
James Powell
@jas_pow
Person of the people, creative pragmatist, UNICEF Innovation: emergencies, children with disabilities, education, water and sanitation. Views are my own.
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17-06-2013 00:41:49
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Years ago, beginning way before my time working at UNICEF Innovation 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. Esther Shaylor #innovation #WASH #cleanwater

Very excited to see Esther Shaylor 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

In my 3rd year with the awesome UNICEF Innovation global and country colleagues, today marked completion of my 40th country deployment & scale of U-Report in UNICEF Afghanistan . Led by the amazing team of visionaries Tanya Accone James Powell @thiscbrooks @thefatoublog victOriA 🙏🏻


Importance of digital connectivity during #COVID19 is bringing partners together to evolve. UNICEF United Nations Int’l Telecommunication Union launch @Gigaconnect to connect every school 🏫 in the 🌍 to Internet 🌐 and every young person to info, opportunity & choice 💪🏻 Chris Fabian Tanya Accone UNICEF Innovation


Excellent article by Tanya Accone on the deficit of trust imbued by surveillance culture at work.

Straight forward and practical steps to follow when making language accessible for people with disabilities when innovating UNICEF Innovation

Fantastic initiative, great to see UNICEF Innovation move on this




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 UNICEF Innovation UNICEF Supply




Do you know the link between groundwater & climate resilience?💧 Find out how an innovative project developed by UNICEF Innovation and funded by EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺 is about to change the lives of thousands of children in #Ethiopia! #WorldWaterWeek EU in Ethiopia / የአውሮፓ ህብረት በኢትዮጵያ EU Humanitarian Aid | Central East Southern Africa UNICEF Africa

This is excellent UNICEF Innovation work coming out of our UNICEF Ethiopia office dramatically improving our ability to find water amidst drought and saving lives. World Water Week #WorldWaterWeek2022