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Young Innovators Series: How Alma Gashi,15, became an agent of change in her local community

Young Innovators Series: How Alma Gashi,15, became an agent of change in her local community

Youth engagement

By Pilar Lagos

Name: Alma Gashi Age: 15 City/Country of Origin: Ferizaj, Kosovo (UNSC 1244) Project: https://www.facebook.com/ksletssee Alma Gashi is in Grade 10. She has a sweet spot for Artic Monkeys and Coldplay. She also has a natural gift for advocating for young people, which is what  prompted her to apply to the second edition of the UPSHIFT… Read more →←
Young Innovators Series: Bujar Dujaka, 23, funded a Creative Centre in Cermjan, Kosovo to give young people opportunities

Young Innovators Series: Bujar Dujaka, 23, funded a Creative Centre in Cermjan, Kosovo to give young people opportunities

Youth engagement

By Pilar Lagos

Name: Bujar Dujaka Age: 23 City of Origin: Kodrali, Gjakovë, Kosovo Project/Facebook page: Qendra Kreative Cermjan It took me less than five minutes to realize that Bujar Dujaka is one special young innovator with a bright future ahead. He doesn’t speak English fluently and still agreed to hop on Skype for an interview. He asked his… Read more →←
Young innovators series: Scarleth Vasconcelos on her desire to create solutions for children living in El Bluff, Nicaragua

Young innovators series: Scarleth Vasconcelos on her desire to create solutions for children living in El Bluff, Nicaragua

Youth engagement

By Pilar Lagos

Name: Scarleth Vasconcelos Villavicencio Age: 21 Scarleth graduated from the American College in Nicaragua, where she studied Renewable Energy Engineering. She is currently working on her final project before graduation, and is collaborating on talks and workshops about entrepreneurialism and renewable energies at the Indian Caribbean… Read more →←
Serie de Jóvenes Innovadores: Scarleth Vasconcelos, 21, cuenta sobre su deseo de crear soluciones para niños en El Bluff, Nicaragua

Serie de Jóvenes Innovadores: Scarleth Vasconcelos, 21, cuenta sobre su deseo de crear soluciones para niños en El Bluff, Nicaragua

Youth engagement

By Pilar Lagos

Nombre: Scarleth Vasconcelos Villavicencio Edad: 21 años Egresada de la Universidad American College en Nicaragua, donde estudió Ingeniería en Energías Renovables, Scarleth Vasconcelos está elaborando su proyecto final de titulación y está colaborando con charlas y talleres sobre emprendedurismo y Energías Renovables en… Read more →←
Young Innovators Series: Cynthia Wasonga, 20, talks about her passion for mentoring and connecting learners with tutors

Young Innovators Series: Cynthia Wasonga, 20, talks about her passion for mentoring and connecting learners with tutors

Youth engagement

By Pilar Lagos

Name: Cynthia Wasonga Occupation: Computer Science student at the University of Nairobi Age: 20 Twitter handle: @cynwasonga Link to website: http://www.learnmine.com/ Cynthia Wasonga’s interest in Computer Science first sparked when she was invited to participate at the Google Code In competition. ‘Google Code In’ is a contest… Read more →←
Young Innovators Series: Ali Chivatsi, 22, on how design thinking helped him speak and interact with people differently. “It changed my approach to life.”

Young Innovators Series: Ali Chivatsi, 22, on how design thinking helped him speak and interact with people differently. “It changed my approach to life.”

Youth engagement

By Pilar Lagos

For UNICEF,  academic partnerships bring shared value with universities through the exchange of ideas, capacity building, and opportunities for applied research. There are opportunities to work with universities, from very small, time-bound events, such as being a guest critic in a class, to activities that are more intensive, such as… Read more →←
From customized learning programs to offline apps, how children are learning inside and outside the classrooms

From customized learning programs to offline apps, how children are learning inside and outside the classrooms

Access to information

By Pilar Lagos

In the last two decades, the way in which we learn has dramatically changed. Need to polish your social media skills? Join Skillshare and Udemy. Watch a few tutorials from industry experts and rest assured you’ll learn something new. Want to commit to a one-month course? Subscribe to Coursera or Khan Academy and join a class, it’s a… Read more →←
How mobile technology is helping provide an identity to the most marginalized populations

How mobile technology is helping provide an identity to the most marginalized populations

Access to information

By Pilar Lagos

In order to connect the most marginalized populations, the government of India created a nationwide biometric data project to make every citizen count. With the collection of 10 fingerprints, iris scans and demographic information, the biometric ID assigns a person a 12-digit number called the Aadhaar number. According to the World Bank,… Read more →←
Wearable and sensor tech: Designing for the developing world

Wearable and sensor tech: Designing for the developing world

Partners

By Pilar Lagos

Wearable and sensor technology could provide access to 2-way information for people in remote places, but they have yet to be designed for the end-user in developing economies. At UNICEF, we believe in creating wearable technology that isn’t just nice to have, but something people need to have. In May 2015, UNICEF, in partnership with… Read more →←
Are UAVs the next game-changer in development?

Are UAVs the next game-changer in development?

Product innovation

By Pilar Lagos

We’ve heard about drone use for delivering commerce faster. Take Amazon’s Prime Air, for instance. It’s a future delivery system which will allow the electronic commerce company to safely deliver packages to customers in 30 minutes or less using UAVs. We are aware of their applications for defense. Now, development agencies have… Read more →←
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Pilar Lagos

Pilar Lagos is a communications consultant at UNICEF’s Innovation Unit, where she leads on social and digital media activities.

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