How to turn your child's cellphone into a panic button

Did you know that you can use your cellphone as a panic button? In an emergency it is possible for your child to send you a distress signal with their location. Think of how amazing that is given the climate of parental anxiety in South Africa.  Below are great panic button apps to help your child in the event of an emergency

SmrtGuard Personal Guardian

• Free
• only works on BlackBerry Phones
• best accuracy 10 meters
  
• click here to get it

Vodacom Look4Help

• R12.70 per month
• works on any phone
• best accuracy 150 meters
• to register sms HELP to 31888
• click here to find out more

Red Panic button 

• free
• Android & iPhone only
• up to 10 meter accuracy
• to get it click here

MTN 2MyAid

• costs R12.49 per month
• works on all phones
• to register sms HELP to 31911
• for more info click here