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My grandma with my mom – no smile, no wrinkles 😉
“I Listen” – Empathy-Driven Policies

“I Listen” – Empathy-Driven Policies

Partners government Product innovation

By I'MPOSSIBLE POLICY

Back in my teen years, I would roll my eyes every time my grandmother would bestow on her prophetic advice on me. Granted, her advice would make any teenager LOL in disbelief: from how to avoid wrinkles by laughing less to tips about sitting up straight on a soft sofa. Listening is an art and the interwebs is full of zen quotes about its… Read more →←
Print screen of USAID’s mHealth Compendium, Fifth Edition
mHero: Connecting and empowering health workers through mobile phones in Liberia

mHero: Connecting and empowering health workers through mobile phones in Liberia

Coverage Partners - Int’l Agencies & Orgs Partners government

By UNICEF Innovation

The original abstract was published on USAID’s mHealth Compendium, Fifth Edition. To read the full report, click here. Severe shortages of qualified health workers and poor communication and coordination among those on the front lines have exacerbated the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa.These challenges were… Read more →←
Innovations have no limits – Innovative protection for vaccines in Pakistan

Innovations have no limits – Innovative protection for vaccines in Pakistan

Partners government Product innovation

By UNICEF Innovation

Originally published on 8 June, 2015 on End Polio | Pakistan. Written by Sergiy Prokhorov.  Getting vaccines to children from where they are produced, to rural Pakistan, unspoiled, is possibly one of the most amazing accomplishments in modern public health that you have never heard about. This is called the “cold chain,” and to… Read more →←
Components of the tool was piloted by UNICEF Pakistan in 2012. This map shows the results from the pilot study
A new disaster risk assessment tool putting child vulnerability at the forefront

A new disaster risk assessment tool putting child vulnerability at the forefront

Partners government

By UNICEF Innovation

It has been great working with colleagues in six offices across two UNICEF regions to develop an innovative risk assessment tool which draws upon UNICEF’s unique collection of child data. The tool acts as a bridge between development and humanitarian action by combining information about natural hazards and climate change with… Read more →←
IRAQ, 2013. Boys play with kites in the Kawergosk camp for Syrian refugees, just west of Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan Region. By 14 November, the camp was hosting over 13,100 refugees.
Learning From Failures – QOWA Assessment Part 3

Learning From Failures – QOWA Assessment Part 3

Partners - Int’l Agencies & Orgs Partners government

By UNICEF Innovation

As an organization, we have moved from programmes designed to address specific issues affecting children with very detailed upfront planning and precise execution to ones that are more complex in terms of social, political and environmental impacts. While this kind of planning methodologies work well in some scenarios, they often… Read more →←
Montenegro. UNICEF with partners and volunteers Montenegro. UNICEF with partners and volunteers
Innovative work for children with disabilities – First audio textbook produced in Montenegro

Innovative work for children with disabilities – First audio textbook produced in Montenegro

Partners government

By UNICEF Innovation

I am so proud and excited to share news about the first textbook in audio/visual format that has been produced in Montenegro. A proud moment for UNICEF and a great leap for children with disabilities worldwide. The initiative started in 2013 following a massive awareness raising campaign on inclusion of children with disabilities… Read more →←
IRAQ, 2013. On 14 December 2013 in Iraq, a girl stands at the entrance to her tented classroom, part of a UNICEF-supported school in the Arbat refugee camp, in the city of Suleimaniyah, Kurdistan Region
Learning From Failures – QOWA Assessment Part 2

Learning From Failures – QOWA Assessment Part 2

Partners - Int’l Agencies & Orgs Partners government

By UNICEF Innovation

One of the biggest reasons for the failure of the QOWA project was a lack of understanding of the rapidly changing nature of “situation on the ground” in countries that the project was going to be deployed. This lack of understanding was particularly due to a lack of local team involvement during planning processes. UNICEF has since… Read more →←
IRAQ, 2007. In November, Kurdish girls return home from school in the city of Dohuk in the northern Kurdistan Region. A Turkish-owned construction project stands before them. Turkish companies are principal investors in the region
Learning From Failures – QOWA Assessment Part 1

Learning From Failures – QOWA Assessment Part 1

Partners - Int’l Agencies & Orgs Partners government

By UNICEF Innovation

It’s not easy for people to talk about failures, especially their own. At the Innovation Unit, we’ve started the conversation around failures by hosting the second FailFare – Fail to Scale – about a month ago. Following on that success, we determined to publicly document failures and facilitate learning from failures. Why not… Read more →←
Out-of-school children in the Eastern Sudanese state of Gedaref.
Reaching the Marginalized in Sudan

Reaching the Marginalized in Sudan

Partners - Int’l Agencies & Orgs Partners government

By UNICEF Innovation

This is the first in a series of posts on designing innovative education solutions in Sudan, based on a mission that took place from September 3 to 23, and ongoing work. This series is by Panthea Lee, a consultant for UNICEF and principal at the service design firm Reboot. Some of the earlier posts are being published retroactively,… Read more →←
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