CHILD Everywhere · one situation, many doorways

Start with what is happening.
Not the name of a service.

No water. No medicine. No school. Fear at home. War. Corruption. Or something never described before. CHILD helps shape the situation, find a wise next action and carry it through the safest channel available—online or offline.

For someone with no device

A trusted community worker, teacher, health worker, neighbour or local Wisdom Guide can map the situation with them, carry a short response by voice or paper, and return later to ask one essential question:

Did help arrive—and did life become safer?

Situation Map

Map the situation,
one detail at a time.

The questions adapt to who needs support. Nothing entered in this public beta is submitted or saved.

01Place
02Who
03Context
04Situation
05Details
06Response
Where is care needed right now?

Place comes first because emergency advice, rights and services change locally. Share only the level that is safe. Country is required; a precise local place is not.

Care near you · place-based routing
1 · Identify only a safe place level

Choose a country. Add a local place only when it is safe and known.

2 · Keep a stable place ID

Each menu choice will retain its provider ID so places with similar names are not confused.

3 · Show appropriate services

Only services with a verified location, function, opening status, accessibility, eligibility, capacity and last-checked time should be offered as real-time care.

How can help reach this person?

Choose the channel that actually exists

The response will be shaped so it does not depend on technology the person does not have—or cannot safely use.

Current beta boundary: the country/area menu follows the UN M49 standard ↗. The dependent administrative and local-place listings use the community-maintained Countries States Cities Database ↗ (ODbL). Coverage and administrative levels vary by country: a listed place supports orientation, but is not yet an authoritative care-routing location. Before live referrals, CHILD must match it to a national registry or OCHA COD-AB P-code ↗ and connect verified provider feeds.

One connected CHILD system

The response does not end
when advice is given.

Follow-up asks whether the child or caregiver is safer, more comfortable and able to access support. Outcomes, gaps and questions can then strengthen Learning that stays alive.

The system exists to return a better response to real situations—not to turn children and families into data sources.

01 · FIRST

Child + parent or caregiver

The real situation, voice, rights, safety and desired comfort define what a useful response must achieve.

Build the real situation →
02 · NEARBY

Community + trusted helpers

Community leaders, educators, social workers, health workers and other local helpers strengthen the response around the family.

Connect the five intelligences →
03 · LOCAL

Services + decentralized administration

Verified health, protection, education, emergency and social services turn the plan into coordinated local action and referral.

See the action method →
04 · SYSTEM LEARNING

National systems + government

Protected, aggregated patterns reveal service gaps and help improve policy, resources and standards without exposing a family’s case.

Open system learning →
Real situationWise local actionFollow-upComfort, safety or a revised response

Local-first is not local-only. Urgent danger, safeguarding concerns and needs beyond local capacity must escalate immediately. Children and caregivers remain rights-holders—not sources of data for the system.

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