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Kavach

place India + 8 more

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Kota, India's education hub for JEE (Joint Entrance Exam) earns ₹5,000 crore yearly. However, student suicide is a problem (23 students died in 2023 due to stress). Unaddressed issues like these: academic pressure, social media, vaping, and cyberbullying escalate. Kavach provides a safe space with relevant self-help content and creating a supportive community for adolescents to overcome problems.

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Overview

HundrED shortlisted this innovation

HundrED has shortlisted this innovation to one of its innovation collections. The information on this page has been checked by HundrED.

Web presence

2022

Established

2M

Children

8

Countries
Target group
Community
Updated
June 2024
The foundation of our education system is constructed exclusively by adults with no active participation from adolescents, resulting in a lack of their perspective. I advocate for involving adolescents and understanding their needs. My app (made by a global team of adolescents from countries like India, Kenya, Pakistan, Egypt, US, UK) provides that missing perspective in the area of well-being.

About the innovation

Why did you create this innovation?

To create a ramp to adulthood for adolescents of today, who are being brought up in tumultuous times of today. New-age problems like social media pressures, substance abuse, disintegration of families, extreme academic stress, unattainable beauty standards are rampant! Hence adolescents must feel empowered to overcome their issues, and feel supported in their struggles.

What does your innovation look like in practice?

The innovation is an app used by adolescents. They can watch content in the form of videos, written pieces, and short story audios. All of this content is about their everyday issues and problems, and it's been written, produced, as well as spoken out by adolescents. I have a team of adolescents from countries around the world and of varying age groups so multiple perspectives and backgrounds are represented here. Also, they join communities based on specific issues and topics they are facing where they meet and interact with other adolescents who are experiencing the same, which helps them feel more accompanied in their struggles.

I have received positive feedback on the app's UX. 95.3% of adolescent users stated they loved the app's design. Furthermore, 97.6% of adolescents said that the content was relevant to them and provided actionable insight into solutions for their problems. 98.6% of adolescents stated they would use Kavach.

How has it been spreading?

I have been working with schools for the past 6 years, taking well-being sessions for their students. Hence, I already have a network of well-being ambassadors in all these schools, and all of them are actively spreading Kavach, making more ambassadors, and spreading awareness about the app.

I have collaborated with Harper Collins Publishers so Kavach is being promoted as a part of their Well-being series for students in their network of schools around the globe.

Kavach's anti-bullying program has been undertaken by more than 700 students, hence I am reaching out to adolescents of my existing network whom I have reached through my past programs and sessions.

Currently, Kavach app has more than 2000 downloads.

If I want to try it, what should I do?

Download the app and start watching the content! As of now the communities are still being created and is not active yet but it will be soon!

https://apps.apple.com/in/app/kavach/id6466407869

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kavach.mobile&pli=1

Implementation steps

How to use Kavach
You can go to google play store or app store and search up 'Kavach'
Download
Download the app
Registration
Register yourself by answering the questionnaire at the beginning which collects data on your mental health.
Use
Start watching the content! As of now the communities are still being created and that part of the app is not active yet. But it will be soon after which you can join them and communicate.
Links
https://apps.apple.com/in/app/kavach/id6466407869
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kavach.mobile&pli=1

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