing the digital space to ensure that their good morals are kept intact.

The commemoration began with a big walk which was followed by pupils’ performances including drama, debates, speeches, and dances.