The Royal College of Arts & Imperial College London partnered with Nairobi Design Institute to address the importance of educating adolescents on matters regarding Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH).
Tuonge is a platform designed for parents to easily access SRH information and tips on how to speak about SRH with their children. The content is curated by sex, age, and subject, allowing parents to seek specific information for their child. Furthermore, a support hotline feature enables parents to connect with community health services. This tool has its origins due to cultural influence; most Kenyan parents feel it’s a taboo to speak about SRH and posses fear that providing information to their children could lead to practice.
Website Mock-Up
GoGlobal 2019 Exhibition
Currently, the beta version is a USSD/SMS live platform for Kenya, that can be used in feature phones & smartphones.
It provides parents with age-appropriate learning materials that grow with their child. By familiarising children with these topics from a young age, it encourages them to be more open as they grow up.
The USSD is presented in Swahili and English to be accessible for every Kenyan parent, and it gives conversation starters to help parents commence the “awkward” talks.
Tuonge was exhibited in the GoGlobal 2019 exhibition at Ihub, Nairobi and the team was invited to promote it in Ruben FM Radio.
Field Research
Field research was conducted with parents, adolescents, teachers, pharmacists and SRH institutions from different areas of Nairobi, to understand our user profiles, and find insights and design opportunities. With this diverse group, we co-created the different journey and emotional maps of parents and children regarding SRH topics. On the other hand, we interviewed and studied the content that children should learn about SRH at each stage of their lives.
User:
Parents of medium and low-income areas who have newborns to 16-year-old children and own a mobile phone that may not be a smartphone. They lack accurate information about SRH, but have the desire to learn and educate their children.
