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Your Brilliance Can Make A Difference A Global Innovation Advocacy Campaign. We Challenge You to Succeed Where There’s a Need CauseTech is bringing together a global community of innovators in order to solve the world’s most pressing challenges.Members of our community will contribute their technologies, ideas, and innovations towards UNICEF-directed challenges through our ideation platform.

OVERVIEW | ABOUT

Overview. CauseTech is a community of the world’s top innovators, technologists, researchers, and entrepreneurs. Each of these unique individuals shares a common purpose: to leverage and scale their solution to address a global need.

GLOBAL CHALLENGES

Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a

TECH INSPIRATION

Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a LIFE SACK | LACK OF ACCESS TO WATER Tech Inspirations Life Sack Need. 1.1 million people worldwide lack access to clean water. Succeed In many areas of the world the water crisis is not an issue of scarcity — it’s an issue of providing access to a clean supply. To assist the third world in confronting this issue, three industrial designers — Jung Uk Park, Myeong Hoon Lee, and Dae Youl Lee — have come up with the Life

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Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a

ADVISORY BOARD

Advisory Board. Best-of-breed executives from across multiple functions and disciplines have given their time, insights and experience to guide and direct the development and deployment of innovative initiatives that will strengthen UNICEF’s impact in addressing the needs of the developing world. MTRAC | UNICEF INNOVATION Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a LIFESTRAW | LACK OF ACCESS TO WATER Tech Inspirations LifeStraw Need. 1.1 billion people in the world do not have access to clean drinking water. Even those that have access to water sources do not have a simple way of transforming the water into clean, safe drinking water.

LIFELINE ENERGY

Tech Inspirations Lifeline Energy Need. Millions of children in developing countries don’t attend school regularly or at all. The number of out-of-school girls is higher than for boys, and women account for more than 60% of sub-Saharan Africa’s adult illiterate

population.

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Your Brilliance Can Make A Difference A Global Innovation Advocacy Campaign. We Challenge You to Succeed Where There’s a Need CauseTech is bringing together a global community of innovators in order to solve the world’s most pressing challenges.Members of our community will contribute their technologies, ideas, and innovations towards UNICEF-directed challenges through our ideation platform.

OVERVIEW | ABOUT

Overview. CauseTech is a community of the world’s top innovators, technologists, researchers, and entrepreneurs. Each of these unique individuals shares a common purpose: to leverage and scale their solution to address a global need.

GLOBAL CHALLENGES

Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a

TECH INSPIRATION

Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a LIFE SACK | LACK OF ACCESS TO WATER Tech Inspirations Life Sack Need. 1.1 million people worldwide lack access to clean water. Succeed In many areas of the world the water crisis is not an issue of scarcity — it’s an issue of providing access to a clean supply. To assist the third world in confronting this issue, three industrial designers — Jung Uk Park, Myeong Hoon Lee, and Dae Youl Lee — have come up with the Life

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Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a

ADVISORY BOARD

Advisory Board. Best-of-breed executives from across multiple functions and disciplines have given their time, insights and experience to guide and direct the development and deployment of innovative initiatives that will strengthen UNICEF’s impact in addressing the needs of the developing world. MTRAC | UNICEF INNOVATION Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a LIFESTRAW | LACK OF ACCESS TO WATER Tech Inspirations LifeStraw Need. 1.1 billion people in the world do not have access to clean drinking water. Even those that have access to water sources do not have a simple way of transforming the water into clean, safe drinking water.

LIFELINE ENERGY

Tech Inspirations Lifeline Energy Need. Millions of children in developing countries don’t attend school regularly or at all. The number of out-of-school girls is higher than for boys, and women account for more than 60% of sub-Saharan Africa’s adult illiterate

population.

WELCOME | INNOVATION ZONE Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a OVERVIEW | CHALLENGES Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a

PARTNERS | ABOUT

Partners. Partners of the CauseTech Campaign have come together to contribute unique ways of building our community and furthering its impact. Some of the ways our supporters have helped us grow are by: community outreach and engagement, member recruitment, and technical expertise and contributions. MTRAC | UNICEF INNOVATION Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a EDUTRAC | UNICEF INNOVATION Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a

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Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a

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Tech Inspirations Twerly Need. 1.6 billion people around the world live without access to electricity. Succeed TWERLY Street Lights, developed in South Africa at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, is a hybrid street light that runs entirely off the grid and is powered by both solar and wind energy. The team manufactures, installs, and provides maintenance of the TWERLYâ„¢.

