Making a difference
in the digital world

We asked Filipino children to share their life experiences in the digital world amidst the pandemic through short stories, poetry and digital memes and how they were able to make a difference in the digital world. This to encourage their fellow children to make use of online in a safe and productive way.

About the Voice For Change
Digital Platform

Child victims and vulnerable to sexual exploitation in the Philippines with interest to contribute to lobby and advocacy were networked together using human centred design and identified what they see as the biggest barriers for change regarding Sexual Exploitation of Children (SEC) to co-create a child-friendly and safe digital platform.

The platform will effectively and sustainably magnify and scale up their voices that can fit their specific needs, abilities and ambitions. The digital platform will create a network and help empower children who have been active advocates for awareness at local levels to influence and support each other, raising their voice and using their experience to advocate at national levels. Through this app, communications will be enabled and will speak with credibility about grassroots realities and supporting its use through gamification. It won’t just make lobbying, awareness and protection sustainable but also scalable.

Key Features

Share your thoughts

Got a high grade in school or achieved a personal goal? Freely share your thoughts in a private and secure way.

Engage in discussions

Start a conversation with like-minded people about concerns relevant to protection of children and similar issues. Or chime in on other topics that interest you.

Get help

Feeling down, need guidance or just want someone to talk to? Reach out to individuals and organizations in your location.

Impact Stories

Kandili, a Piece by a Filipino Youth

Kandili, a Piece by a Filipino Youth

Kandili, a Piece by a Filipino Youth In the Filipino language, “Kandili” means to care for and provide support. “Kandili” is also the title of 16-year-old Raine’s artwork, which she donated to Terre des Hommes Netherlands, as a way of supporting our fight for child...

Vio’s Inspiration to Help Other Children

Vio’s Inspiration to Help Other Children

Vio is a Child Rights Advocate of Yayasan Embun Pelangi (YEP), a Terre des Hommes partner in Indonesia. Since 2019, she has dedicated her time in being a voice for other children as a Chairman of RAEKSA, a child-led group that empowers children and youth. “The reason...

A vote against sexual exploitation

A vote against sexual exploitation

In 2018 photographer Marieke van der Velden visited two shelters supported by Down to Zero in Thailand. She portrayed teenagers and listened to their stories about what it means to be able to work towards a new future with support. Yo was one of the youngsters, who...

Project Updates

On the Way to Innovative and Emerging SEC Solutions

On the Way to Innovative and Emerging SEC Solutions

Terre des Hommes Netherlands in the Philippines together with its Down to Zero Alliance partners, ECPAT Philippines and Plan International conducted a capacity building session last February 28-March 1, 2022. This served as an opportunity for the alliance members to...

Focus Group on Child Safety by Design

Focus Group on Child Safety by Design

Terre des Hommes Netherlands is conducting a research that is aimed at identifying best practices examples of child safety by design protecting children from OSEC and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) as well as translating those solutions into advocacy and policy...

Children and Youth Solution Summit Phase 1

Children and Youth Solution Summit Phase 1

The Children and Youth Solution Summit 2021 is an initiative of the Down to Zero Alliance in the Philippines aimed at contributing to child and youth development by constructively involving them in learning and doing and being connected to positive adults and their...

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