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Evaluating innovation at UNICEF

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Why is innovation important? The world is changing faster than ever, as are the challenges facing its most vulnerable. Conflict and displacement, disasters and climate change, and urbanization and disease outbreaks are growing complex and interrelated. Exploring new ways of delivering programmes, with new partners and new technologies,… Read more →←
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Flying a drone in Malawi: My first emergency deployment

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One of the first things I learnt about Malawi, right after arriving in this beautiful country, was that it is prone to floods and drought. Floods in Malawi are a reoccurring natural disaster, made worse by climate change. They leave a lot of people without homes, affect critical infrastructure — roads, schools and health facilities —… Read more →←
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Street art as a messenger for climate change action

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The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create. That is the source of power in this century. – Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States We’re all in the awesome position to be a part of the climate solution, and young people understand this more than the rest. They’re the ones who… Read more →←
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Young innovators as agents of change

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There’s no question that young people are the future. In fact, that’s the impetus behind Generation Unlimited, a UNICEF and partner initiative to help develop opportunities for young people as they head into their second decade of life. We reflect on the challenges that those under 30 face and ask ourselves what can a global… Read more →←
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Empowering adolescent girls is investing in a brighter future

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There are 600 million adolescent girls in the world, most of them living in the developing world. 600 million adolescent girls who each overflow with the potential to become an entrepreneur, a scientist, a visionary change-maker, or the leader of her country. But so many of these girls face daily, arduous barriers that prevent them from… Read more →←
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Remembering Hans Rosling: friend, teacher, inspiration

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Hans Rosling, who died last Tuesday, was my friend and mentor for 25 years. He was a man who cared about facts. He was passionate about statistics. He pioneered new ways of visualizing data, bringing dry figures to colourful life. But Hans’ primary mission was not about data, it was about people. Hans recognized that to do good, we… Read more →←
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Innovation in education: learning from experience

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Scaling up an innovation for maximum use and maximum benefit is never easy. The road to success is bumpy, and good ideas inevitably stumble into barriers – especially when the purpose of the innovation is to improve children’s learning experiences. But innovation that can be effective, scaled up and replicated is precisely what is… Read more →←
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Virtual Obama meets a young Iraqi entrepreneur

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In Harsham Camp on the outskirts of Erbil, there’s a window on the world — and it’s painted bright gold. The displacement camp is home to a Portal – a space where immersive audio visual technology allows people from all over the world to virtually meet and share ideas. When you step into a Portal, you feel as if you are in the… Read more →←
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Changing young Liberia through innovation

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I own two mobile phones, like almost every other Liberian I know. We keep a phone each for every mobile network, or pack two sim cards in phones that allow it, for making calls to people on different networks. Liberia has roughly 2,000,000 mobile network subscribers. Studies have shown that over 75 percent of youth have one or two mobile… Read more →←

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