Voice-powered early intervention to stop children reaching Conakry streets
Children as young as 5-12 years old are surviving on the streets of Conakry at night, resulting in traumatic arrests by children's court patrols
VigilGuard gives teachers, community health workers and religious leaders simple tools to track school attendance and flag at-risk children. The platform automatically delivers voice-based parenting lessons in French and Susu to registered families and connects them to local mentors. Early alerts prevent children from disappearing onto the streets at night.
Impoverished Guinean families and vulnerable children aged 5-12 living on urban streets in Conakry
Primarily voice and USSD driven so even completely illiterate caregivers can participate. Focuses on root causes (parenting skills, early absence detection) rather than only rescue.
empowering
Automated IVR calls delivering parenting and financial literacy content in local languages
Schools and madrasas mark daily attendance via simple app or USSD with automatic alerts
Simple algorithm flags children with multiple absences or other risk factors
Matches at-risk children with local mentors for weekly check-ins
Families can leave voice messages responding to lessons or reporting concerns
NGO admins can upload new voice lessons easily
Religious and community leaders get overview of children in their area
Automated reports for funders showing reduced street cases
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
| district | text | No |
| leader_id | uuid | Yes |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| name | text | Yes |
| age | int | Yes |
| parent_phone | text | No |
| school_id | uuid | Yes |
| risk_score | int | No |
| community_id | uuid | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| child_id | uuid | No |
| date | timestamp | No |
| present | bool | No |
| recorded_by | uuid | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| title | text | No |
| audio_url | text | No |
| language | text | No |
| target_topic | text | No |
Relationships:
/api/attendanceRecord daily attendance via app or USSD webhook
/api/lessons/deliverTrigger voice lesson to specific parent phone
/api/risk/scanReturn children with elevated risk scores in a community
/api/mentors/matchCreate mentor-child pairing
Maximum 10 children
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| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 110 | 7% | $269 | $3,228 |
| Month 6 | 740 | 13% | $3,377 | $40,524 |
Voice lessons for parents. Early absence alerts for communities. Prevention that actually works in Guinea.
Begin with madrasa and public school networks in Conakry who already track attendance. Offer free Pro accounts to three respected imams and women's community leaders who influence large groups of families. Use success data from these pilots to approach the Ministry of Education and local UNICEF office for larger scale contracts and endorsements.
Massive reach via SMS
Not structured prevention program, no voice lessons or mentor matching
Focused workflow from absence to mentor to voice education
Flexible
Require technical setup per deployment
Pre-built curriculum and risk model for street children prevention
Curated library of culturally appropriate Susu and French voice content combined with attendance pattern data that improves risk scoring over time.
Dramatic increase in cheap mobile minutes and IVR technology costs dropping below $0.02 per call makes voice-first prevention programs financially viable for the first time.
Content quality and cultural relevance
Co-create all voice lessons with Guinean parenting experts and test with target families
Low response rate to voice calls
Use local trusted voices (imams, respected women) to record lessons
High cost of voice calls at scale
Negotiate bulk rates with African telcos and include credits in higher tiers
Success: At least 32 mothers listen to entire lesson and report it helpful
Success: 25% reduction in children disappearing to streets vs control group
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