UNICEF releases 1,000 NFTs for its 75th Anniversary

For its 75th anniversary, Unicef has announced that they plan to sell 1,000 data-driven NFTs, this marks the organization’s largest NFT collection to date. A portion of the NFTs will be digitally watermarked to celebrate the agency’s 75th year of operations. The collectibles will be sold using the Ethereum blockchain. 

Executive director, Henrietta Fore has said that “For 75 years, UNICEF has been a driving force for change in children’s lives. And as we look back at our history, we must also look forward and seize every opportunity to take innovative actions to secure the future for our children. We have to use every tool in the toolbox if we are to reach more children and invest in a better world – including through new ways of fundraising and financing – and the launch of UNICEF’s first global collection of data-driven digital tokens will directly support our global efforts to close the digital divide and help give every young person access to the Internet.”

The proceeds from the auctions are scheduled for late 2021 and early 2022 and will be funneled towards initiatives for innovations. One of these initiatives is Giga, an education-based agenda that aims t connect over 3,000 schools to the internet via low-earth orbit satellites.  

To create their digital tokens, UNICEF has partnered with Snowcrash Labs and Nadieh Bremer, a data visualization scientist. The token is meant to showcase how there are children all around the world who need internet access in their education. 

“My most fundamental source of inspiration was the sense of wonder we experience during our childhood,” said Bremer. “The live maps from Giga guided my artwork, using its data to create 1,000 tiny fantasy art pieces while subtly trying to convey the importance of the project; there are still many schools not connected to the Internet, and many children excluded.”

“There are more than 1.3 billion children disconnected in an increasingly connected world. We cannot allow these children to grow up on an information island, cut off from the wealth of information and opportunities available online, and with fewer resources to learn and grow,” said Fore. “The Office of Innovation is working to close the digital divide through innovations and technology across the world.”

For 75 years UNICEF has been striving towards the betterment of children’s lives across the world. 

Source: Relief Web International