Mental health tools stay on your device
Check-ins, journal entries, self-check results and your safety plan are saved only in your browser. They are never sent to Novara. You can turn saving off or erase everything at any time.
Your privacy and safety come first.
Novara is built with the safety realities of Afghan girls and women in mind. Here is exactly how this site handles your information — and how to stay safer online.
Lock your journal
Add a PIN to your journal and your entries are encrypted on your device. Without the PIN, no one can read them — including Novara.
No account needed
You can use every mental health tool without signing up or sharing your name, email or phone number.
Forms you choose to send
When you fill in a form — contact, registration or newsletter — the details you type are sent to Novara so we can reply. Only share what you are comfortable sharing.
Not an emergency service
Novara offers education and self-help, not crisis care. In danger in Afghanistan? Call police 119 or medical 102. Awaaz Afghanistan (410) is free.
Shared or checked phones
Staying safer on your phone
If other people use or check your phone, these steps help keep your visits and your writing private.
- Open the site in a private or incognito window — nothing is kept in your history, and toolkit data disappears when you close it.
- In the mental health toolkit, choose “Don't save” or turn off “Save on this device”.
- Clear your browser history after visiting, and close the tab.
- Protect your phone with a PIN that only you know.
- Be careful with screenshots and downloaded files — they stay in your gallery and downloads.
Questions about your privacy?
Read the full privacy policy or contact the Novara team.