GSR Foundation

💻Abriendo puertas a la investigación para estudiantes palestinos: Nos complace compartir que la Fundación Kareema está colaborando con el Programa de Oportunidades de Investigación para Estudiantes Palestinos de #ScientistsforPalestine, una organización dedicada a promover la ciencia y la colaboración internacional para apoyar a los estudiantes palestinos. Esta iniciativa promueve la colaboración internacional, conectando estudiantes y profesores de universidades palestinas con instituciones globales de prestigio, como el #MIT. El programa ofrece a los estudiantes la oportunidad de participar en proyectos de investigación conjuntos, como el desarrollo de tecnologías sostenibles o la investigación en energías renovables, fortaleciendo sus habilidades académicas y ampliando sus perspectivas profesionales. A través de esta colaboración, Fundación Kareema reafirma su compromiso de apoyar a las nuevas generaciones de estudiantes palestinos para mejorar sus oportunidades educativas y su desarrollo profesional, construyendo un futuro lleno de oportunidades. 🌍📚 🖥️ Encuentra más información aquí 👇 : 🔹 https://lnkd.in/dWkWV35c #FundaciónKareema #ScientistsForPalestine #Investigación #Educación #OportunidadesParaEstudiantes #ColaboraciónInternacional #DesarrolloProfesional #TecnologíasSostenibles #EnergíasRenovables #FuturoBrillante #ImpactoPositivo #EducaciónPalestina #InvestigaciónGlobal #Innovación #CambioPositivo 💻 Opening Doors to Research for Palestinian Students: We are pleased to share that Fundación Kareema is collaborating with the Research Opportunities Program for Palestinian Students by #ScientistsforPalestine, an organization dedicated to promoting science and international collaboration to support Palestinian students. This initiative fosters international cooperation, connecting students and professors from Palestinian universities with prestigious global institutions, such as #MIT. The program offers students the opportunity to participate in joint research projects, such as the development of sustainable technologies or renewable energy research, strengthening their academic skills and broadening their professional prospects. Through this collaboration, Fundación Kareema reaffirms its commitment to supporting the new generations of Palestinian students to enhance their educational opportunities and professional development, building a future full of possibilities. 🌍📚 🖥️ Find more information here 👇 : 🔹 https://lnkd.in/dWkWV35c #FundaciónKareema #ScientistsForPalestine #Research #Education #StudentOpportunities #InternationalCollaboration #ProfessionalDevelopment #SustainableTechnologies #RenewableEnergy #BrightFuture #PositiveImpact #PalestinianEducation #GlobalResearch #Innovation #PositiveChange

🚨 Final call for start-ups in emerging markets leveraging open-source frontier technology to make the online world safer for children. 🚨  The UNICEF Venture Fund is offering up to US 100K in grant funding- along with mentoring- for early stage, for-profit open-source tech start-ups who are addressing issues around:   💡 Data generation, collection and analysis   💡 Misinformation and disinformation  💡 Digital trust  If this sounds like your company or someone that you know, learn more by clicking here 👉🏽 uni.cf/DataAndTrust  📅 NEW deadline to apply is 7 January.   Youth-led companies 35 and under, and women founded and led companies are strongly encouraged to apply.   Tag someone you think would be a great fit that normally waits until the last minute. ⌛ Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Ethereum Foundation, GSR Foundation #StartUps #DigiTech #EmergingTech #OpenSource #DigitalTrust #Misinformation #Disinformation #DataGeneration 

⚠️ Extended Deadline Alert. ⚠️ For startups in emerging markets using AI, machine learning or blockchain that are helping keep children safe online. 🧒🏽  Are you:   🔵 Creating tools or applications to verify online content, generating insights or using decentralized protocols for content ownership.  🔵 Identifying methods or building systems that collect, manage or provide transparency to data.  🔵 Building AI systems that analyze and identify content, tag data at the source, or developing interactive learning tools for children to navigate the online world.   The UNICEF Venture Fund is offering up to US $100K in grant funding and one year of technical assistance for early stage, for-profit open-source tech startups in emerging markets that are focused on: digital trust, combatting misinformation and disinformation, or data generation, collection and analysis.  Learn more here 👉🏽 uni.cf/DataAndTrust   Apply by 7 January 2025 📅   Tag or share with someone who can’t miss this opportunity. ⌛  Women-led or founded startups and young founders are strongly encouraged to apply.   Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, GSR Foundation, Ethereum Foundation #StartUps #DigiTech #EmergingTech #DataGeneration #Disinformation #Misinformation #DigitalTrust 

As 2024 comes to and end, so too does our second full year of grantmaking. As we look forward to further growth in 2025, we're pleased to share our current 'Year in Review'. Our thanks to GSR for their continued support and belief in our vision: a world in which everyone benefits from technology.

