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In the photo, Tan Thanh Hien (left) 11 years old and her friend Tan Thi Hang (right) 11 years old , a student of Bat Xat Secondary and High school in Lao Cai province were trying the AR technology on the tablet supported by UNICEF in Viet Nam.
Page
15 August 2022
Digital Public Goods Pathfinders
Learnings and resources for creating, implementing, and maintaining open source solutions and fostering collaboration within and across countries
in Jordan, two adolescent girls use cellphones outside a solar kiosk in the Za’atari camp for Syrian refugees
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23 April 2020
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Connecting Every School to the Internet
Fatima Kanu, holding her son, 13-month-old Menday Sesay, smiles outside a building in Manjaga Village in Bombali District
Article
27 August 2019
Developing Policy Guidance: AI & Child Rights
DSTI Sierra Leone scientist contributes to Artificial Intelligence and Child Rights policy with support from UNICEF
Isatu Conteh holds her son, 4-month-old James Kamara, in Maforay Village, in Safroko Limba Chiefdom, Bombali District
Article
14 June 2019
Transforming the Country through Innovation
Developing a platform that will provide the government with up-to-date information and insights about schools and the quality of learning
Children stand outside the child friendly space at the temporary displacement centre in Regent community, Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone. The child friendly space gives children affected by the mudslide a safe place to play, under the care of trained counsellors.
Report
30 April 2019
Sierra Leone Mudslide Response 2017
C4D in Humanitarian Action Case Study: Using digital platforms to place affected populations at the heart of the response

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On 18 August 2017, a woman and child queue up for a consultation at the UNICEF-supported newly established health post at the temporary displacement centre in Regent community in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. Freetown was hit by a massive landslide on Monday 14 August.
Article
03 November 2017
A Helping Hand During Tragedy in Sierra Leone
U-Reporters' immediate alerts prompted quick emergency response
Community Health Worker (CHW) Brima Bangura, carrying health papers, walks through Maforay Village in Safroko Limba Chiefdom, Bombali District. Two boys are visible behind him. Mr. Bangura became a CHW in 2012 to help bring basic maternal and child health services closer to his village.
Article
31 October 2016
Mapping Community Health Workers with Satellites
Quick access to new data helps Sierra Leone understand their health workforce
A community Health Volunteer marks a youn girls hand after she has received a polio vaccination as part of a four day nation wide polio vaccination campaign in Tunkia, near to Kenema in Sierra Leone
Article
18 April 2016
Tracking Medicines in Sierra Leone
RapidPro for real-time feedback on the nationwide distribution of free health care supplies
Fatuma Swaray, 10 years old and whose mother and father died from ebola, attends a class in a primary school in Waterloo Freetown, Sierra Leone
Article
14 May 2015
Making Schools Safer During Ebola
We needed to come up with a solution that was robust and easy to deploy, one which would allow us to quickly monitor schools.
Mariama Conteh, director of The Happy Centre, Sierra Leone
Article
28 November 2014
Alpha Launch of U-Report Sierra Leone
The U-reporter community of Sierra Leone brings youth to the forefront of the Ebola response–and makes their voices heard

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