Inspiring Children’s Futures has created a new smartphone app, the COVID 4P Log, to collect the views and experiences of those working to support children’s wellbeing during COVID-19.
To address the impact of COVID-19 on children in the long term, we need a better understanding of the changing demands on these policies, practices and circumstances across cultures, countries and continents.
By asking just one question each day, the app collects information to create “learning reports” on the topic, which will be used to inform policy, practices and understanding around child protection during – and beyond – the pandemic. These questions will be asked over an eight-week period, covering topics including protection, provision to food, health and education, access to justice and alternative care, and more.
Today, participants from 29 countries and five continents can voice their views anonymously through this app. It can be downloaded on both the Apple and GooglePlay Stores. Ultimately, Inspiring Children’s Futures and their partners hope to use these insights to gain a better understanding of how COVID-19 has affected children – informing their plans to better support children in the future.
“The COVID 4P Log is a timely and innovative approach and will help us to learn more about the COVID-19 related effects on our children,” said Laura Korhonen, Director of the Barnafrid - Swedish National Centre on Violence Against Children, which partnered with Inspiring Children’s Futures on the app. “This kind of knowledge is really essential for wise decision making and allocation of resources. Together we can find innovative solutions to protect our children, to provide their unique needs and to promote child participation.”
