The Ministry of Interior’s Child Protection Center has launched the HEMAYATI Application in the IOS A App Store for IPhone to enhance child safety and protection, and provide parents and caregivers with real-time communication with children through this App at all times. HEMAYATI also provides an ingenious SOS feature built-in, enabling children to send distress calls to their parents when they feel threatened, and then go on to notify the Operations Room about the SOS notification with a single click. It also enables the police to keep in constant contact with the families and their children in order to deal with the "Smart SOS" as notifications of the highest priority. It also enables the police to respond to emergencies within four minutes.
This step embodies the instructions of the higher leadership, and falls in line with the Child Protection Center's efforts to make use of smart technology to enhance public confidence, and achieve the aspirations of making the UAE “a civilization hub and a role model in the region for child protection and security”.
Making this application available for free on Apple Store follows the center’s previous success in launching the application on Google Play for smartphones operating via Android System. It also personifies the Ministry of Interior's efforts of developing smart interactive services via mobile phones.
"The Ministry of Interior is keen to transform the UAE's National Agenda for the next seven years into projects and initiatives related to the security and police fields with a view to make the UAE one of the safest places in the world by achieving a total sense of security and by reducing the response time for emergency calls to just four minutes, ," said Major General Nasser Lakhrebani Al Nuaimi, Secretary General of the Office of HH Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, and Chairman of the Higher Committee for Child Protection.
He added: "The HEMAYATI Application was activated as a response to parents' requests wishing to know the whereabouts of their children. It also reflects the Ministry of Interior's keenness through its multiple initiatives, to provide protection for children from all kind of risks, especially while they are in contact with the cyber world."
For his part, Lieutenant Colonel Faisal Mohammed Al Shammari, Director of the Ministry of Interior’s Child Protection Center and Chairman of the Technical Subcommittee, explained that the application personifies the MoI's efforts of improving the smart interactive procedures and services that are available via mobile phones. "Activating the HEMAYATI System and the ongoing development also constitutes a response to parents’ requests wishing to know the whereabouts of their children It also creates a safety net to improve the safety of a very important category in society; children," he continued. He also clarified that present and future signs indicate an increasing amount of challenges face innocent children. For this reason, protecting children against potential challenges should top all priorities, with a view to guarantee children’s safety and protection with all available means.
He noted that the service is limited to families with children. He also urged them to not hesitate to get the HEMAYATI Application and begin receiving its services in order to take advantage of its various features to enhance security and safety in society, and prevent any potential risks that children may face while they are unattended in public places.
He also asked parents to emphasize the application’s importance to their children and introduce them to its benefits that can protect them. He pointed out the successful experimental link of the HEMAYATI Application to the Central Operati
