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we promote innovation to help children and youth in malaysia reach their full potential. the social innovation lab works with local partners to design new products, services, and interventions to address challenges facing much progress has been made for children in malaysia. yet for those who are hardest to reach – children with special needs, and those living in rural areas or without formal docu*entation – many barriers remain, and new challenges are constantly emerging. unicef champions the rights, development, and well-being of children across 190 countries and territories around the world. the social innovation lab is part of a global network of unicef-established innovation labs from silicon valley to myanmar that support new partnerships, approaches, and technologies to deliver better results for children. the lab collaborates with ngos, the private sector, and government organisations, to support the design and testing of new approaches to. to achieve our mission, we work with ngos, government, academia, the private sector, and communities in three ways. rapidpro is a mobile phone-based survey tool that collects and visualises real-time community feedback and impact data on children and youth issues. rapidpro has been deployed in 18 countries with over 2 million users, with applications ranging from monitoring supplies in rural health clinics in uganda to collecting data on violence against children in indonesia. through consultations with local partners, the lab is identifying key challenges facing children & youth, caregivers and frontline workers, and breaking them down into clear problem statements that can be widely shared to help generate new approaches or solutions. understanding the experiences of ‘end users’ of social services is critical to designing interventions that truly meet their needs. the lab partners with civil society and public sector organizations to pursue 4-6 month design projects to create and test new approaches.