Who is Guard-A-Kid™?
 Guard-A-Kid was founded in 2003 in Miami, Florida. USA. After months of research and development, Guard-A-Kid unveiled its state-of-the-art Digital Child ID System in 2004. This new system provides a complete identification and safety package for children. According to the police and law enforcement agencies throughout the United States and the world at large, a parent’s best assurance for the quick and safe recovery of a missing child is to have a complete profile of the child on hand. Guard-A-Kid has developed a simple yet comprehensive system that provides a complete identification for a child within minutes. The police and law enforcement agencies urge parents everywhere to keep an updated picture, all 10-fingerprints and critical information about their children at their fingertips. They believe that access to photos, fingerprints and other critical information, in the first 30 minutes after the child is reported missing, can play a critical role in the quick and safe recovery of the child. Guard-A-Kid is an internationally recognized child identification and safety company with locations throughout the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Ireland, Guam and now in Nigeria. Guard-A-Kid is the first Child Identification / Safety Company with the sole franchise to market its products and services in Nigeria and West Africa (Sub Region).

Why Guard-A-Kid™?
Guard-A-Kid™ provides a total and complete child ID and child safety package to each participating parent. Guard-A-Kid uses a state-of-the-art FBI quality digital fingerprint scanner to capture the child’s fingerprint images. A single ID card is not enough in finding a missing child. In many cases, missing children end up in other states. While others offer a single printed ID card, Guard-A-Kid™ provides the parents with two wallet-size printed IDs, a large file-size ID, and most importantly a CDROM that contains all of the child’s information in a digital format. The CDROM is extremely essential in transmitting the child’s information to the police and other law enforcement agencies within the same city and also to agencies out of state. In fact, with Guard-A-Kid™, the full set of information from a missing child can be emailed to other agencies within seconds. The first hour after the child is reported missing is the most important time in recovering the child. The CDROM includes a file that contains all of the child’s information in the format that the police and other law enforcement agencies prefer to see. Once the parent provides the CDROM to the police and they insert it into their computer system, the child’s information is quickly formatted into their database and ready to be sent to all the Police stations, Airports, Borders and the Media nationwide and other agencies worldwide.

According to law enforcement agencies worldwide, it is essential to have full 10 fingerprints for accurate identification. While others offer a single card with only a thumb fingerprint, Guard-A-Kid’s digital fingerprint scanner captures the prints from all 10 fingers.

Why is child id so important? 
Research has shown that Nigeria records a very high rate of Missing and Abused children through Abductions, Kidnaps, Ritual killings, Clashes. Sometimes children even wander away without traces and recovery. These cases have thrown parents and law enforcement agencies into great worries because most missing children are never recovered and alive due to lack of proper identification and safety measures.

According to the Nigerian Police and other law enforcement throughout the world, a parent’s best assurance for the quick and safe recovery of a missing child is to have a complete profile of the child on hand. The first hours after a child becomes missing is the most critical time for recovery. However it is also the time when the parents are in a panic mood and can not remember a detailed description of their child.

How can I have this program implemented in our school?
Implementing this programme in any school is very simple! It starts with a visit from one of our Child Safety Specialist to your School. You can contact Guard-A-Kid™ Child Safety Specialist at our office or visit our website www.guardakid.com/nigeria your principal or the PTA chooses a date to have this programme implemented in your school. The process is that simple!

How does the programme work?
A date is chosen for this service by the principal or the PTA.Guard-A-Kid™ Child Safety Specialist will then provide the school with parent sign-up flyers to be sent home with each child approximately one week prior to the set date. On the day of the event our Specialists capture the information (fingerprints, photo, and data) from children who have signed up for this service. The kits are returned to school ready to be delivered to parents in one or two weeks.

Who pays for this service?
The parents who are interested in receiving a complete identification and safety kit for their child sign up and pay for this service. The money, usually in the form of cash or cheque is sent back to school with their child in the enclosed envelopes.

Can I find a sponsor to pay for the service? Yes. Our software is designed such that it allows any third party sponsors logo to be printed on the Child ID cards. Therefore, if you would like to signup a sponsor to pay for all of or a portion of the Child ID Kits in exchange for name recognition, then you can do so and provide the kits to the parents for less cost or even free. Many sponsors would love to participate in such events, since they are doing something admirable for the community. School logos can also be printed on the ID cards, if the school chooses to do so.

How much do the parents pay for this service?
The parents pay N 5,000 per child for each Guard-A-Kid™ child ID package. This is a very reasonable price considering the value of this package and the fact that it also provides them with information about their child in a digital format (CDROM) as well as the printed Ids.

Is the information captured from each child kept on file?
NO. Guard-A-Kid™ child safety specialists do not keep any of the captured information including the fingerprints and the Photo on file. The parents are solely responsible to keep their child’s information handy in the case of an emergency.

What about the children who are absent from school on the Guard-A-Kid™ day?
At the end of the Guard-A-Kid™ program day in your school, a program make-up date is set for a week or two later. The kids that were absent are processed on the make-up day.