UNICEF INNOVATION

UNICEF Innovation. UNICEF Innovation is dedicated to working with diverse partners and stakeholders to leverage and scale technologies that can make a difference in the lives of millions of underserved populations across the globe. LOOMA | LACK OF ACCESS TO EDUCATION Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a

LIFELINE ENERGY

Tech Inspirations Lifeline Energy Need. Millions of children in developing countries don’t attend school regularly or at all. The number of out-of-school girls is higher than for boys, and women account for more than 60% of sub-Saharan Africa’s adult illiterate

population.

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Your Brilliance Can Make A Difference A Global Innovation Advocacy Campaign. We Challenge You to Succeed Where There’s a Need CauseTech is bringing together a global community of innovators in order to solve the world’s most pressing challenges.Members of our community will contribute their technologies, ideas, and innovations towards UNICEF-directed challenges through our ideation platform.

OVERVIEW | ABOUT

Overview. CauseTech is a community of the world’s top innovators, technologists, researchers, and entrepreneurs. Each of these unique individuals shares a common purpose: to leverage and scale their solution to address a global need.

GLOBAL CHALLENGES

Approximately 2.6 billion people around the world lack any sanitation whatsoever, and 1.1 billion still practice open defecation. More than 200 million tons of human waste goes untreated every year. In the developing world, 90 percent of sewage is discharged directly into lakes, rivers and oceans. And even in developed countries, cities

depend

LIFE SACK | LACK OF ACCESS TO WATER Tech Inspirations Life Sack Need. 1.1 million people worldwide lack access to clean water. Succeed In many areas of the world the water crisis is not an issue of scarcity — it’s an issue of providing access to a clean supply. To assist the third world in confronting this issue, three industrial designers — Jung Uk Park, Myeong Hoon Lee, and Dae Youl Lee — have come up with the Life

PARTNERS | ABOUT

Partners. Partners of the CauseTech Campaign have come together to contribute unique ways of building our community and furthering its impact. Some of the ways our supporters have helped us grow are by: community outreach and engagement, member recruitment, and technical expertise and contributions.

TECH INSPIRATION

Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a

CAUSETECH.NET

Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a MTRAC | UNICEF INNOVATION Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a LIFESTRAW | LACK OF ACCESS TO WATER The LifeStraw® Family filter meets the highest WHO and US EPA standards for microbiological performance and delivers at least 18,000 liters of safe drinking water, enough to supply a family of five with safe drinking water for three years or more. A new version of the filter, which incorporates a safe storage chamber, costs about $30 or

about

ADVISORY BOARD

Advisory Board. Best-of-breed executives from across multiple functions and disciplines have given their time, insights and experience to guide and direct the development and deployment of innovative initiatives that will strengthen UNICEF’s impact in addressing the needs of the developing world. Kevin James Parcell is a green-energy manager

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Your Brilliance Can Make A Difference A Global Innovation Advocacy Campaign. We Challenge You to Succeed Where There’s a Need CauseTech is bringing together a global community of innovators in order to solve the world’s most pressing challenges.Members of our community will contribute their technologies, ideas, and innovations towards UNICEF-directed challenges through our ideation platform.

OVERVIEW | ABOUT

Overview. CauseTech is a community of the world’s top innovators, technologists, researchers, and entrepreneurs. Each of these unique individuals shares a common purpose: to leverage and scale their solution to address a global need.

GLOBAL CHALLENGES

Approximately 2.6 billion people around the world lack any sanitation whatsoever, and 1.1 billion still practice open defecation. More than 200 million tons of human waste goes untreated every year. In the developing world, 90 percent of sewage is discharged directly into lakes, rivers and oceans. And even in developed countries, cities

depend

LIFE SACK | LACK OF ACCESS TO WATER Tech Inspirations Life Sack Need. 1.1 million people worldwide lack access to clean water. Succeed In many areas of the world the water crisis is not an issue of scarcity — it’s an issue of providing access to a clean supply. To assist the third world in confronting this issue, three industrial designers — Jung Uk Park, Myeong Hoon Lee, and Dae Youl Lee — have come up with the Life

PARTNERS | ABOUT

Partners. Partners of the CauseTech Campaign have come together to contribute unique ways of building our community and furthering its impact. Some of the ways our supporters have helped us grow are by: community outreach and engagement, member recruitment, and technical expertise and contributions.

