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Giga by UNICEF & ITU

Social impact & Sustainability
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UNICEF and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) partnered to launch Giga, a global initiative to connect every school to the Internet by 2030. Since launch, Giga has already connected 2.1+ million students globally and has a number of blockchain initiatives as part of its strategy and mission. It launched the Patchwork Kingdoms NFT Collection - commemorating UNICEF’s 75 anniversary - that generated the images using real data from schools to highlight the digital divide and raised more than $700,000. For another project, Giga created a way for schools to pay for Internet using staking rewards and issued a successful case study about Rwanda.

Website | Patchwork Kingdoms NFTs | Rwanda Case Study

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