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Fundacion Mapfre have launched a new campaign aimed at raising awareness about internet addiction among school children.
The project targets secondary school students across Malta and Gozo. A total of 160 workshops will be hosted by trained coordinators.
Each workshop will be streamed live into a classroom via interactive whiteboard technology, to give students a fun and interactive lesson on healthy interaction with the online world.
As a conversation starter, the workshops use a short comical film written by Jon Mallia and directed by Abigail Mallia featuring popular actors Thomas Camilleri and James Ryder. The film covers the many issues that arise from internet addiction and the social isolation that is borne of this problem. It encourages teens to examine their options for socialising and entertainment beyond the allures of the virtual world.