DOHA: A children activity about safety at home and other places has been launched by Kulluna, the national safety and health awareness campaign.
A webpage dedicated to children has games and puzzles teaching children about safety on different places, with a special focus on home safety and water safety.
‘Kulluna village’ have three main categories of games and quiz ‘spot the difference’ ‘spot the hazard’ and ‘safety quiz in English and Arabic.
The game ‘spot the hazard’ highlights dangers which can lead to home accidents.
It showcases that small children left unattended in the bath can drown, opened toilet bowls can cause drowning especially to little children and cleaning chemicals often left at bathrooms create danger of poison.
The game’s category on kitchen shows risks of burn and poisoning. It shows that children who don’t know the danger of fire may reach up to the cooker top and place their hands or toys in the flames.
The game teaches that medicine stored inappropriately will risk of poisoning.
Medicines may be kept in any part of the house, including the kitchen and if they are not locked away there is a potential for children to get hold of them and take them, there is a high risk of serious injury for medication accidents.
Through the game ‘Kulluna Village’ also show children how accidents might happen in a living room, especially the risk of falls such as loose mats/carpets that slip on marble floors in living areas.
Also electrical wires which tripping risk or kids may pull on a wire and cause the electrical item to fall onto them and sharp edges from coffee tables or other furniture can cause nasty cuts.
More than 40,000 children aged up to 14 suffer injuries at home every year in Qatar and 85 percent of accidents occur at home, according to statistics by Kulluna. The injuries tend to fall into six main categories: Falls, burns, drowning, being hit by cars in the driveway, choking and poisoning.
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