The Future of UNICEF's Humanitarian Work

The UNICEF/RAPS section focuses most of its emergency preparedness efforts on low-to-medium-impact, high-probability scenarios, thereby leaving high-impact, low-likelihood scenarios relatively unexplored. A SIPA Workshop team sought to delve into these types of scenarios by examining the compounding effects of mega-disasters on children’s wellbeing. Drawing on desk research, expert interviews, and data analysis, the final deliverable consists of an interactive simulation that provides a series of character-based vignettes that imagine the realities children face as they navigate increasingly dire and complex mega-disasters, as well as the forecasted impacts of these events on children’s lives through quantitative modeling.