Philips and Unicef renew commitment to create child saving technologies
It is the second project in the Philips Foundation-UNICEF partnership following the Maker Movement project which supports social entrepreneurs to create, prototype and scale-up, low-cost maternal and newborn child health equipment in Nairobi, Kenya. The project also leverages the on-ground expertise of employees at the Philips Africa innovation hub in Nairobi to mentor social entrepreneurs to support infrastructure
Global electronic firm Royal Philips has renewed its commitment to create child saving technologies by singing another partnership deal with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)…
Philips Foundation through its Global Innovation Centre (GIC) in Nairobi will provide the UN agency which deals with children with access to Philips’ innovation processes, researchers, designers and solutions. UNICEF says the partnership is part of its strategy to seek partners that bring resources and expertise necessary in achieving its mandate…“Supporting the UNICEF Global Innovation Centre is a natural next-step in our partnership with Unicef as it allows us to leverage Royal Philips’ technology, innovation know-how and employees in a really meaningful way to bring scale to social innovators in communities around the world in support of children,” said Ronald de Jong, member of the executive committee at Royal Philips and chairman of the Philips Foundation.
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