TECH INSPIRATION

Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a

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Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a MTRAC | UNICEF INNOVATION Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a LIFESTRAW | LACK OF ACCESS TO WATER The LifeStraw® Family filter meets the highest WHO and US EPA standards for microbiological performance and delivers at least 18,000 liters of safe drinking water, enough to supply a family of five with safe drinking water for three years or more. A new version of the filter, which incorporates a safe storage chamber, costs about $30 or

about

ADVISORY BOARD

Advisory Board. Best-of-breed executives from across multiple functions and disciplines have given their time, insights and experience to guide and direct the development and deployment of innovative initiatives that will strengthen UNICEF’s impact in addressing the needs of the developing world. Kevin James Parcell is a green-energy manager

OVERVIEW | ABOUT

Overview. CauseTech is a community of the world’s top innovators, technologists, researchers, and entrepreneurs. Each of these unique individuals shares a common purpose: to leverage and scale their solution to address a global need. WELCOME | INNOVATION ZONE Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a OVERVIEW | CHALLENGES Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a

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Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a

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Succeed DryBath DryBath is the world’s first germ-killing bath substitution gel/lotion. It was created by Headboy Industries in response to water and hygiene issues to provide people with an effective alternative to bathing. DryBath is non-toxic, hypo-allergenic, and safe for the entire body. Simply by being applied to the skin, DryBath kills

UNICEF INNOVATION

UNICEF Innovation. UNICEF Innovation is dedicated to working with diverse partners and stakeholders to leverage and scale technologies that can make a difference in the lives of millions of underserved populations across the globe.

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Need. A lack of sanitation facilities in urban areas, schools, and low-income settlements leads to unsafe and unsanitary practices. These practices lead to millions of preventable deaths every year across the developing world. Additionally, sanitary practices are difficult to implement when there is a

LIFELINE ENERGY

Lifeline Energy. Millions of children in developing countries don’t attend school regularly or at all. The number of out-of-school girls is higher than for boys, and women account for more than 60% of sub-Saharan Africa’s adult illiterate population. Despite the huge inroads made by cell phones and the Internet in sub-Saharan Africa,

radio

AFRICAN LIBRARY PROJECT Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a LOOMA | LACK OF ACCESS TO EDUCATION Looma is an interactive audio-visual projector that provides students and teachers with access to the Internet and educational material. The screen is controlled by a wand, much like an electronic whiteboard would be. What’s unique about Looma is that it’s a web browser,

library, and

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Your Brilliance Can Make A Difference A Global Innovation Advocacy Campaign. We Challenge You to Succeed Where There’s a Need CauseTech is bringing together a global community of innovators in order to solve the world’s most pressing challenges.Members of our community will contribute their technologies, ideas, and innovations towards UNICEF-directed challenges through our ideation platform.

GLOBAL CHALLENGES

Approximately 2.6 billion people around the world lack any sanitation whatsoever, and 1.1 billion still practice open defecation. More than 200 million tons of human waste goes untreated every year. In the developing world, 90 percent of sewage is discharged directly into lakes, rivers and oceans. And even in developed countries, cities

depend

OVERVIEW | CHALLENGES Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a LIFE SACK | LACK OF ACCESS TO WATER Tech Inspirations Life Sack Need. 1.1 million people worldwide lack access to clean water. Succeed In many areas of the world the water crisis is not an issue of scarcity — it’s an issue of providing access to a clean supply. To assist the third world in confronting this issue, three industrial designers — Jung Uk Park, Myeong Hoon Lee, and Dae Youl Lee — have come up with the Life

PARTNERS | ABOUT

Partners. Partners of the CauseTech Campaign have come together to contribute unique ways of building our community and furthering its impact. Some of the ways our supporters have helped us grow are by: community outreach and engagement, member recruitment, and technical expertise and contributions.

