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mPower: Enabling refugee children in Kenya to learn

By Sara Okuoro | 6yrs ago

To mark the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) today, the GSMA, building on UNICEF’s child rights expertise, has launched the mPower Youth initiative to showcase how mobile technology can be a catalyst for advancing the rights of children.

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