AI-powered safe route planner for East African human rights work
East African activists face arbitrary detention, brutal torture and sexual assault by Tanzanian police when conducting cross-border human rights work.
RiskForge ingests public reports, news, activist submissions and historical data to generate personalized risk assessments for any Tanzanian route or border crossing. Users receive optimized itineraries, timing windows with lowest police activity, and tailored 'if detained' playbooks based on their specific advocacy focus.
East African human rights activists and independent journalists traveling for advocacy
Combines RAG over a vector database of 8,000+ verified incident reports with real-time activist submissions — delivering predictive risk scores no generic travel advisory service can match.
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Upload route and receive overall risk score with breakdown by segment
RAG system over historical police violence reports
Suggests lower-risk paths with trade-off analysis
Generates 'what to do if stopped' cards based on user profile
Push notifications when new high-risk incidents occur near your route
Model weights risk differently for LGBTQ, environmental, or election monitoring work
PDF summary suitable for organizational travel approval
Shows how risk at specific border has changed over 12 months
Securely share plans with team members
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| advocacy_focus | text | Yes |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| origin | text | No |
| destination | text | No |
| risk_score | int | No |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| embedding | text | No |
| incident_text | text | No |
| location_lat | text | No |
| location_lng | text | No |
| incident_date | timestamp | No |
| severity | int | No |
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | Yes |
| incident_text | text | No |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
/api/assess-routeRuns RAG + LLM to generate risk assessment and alternatives
/api/submit-incidentAdds new incident to vector database after moderation
/api/get-playbookReturns personalized detention response card
No playbooks or alternatives
None
Up to 10 users
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 90 | 15% | $473 | $5,676 |
| Month 6 | 720 | 22% | $2,772 | $33,264 |
AI that reads 8000+ incident reports so you don't have to. Get safe routes and detention playbooks built for Tanzanian human rights work.
1. Offer free Organization tier to Human Rights Watch East Africa team in exchange for dataset contributions. 2. Partner with the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Tanzania chapter for co-branded workshops. 3. Run LinkedIn lead-gen campaign targeting 'human rights' + 'Tanzania' job titles with free route audit offer.
Comprehensive travel risk data
Not activist-specific, extremely expensive, no AI route optimization
Hyper-local activist incident vector database at 1/10th the cost
Good itinerary organizer
Zero risk intelligence for East Africa human rights context
Specialized RAG model trained on regional police violence data
Data moat — continuously enriched vector database of East African incident reports becomes more accurate with every user contribution.
Explosion of open-source intelligence reports combined with cheap embedding models and smartphone ubiquity in East Africa makes real-time risk prediction newly feasible.
Activists may distrust AI recommendations
Full transparency of sources + human moderation layer on all vector entries
Liability if recommendation leads to harm
Clear disclaimers, insurance, and 'for informational purposes only' language reviewed by human rights lawyers
Success: 65% say they would use weekly and 50% would pay $35/mo
Success: At least 12 organizations actively using route planner for real trips
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