Through Aselo®, Tech Matters continues to innovate to enable child helpline counselors address growing online threats.
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The latest on what we’re thinking and doing.
Aselo Helps Childline Zambia Save Trafficked Children
A group of trafficked young people from Malawi and Mozambique were saved when one boy was able to run away and managed to call 116.
Supporting Ukrainian Child Refugees in Hungary
Tech Matters has partnered with Kék Vonal Gyermekkrízis Alapítvány to help support Ukrainian refugees seeking shelter in Hungary.
The Future of Tech for Child Helplines
Aselo update on workshop held in Stockholm, Sweden the day before the 10th International Consultation of Child Helpline International (CHI).
Supporting Children Victimized by Online Sexual Abuse
Our Tech Matters team is delighted and honored to be recognized with a major new grant from the Safe Online initiative at End Violence.
Meeting Lifeline Childline Zambia
ChildLine Zambia became the first helpline to adopt Aselo at their operations center in February 2021. Counselors now use Aselo to manage cases reported via phone calls to the 116 toll-free number and provide counseling services via WhatsApp, Facebook, and Webchat.
Tech Matters Joins WePROTECT Global Alliance
Tech Matters is delighted to announce that it has joined the WePROTECT Global Alliance, a global coalition committed to ending online child sexual abuse and exploitation.
Tech Matters partnership leverages tech for global child helplines – Devex, April 13, 2021
Chilufya Adondo, a counselor at Childline Zambia, used to take notes from incoming calls on paper. The telephone counseling and guidance service takes calls from children on issues ranging from violence against children to HIV/AIDS to unintended pregnancies.
Launching Aselo!
After over a year of collaboration with Child Helpline International (CHI) and child helplines in Zambia and South Africa, Tech Matters is officially launching its first social enterprise: Aselo.
New Aselo Platform Strengthens Global Child Helplines – News Release
Zambia and South Africa child helplines are first to integrate the Aselo platform, which enables children to connect with counselors through modern social media channels and text messaging, and gives helplines new tools to advance the field