Neowin News Feed for: Unicef

UK begins testing social media bans and curfews on hundreds of families

Paul Hill — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 02:36:01 +0000

Is a total social media ban actually enforceable at home? The UK is testing various restrictions to find out, despite warnings from UNICEF about the risks involved. Read more...

Epic Games has raised $144 million for Ukraine since March 21 and will donate it to charity

Paul Hill — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 23:48:02 +0000

Epic Games managed to raise $144 million for Ukraine between March 21 and April 3. The money will be donated to a range of charities including UNICEF, UNHCR, Direct Relief and World Central Kitchen. Read more...

Nokia works with UNICEF and Safaricom to help connect Kenyan schools

Paul Hill — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 17:50:01 +0000

Nokia has been working with partners in Kenya to bring internet connectivity to rural and underserved communities in the African country. The government wants all schools online by 2030. Read more...

Google.org announces $2.5 million for Southeast Asia COVID-19 response

Paul Hill — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 13:18:01 +0000

Google.org has donated $2.5 million through UNICEF and IFRC to help Southeast Asian nations cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. It also said recipient countries would get more ad grants. Read more...

Getting schools online can increase GDP per capita by 20%, says report

Paul Hill — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 23:32:02 +0000

Ericsson has sponsored a new report which has found that connecting more schools to the internet in poor countries, would help to raise the GDP per capita of those countries by as much as 20%. Read more...

Google to give financial support to India amid COVID-19 crisis

Paul Hill — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 23:12:01 +0000

Google has announced several financial initiatives that will assist India as it struggles with daily record numbers of new COVID-19 patients. The funding could help India obtain more oxygen cylinders. Read more...

Microsoft and UNICEF announce anti-violence tool Primero X

Paul Hill — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 20:50:01 +0000

Microsoft and UNICEF have announced a new version of Primero called Primero X. It will help social service workers around the world deliver better quality care to children and women. Read more...

Microsoft and UNICEF expand Learning Passport to help students affected by school closures

Ather Fawaz — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 06:40:02 +0000

Last year, the Learning Passport initiative started out to help refugee students with educational opportunities. Now, it has been expanded to help students continue learning despite school closures. Read more...

Microsoft shares its vision for the customer data platform

Hamza Jawad — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 04:42:01 +0000

Microsoft has detailed its strategy for the customer data platform, providing context as to how it is empowering companies and enabling customers to derive insights that personalize their experiences. Read more...

UNICEF becomes first UN organization to start accepting cryptocurrency donations

Hamza Jawad — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 04:32:01 +0000

UNICEF has announced that it will now be accepting donations in the form of bitcoin and ether. This will be made possible through the organization's newly established Cryptocurrency Fund. Read more...

Microsoft details its progressive tech initiatives to help refugees

Hamza Jawad — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 08:06:01 +0000

Microsoft has highlighted some of its programs that have been deployed to support and empower refugees. The company has also announce a couple of new initiatives for the same purpose. Read more...

Unicef asks gamers to mine Ethereum for charity

Dreyer Smit — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 08:18:01 +0000

With graphics cards costing several hundred or thousands of dollars, Unicef has asked gamers to reduce the lifetime of this expensive hardware in a bid to raise funds for charities around the world. Read more...