Over the past seven years, UNICEF’s innovation work largely focused on sub-Saharan Africa. Uganda was the epicenter and I spent months there each year supporting the sharing of proven innovations with leaders from other countries, as well as with other organizations and donors working to improve the lives of children and women.
This year, UNICEF launched a Global Innovation Centre, which identifies successful innovations both from within and outside the organisation, and supports their use across multiple countries and regions. I am one three centre staff on different continents. I am based here in Bangkok because we wanted to strengthen our focus across Asia and the Pacific.
Read the full story here, including how a cold climate innovation means kindergarteners no longer need to take a 100m trek to an outdoor pit latrine in -40C weather in Mongolia.
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