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Capturing stories, resources, and ideas about innovation in international development from UNICEF colleagues around the world.

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Happy child smiling in Gonzagueville, in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.

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10 ways UNICEF innovates for children

From frugal innovations to high-tech improvements, UNICEF is turning ideas into scalable solutions.

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Six-month-old Nyameba is watched over by his father and aunt as he receives life-saving oxygen treatment for pneumonia at a children’s emergency ward in eastern Ghana.

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Sprinting Toward Oxygen Delivery

UNICEF could save millions of lives by scaling an innovative oxygen delivery model. After its success in Ghana and Senegal, SPRINT is ready for expansion

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A girl drinking water at the playground of her school.

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Finding Water in the Driest Places

The More Water More Life initiative is set to become the first affordable solution for water shortages in East and Southern Africa.

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A student at St. Francis of Assisi School, and other girls, check their smart phones after classes in the Central Visayas city of Cebu, Philippines.

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Kickstarting Fintech for Impact

ING and UNICEF host Application Bootcamp to support startups developing fintech solutions in the Philippines

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A young U-Reporter accessing her phone from Bouake, a city in central Côte d'Ivoire,

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U-Report – COVID-19 outbreak response

Facilitating the exchange of lifesaving information for millions of young people across 50 countries and counting

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User testing Oky with girls in Indonesia.

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Oky: Co-created with girls, for girls

Working to Improve Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management for Young Women and Girls

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in Jordan, two adolescent girls use cellphones outside a solar kiosk in the Za’atari camp for Syrian refugees

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Connecting Every School to the Internet

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Girls chatting at the playground of their school made out of recycled plastic bricks, in Touba, in the West of Côte d'ivoire.

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Can tech solve the global education crisis?

XTC and UNICEF shortlist 10 education tech start-up companies with the potential to improve learning outcomes for 100 million children globally.

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Vui Nguyen Hai Dang (left) 11 years old and Cu A Chuyen (right) 11 years old were playing with robots.

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How can accelerators support digital public goods?

UNICEF and the DPGA have created a DPG Accelerator Guide to support creating global DPGs to address a wide range of challenges.

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Connect my School: Every child and every teacher connected

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Build and advance digital public goods with us!

Here’s our vision for this growing team and where you can play a role in boosting tech for good

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Girls seven ultra-modern nanosatellites into the stratosphere to analyze air pollution

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Girls in Central Asia Take to the Sky

Young female students from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan create and launch seven nanosatellites into the stratosphere to study air pollution

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Sally, 20 years old, is a Jordanian university student majoring in Sociology and Social Work. She enrolled in the UNICEF-supported Digital Skills training in 2020.

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UNICEF invests in AI-powered education and health solutions

Nine startups developing digital solutions to improve access to and delivery of digital services and systems join the UNICEF Venture Fund

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Stories

Capturing stories, resources, and ideas about innovation in international development from UNICEF colleagues around the world.

10 ways UNICEF innovates for children

Sprinting Toward Oxygen Delivery

Finding Water in the Driest Places

Kickstarting Fintech for Impact

U-Report – COVID-19 outbreak response

Oky: Co-created with girls, for girls

Giga

Can tech solve the global education crisis?

How can accelerators support digital public goods?

Build and advance digital public goods with us!

Girls in Central Asia Take to the Sky

UNICEF invests in AI-powered education and health solutions