Good morning, this is Michelle. If you’re reading this, you probably have something one third of the world doesn’t – that is an internet connection.
And for all its faults, the web is one of the greatest creations of our time, opening a whole world of possibilities for communicating, accessing information and, most of all, learning.
A Geneva-born venture has been on a mission to make sure all kids around the world don’t miss out anymore. We took a look at how they’re doing five years since they took the first steps. |
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Noonkopir Primary School in Kajiado District, Kenya, on 24 February 2023. Kenya is one of the countries partnering with Giga. (Courtesy of Giga)
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A black screen depicts a world map with pulsating green, blue, and red lights. Each dot represents a school’s location and indicates whether it is connected to the internet. The tool was launched last month by Giga, an initiative by Unicef and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), mainly funded by Switzerland and Spain, that has been working since 2019 on the ambitious goal of ensuring all schools are online by 2030.
The United Nations organisations held their first conference in Geneva this week to showcase their progress after five years. “Whether it's Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, or Sierra Leone, the dots are typically green if you're in an urban space or rich space…red dots are typically in the rural areas, mountainous regions and remote areas,” Chris Fabian, Giga’s co-lead from Unicef, told a crowd of government officials and other attendees, who travelled to Geneva for the two-day event.
Read the full story on Geneva Solutions.
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