Earlier this week we celebrated #WorldChildrensDay, a moment to give thanks to the foundation partners who help us to drive change for children.     Our partnerships with leading foundations protect children’s rights and safeguard young people’s futures. By working closely with like-minded foundations, we’re able to leverage their influence, networks, and innovation to achieve extraordinary results for children.     Thank you to our partners who have supported UNICEF’s work for children over the years, including FIA Foundation, GDI Hub, GSR Foundation, Guernsey Overseas Aid Commission, Isle of Man Government, Jersey Overseas Aid, The Power of Nutrition, RNLI, Stelios Philanthropic Foundation, ViiV Healthcare Positive Action and Wellcome Trust. To become a Foundation Partner, please contact Foundations@unicef.org.uk  

With 1 in 3 children connected to the internet, children’s lives are being shaped behind a screen. Alongside the remarkable advantages to information and communication comes dangers of online risks and harms. 📳    To help protect children from these risks, the UNICEF Venture Fund 🚀seeks to invest in startups working on misinformation and disinformation solutions, examples include, but are not limited to:     🔵 Game-based social and behavioral change interventions.  🔵 Mechanisms to identify misinformation and or provide legitimacy to true information shared online.  🔵 Platform agnostic tools using data science and AI to identify and analyze false or inaccurate content.   🔵 Interactive tools or games for children to engage with and learn about fact-checking.   🔵 Mechanisms to tag data or watermark content at the source.   🔵 Tools which leverage crowds to collectively monitor or identify data inaccuracy.   🔵 AI-enabled systems to manage mis/disinformation during a crisis and ensure the dissemination of accurate information.     Learn more about the application process for up to US $100K in grant funding for early-stage, for-profit open-source technology startups in emerging markets improving the lives of children in the above areas here 👉🏽 uni.cf/DataAndTrust   Deadline to apply is 23 December. 📅     You can also join the webinar we’ll have on 21 November at 2pm (CET) to learn more 👉🏾 https://lnkd.in/dRttTu9F   Women-led or founded startups, and young founders are encouraged to apply.     Tag someone who needs to see this.     Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Ethereum Foundation, GSR Foundation     #StartUps #DigiTech #EmergingTech #Misinformation #Disinformation #OpenSource

👏 Congratulations to Xcapit, supported by the UNICEF Venture Fund, for successfully launching their pilot in Cusco, Peru, representing the first successful implementation of their blockchain-based financial technology that works without internet access, setting a new standard for how aid and financial services can be delivered to remote and crisis affected areas. 👏 “By leveraging blockchain for financial inclusion, we’re providing a lifeline to underserved communities. The pilot in Cusco demonstrates blockchain’s potential to drive meaningful change, and we’re excited to continue advancing this journey towards a more inclusive financial future,” declares Antonella Perrone, Chief Operating Officer, Xcapit. Xcapit continues to revolutionize global cash transfers by utilizing #blockchain, cutting transaction costs to just $.01 USD and enabling near-instant transferring, ensuring funds get delivered to beneficiaries with full transparency and efficiency. 🧒🏽 Ethereum Foundation, GSR Foundation 

We're proud to support this incredible opportunity for startups working on open-source AI and blockchain solutions. The UNICEF Venture Fund is offering grants of up to $100,000 (alongside mentorship and support) for new tech startups. See their post for more details.

Incredibly excited to be working with Jusoor to bring AI learning to Refugee Education Centres in Lebanon.

I'm often asked what was the most challenging stage of running Breaking Barriers.   In truth, the first couple of years were the hardest: access to early-stage capital for charities is near non-existent. Society and funders are desperate for innovative projects tackling society’s biggest problems. Yet most funders will only give you money once you have a significant track record, with multiple years of delivery and audited accounts.   I was lucky. Breaking Barriers would not exist today had I not been able to live rent free with my parents in those early years allowing me not to take an income. Even then, if a couple of early-stage funders hadn’t taken a punt on me, thousands of refugees wouldn’t have benefitted from their support.   There is also a lack of quality professional development, especially for founders. Incubators and accelerators are awash in the private sector, but the development opportunities for founders of charities (often imposed by funders) are largely ineffective.   That’s why I’m delighted to have been working with The Considered Ask over the last 12 months to address this problem by designing a mentor-led Accelerator programme for early-stage non-profits.    ‘The Ask Accelerator’ backs potential, not track record, buying into founders with great ideas, and designed and delivered by people like me – ‘exited’ social entrepreneurs who have ‘been there, done that.’   Applying models from the venture capital world, we deploy significant, early-stage capital alongside intensive mentorship. I’ll be leading the programme and acting as TCA’s ‘entrepreneur-in-residence’, providing the support our grantees need.   Funders often tell me they have ‘pipeline problems’ and are keen to build some ‘riskier’ investments into their portfolio. We want to help you by becoming the breeding ground for the most impactful charities in the sector.   We’ve only been up and running a couple of months but I'm delighted to have already partnered with the GSR Foundation who are co-investing in one of our portfolio charities, Screen Share UK   If you are a funder interested in learning more either about the Ask Accelerator or investing in The Considered Ask more generally, or have an organisation you’d like to recommend, drop me a message.