TECH INSPIRATION

Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a

ADVISORY BOARD

Advisory Board. Best-of-breed executives from across multiple functions and disciplines have given their time, insights and experience to guide and direct the development and deployment of innovative initiatives that will strengthen UNICEF’s impact in addressing the needs of the developing world. Kevin James Parcell is a green-energy manager MTRAC | UNICEF INNOVATION Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a LIFESTRAW | LACK OF ACCESS TO WATER The LifeStraw® Family filter meets the highest WHO and US EPA standards for microbiological performance and delivers at least 18,000 liters of safe drinking water, enough to supply a family of five with safe drinking water for three years or more. A new version of the filter, which incorporates a safe storage chamber, costs about $30 or

about

LIFELINE ENERGY

Lifeline Energy. Millions of children in developing countries don’t attend school regularly or at all. The number of out-of-school girls is higher than for boys, and women account for more than 60% of sub-Saharan Africa’s adult illiterate population. Despite the huge inroads made by cell phones and the Internet in sub-Saharan Africa,

radio

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Your Brilliance Can Make A Difference A Global Innovation Advocacy Campaign. We Challenge You to Succeed Where There’s a Need CauseTech is bringing together a global community of innovators in order to solve the world’s most pressing challenges.Members of our community will contribute their technologies, ideas, and innovations towards UNICEF-directed challenges through our ideation platform.

GLOBAL CHALLENGES

Approximately 2.6 billion people around the world lack any sanitation whatsoever, and 1.1 billion still practice open defecation. More than 200 million tons of human waste goes untreated every year. In the developing world, 90 percent of sewage is discharged directly into lakes, rivers and oceans. And even in developed countries, cities

depend

OVERVIEW | CHALLENGES Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a LIFE SACK | LACK OF ACCESS TO WATER Tech Inspirations Life Sack Need. 1.1 million people worldwide lack access to clean water. Succeed In many areas of the world the water crisis is not an issue of scarcity — it’s an issue of providing access to a clean supply. To assist the third world in confronting this issue, three industrial designers — Jung Uk Park, Myeong Hoon Lee, and Dae Youl Lee — have come up with the Life

PARTNERS | ABOUT

Partners. Partners of the CauseTech Campaign have come together to contribute unique ways of building our community and furthering its impact. Some of the ways our supporters have helped us grow are by: community outreach and engagement, member recruitment, and technical expertise and contributions.

TECH INSPIRATION

Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a

ADVISORY BOARD

Advisory Board. Best-of-breed executives from across multiple functions and disciplines have given their time, insights and experience to guide and direct the development and deployment of innovative initiatives that will strengthen UNICEF’s impact in addressing the needs of the developing world. Kevin James Parcell is a green-energy manager MTRAC | UNICEF INNOVATION Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a LIFESTRAW | LACK OF ACCESS TO WATER The LifeStraw® Family filter meets the highest WHO and US EPA standards for microbiological performance and delivers at least 18,000 liters of safe drinking water, enough to supply a family of five with safe drinking water for three years or more. A new version of the filter, which incorporates a safe storage chamber, costs about $30 or

about

LIFELINE ENERGY

Lifeline Energy. Millions of children in developing countries don’t attend school regularly or at all. The number of out-of-school girls is higher than for boys, and women account for more than 60% of sub-Saharan Africa’s adult illiterate population. Despite the huge inroads made by cell phones and the Internet in sub-Saharan Africa,

radio

OVERVIEW | CHALLENGES Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a

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Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a MTRAC | UNICEF INNOVATION Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a EDUTRAC | UNICEF INNOVATION Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a

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Tech Inspirations Twerly Need. 1.6 billion people around the world live without access to electricity. Succeed TWERLY Street Lights, developed in South Africa at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, is a hybrid street light that runs entirely off the grid and is powered by both solar and wind energy. The team manufactures, installs, and provides maintenance of the TWERLYâ„¢.

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Need. A lack of sanitation facilities in urban areas, schools, and low-income settlements leads to unsafe and unsanitary practices. These practices lead to millions of preventable deaths every year across the developing world. Additionally, sanitary practices are difficult to implement when there is a

DRINKABLE BOOK

The goal is to create innovative and affordable technologies using this innovative nanotech paper to reduce health problems in developing countries. Their pilot project, the Drinkable Book, is both a water filter and an instruction manual for how and why to clean drinking water. This technology (pAge drinking paper) uses a thick, sturdy

sheet

AFRICAN LIBRARY PROJECT Succeed Where There’s a Need is a private sector initiative to engage the world’s best and brightest technologists, researchers, entrepreneurs, academics and post-graduate students in a LOOMA | LACK OF ACCESS TO EDUCATION Looma is an interactive audio-visual projector that provides students and teachers with access to the Internet and educational material. The screen is controlled by a wand, much like an electronic whiteboard would be. What’s unique about Looma is that it’s a web browser,

library, and

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