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Period Tracking App Made for Girls, by Girls, Scales to Tanzania
Oky, the world’s first period app co-created with and for girls by UNICEF, has landed in Tanzania! Oky first began in Indonesia and Mongolia in response to the need for a trustworthy digital...
Announcing the Young Changemakers Cohort of the Duke-UNICEF Innovation Accelerator
Duke and UNICEF—who partnered in May 2019 to form the Duke-UNICEF Innovation Accelerator—have announced the Accelerator’s third cohort of six social enterprises. Building on UNICEF’s 70-year history...
The 2021 Duke-Unicef Annual Report is Here!
Duke-UNICEF Club Helps Welcome Refugees to Durham
Social Innovation—a popular course taught by Matt Nash, Managing Director for Social Entrepreneurship at Duke I&E—was where Ruthie Kesri ’24 learned one of the most valuable lessons for any Duke...
Navigating the Uneven Path to Social Entrepreneurship
For many entrepreneurs who are now changing the world for the better, entrepreneurship was never the goal. In a popular session of the 2021 Duke-UNICEF Virtual Forum on Social Innovation,...
Duke-UNICEF Virtual Forum on Social Innovation Deepens Conversation Surrounding WASH
In the second annual Duke-UNICEF Virtual Forum on Social Innovation, representatives from academia, INGOs, business, and social enterprise gathered to deepen the conversation around the sustainable...
Empowering Tanzanian schools to improve Menstrual Health and Hygiene
Thanks to Hyasintha Bartholomew Ntuyeko, Founder and CEO of Kasole Secrets, for this guest post. Kasole Secrets, a Tanzanian social enterprise and part of the inaugural cohort of the Duke-UNICEF...
Official UNICEF USA Press Release – Second Cohort Announcement
Duke and UNICEF Announce Second Cohort for Innovation Accelerator Partnership to Support Global Entrepreneurs in Improving Sanitation and Hygiene for Communities...
Duke Celebrates New Cohort
Duke-UNICEF Accelerator Announces New Cohort of Social Enterprises Duke and UNICEF have announced the second cohort of the Duke-UNICEF Innovation Accelerator, which supports social enterprises...
