Human eyes for your mission
Nature reserves, animal shelters, clinics and community projects often have cameras, but rarely the people to watch them. Sentinel Watch gives your organisation trained watchers and alerts for what matters to your work, at a price that fits a nonprofit budget. And your cause can become a donation partner in our app.
How we can help
Watch over your work
Connect the cameras you already use at a reserve, shelter, clinic or project site. Trained watchers follow the live picture when your team can’t.
Alerts for what matters to you
Poachers or intruders, an animal in distress, a fire, illegal dumping: you decide which events you want to hear about, and you get an alert while it happens.
Receive donations from watchers
Watchers can donate their earnings straight to a charity partner in the app. Many of them watch because they want to help, not for the money.
A generous nonprofit discount. Verified nonprofits get 50% off all location and camera licenses, for as long as they remain a nonprofit. Your Watch Credits budget is paid at the normal rate, because that money goes straight to the watchers.
Become a donation partner. Watchers can choose to donate their earnings to one of our charity partners instead of paying them out. Many watchers in wealthier countries watch because they enjoy it and want to contribute, not for the income. As a partner, your organisation appears in the app’s donation list and receives those donations directly. You don’t need to use cameras to become a donation partner.
How to apply. Send us your official registration number and a link to the public register where we can check it, plus your website. Only if your country has no online register do we ask for a copy of your registration document. Once approved, we set up your discount and, if you like, add you to the donation list.
Apply as a nonprofit partner
For camera monitoring, a place in our donation list, or both: tell us about your organisation and we’ll get back to you.
Usually not. Sentinel Watch works with IP cameras that support ONVIF or RTSP, which covers many cameras used at reserves, shelters and project sites. A small computer on site connects them to the platform. Not sure about your cameras? Send us the brand and model and we’ll check.
No cameras at all? You can still become a donation partner.
Verified nonprofits get 50% off all location and camera licenses. Your Watch Credits budget is paid at the normal rate, because that money goes directly to the watchers who keep an eye on your cameras.
Send us your official registration number with a link to the public register where we can check it, for example an ANBI listing in the Netherlands, a Charity Commission number in the UK, or 501(c)(3) status in the US. Add your website so we can see your work. Only if there is no online register do we ask for a copy of your registration document, and we delete it once you’re approved.
In the Sentinel Watch app, watchers can redeem their earnings as a donation to one of our charity partners instead of a payout. Once your organisation is approved as a partner, it appears in that list and receives the donations made to it. Apply through our nonprofit form and we’ll discuss how payments reach you.
Trained watchers who first practise on simulated footage before they see a live camera. They see only the live picture of the cameras you choose. They can’t download or share footage, and video is never stored on our servers. Faces and number plates can be blurred where needed.
Sentinel Watch is run by a small company based in Hong Kong, with a clear mission: fair, paid work for people who need it, watching over shops and communities. Watch Credits go to the watchers; license fees keep the platform running and improving. We aim to be fully open about where the money goes.
