Person of the people, creative pragmatist, UNICEF Innovation: emergencies, children with disabilities, education, water and sanitation. Views are my own.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Joined June 2013
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This is excellent @UNICEFinnovate work coming out of our @UNICEFEthiopia office dramatically improving our ability to find water amidst drought and saving lives. @siwi_www #WorldWaterWeek2022
Do you know the link between groundwater & climate resilience?💧
Find out how an innovative project developed by @UNICEFinnovate and funded by @eu_echo is about to change the lives of thousands of children in #Ethiopia!
#WorldWaterWeek
@EUinEthiopia @ECHO_CESAfrica @UNICEFAfrica
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Do you know the link between groundwater & climate resilience?💧
Find out how an innovative project developed by @UNICEFinnovate and funded by @eu_echo is about to change the lives of thousands of children in #Ethiopia!
#WorldWaterWeek
@EUinEthiopia @ECHO_CESAfrica @UNICEFAfrica
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Apply Now: $150,000 @GoogleNews #Innovation #Funding for African Journalists - Deadline: 12 April 2021 ictworks.org/google-news-fun…
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📢 JOB ALERT! We are looking for a Blockchain Product Manager to help us explore+prototype #blockchain & drive product development+implementation of new features for Project Connect and @Gigaconnect.
Read more and apply: jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job… #jobopportunities #hiring
A colleague sent me this today. Am I the only one left? Is anybody else out there or am I a castaway living alone on a two space punctuation island?
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One of the better articles I've seen on UReport - acknowledges some of the challenges in bridging digital and real worlds. This effort specific to NE Nigeria makes me feel the more local the platform the better. #VoiceMatters congrats @MiriamObibi @thefatoublog
This article written by @thefatoublog and I, highlights the importance of digital tools like U-Report in emergencies, giving the affected population a chance to be heard and inform how we humanitarian actors respond. Republished on Forbes @Ureport24x7_
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As world education day approaches we in Innovation are happy to be supporting our education teams deliver on this radical initiative with offline learning solutions to prevent those without internet access being left behind #ReimagineEducation @UNICEFinnovate @UNICEFSupply
The Learning Passport collaboration between @Microsoft + @unicef will provide quality digital learning opportunities & skills development to 30 million children by 2025!
This key partnership will enable us all to #ReimagineEducation bit.ly/3bRYfBy
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À la recherche d’un/une jeune community manager basé(e) à Kinshasa pour gérer la communauté @RdcUreport drive.google.com/file/d/1YgS… #Congo #243 #job
Fantastic initiative, great to see @UNICEFinnovate move on this
📢FUNDING OPPORTUNITY!
We are looking to support startups building technology to end online child exploitation & abuse. #SafeOnline
Learn more and apply by 20 Dec: uni.cf/FundOnlineSafety
@GPtoEndViolence @Gigaconnect
Straight forward and practical steps to follow when making language accessible for people with disabilities when innovating @UNICEFinnovate
“Language — The Final Frontier for Accessibility” by @DaveBanesAccess
link.medium.com/YiVEgRN9lbb
Excellent article by @Accone on the deficit of trust imbued by surveillance culture at work.
Surveillance management is not the answer. Managers struggling for a sense of control over individual contributors stems from a supervisory insecurity with a default worldview that “work happens when I can see it.” But that was never the truth.
link.medium.com/Iub3pxbdIab
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Importance of digital connectivity during #COVID19 is bringing partners together to evolve. @UNICEF @UN @ITU launch @Gigaconnect to connect every school 🏫 in the 🌍 to Internet 🌐 and every young person to info, opportunity & choice 💪🏻
@hichrisfabian @Accone @UNICEFinnovate
"The digital divide reinforces socioeconomic divides...
Education and digital technology must be two great enablers and equalizers."
@UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres on the urgency of our effort to connect every school to the Internet at the @NelsonMandela Annual Lecture.
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Blessed #EidAlAdha to those celebrating. I remain steadfast in my belief that the world will overcome current difficult circumstances due to #COVID19 if we observe recommended safety measures and work hard to support our loved ones and the world’s #children.
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In my 3rd year with the awesome @UNICEFinnovate global and country colleagues, today marked completion of my 40th country deployment & scale of @UReportGlobal in @UNICEFAfg .
Led by the amazing team of visionaries @Accone @jas_pow @thiscbrooks @thefatoublog @victoriandoh 🙏🏻
#Afghanistan 🇦🇫 becomes the 70th country to launch @UReportGlobal .With over 11.5 million young people engaging through the platform we look forward to #youth in #Afghanistan amplify 🔈 their opinions to decision-makers & make a positive impact! #voicematters 💪🏻 @UNICEF
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Very excited to see @elshaylor and the team present the new accessible latrine to our country offices around the world. We work with partners to install them in emergencies and try to fulfill a right to #dignity through #innovation
Years ago, beginning way before my time working at @UNICEFinnovate a team of pinoeers launched an innovation project 2 try and accelerate how we detect contaminated water.We'll know quite soon if we've made any progress. Watch this space. @elshaylor #innovation #WASH #cleanwater
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Have a #blockchain startup & looking for investment? @UNICEFInnovate‘s Innovation Fund has launched another round of funding for #blockchain companies.
Apply today: bit.ly/applyBlockchainCrypto