Together We Are Saving Lives

FilmAid has been hard at work converting our programs, projects and campaigns to aid in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. In Kenya and Zimbabwe, it is your support that is making it possible for FilmAid to share life-saving information with refugees and other ultra-vulnerable communities facing the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis. 

How FilmAid is Taking Action

KENYA: Sharing Live-Saving Information on Every Platform

FilmAid is sharing life-saving information with the 400,000 refugees living in Dadaab and Kakuma Refugee Camps using loudspeaker trucks, radio, SMS, social media and messaging services like WhatsApp.

Ensuring Everyone is Informed about COVID-19

• Bulk SMS: Sending regular messages about COVID-19 and social distancing to 40,000 households.

• Radio: Broadcasting Public Service Announcements about COVID-19 in 13 languages - Amharic, Afaan Oromoo, Somali, English, French, Lingala, Dinka, Nuer, Didinga, Anyuak, Swahili, Lotuka and Turkana. 

• Loudspeaker Trucks: Covering the camps block-by-block with announcements in 13 languages. 

• WhatsApp: 140 listenership groups formed in Kakuma and doubling to 240 soon. Groups receive audio messages on COVID-19 and information about changes in camp services.  

Radio Call-in Shows for 200,000 People in Dadaab

Abdullahi Mire is a freelance journalist and former FilmAid student who recently packed his bags in Nairobi and transplanted himself to Dadaab Refugee Camp to inform the 200,000 people in Dadaab through a daily radio show about COVID-19. Click here to watch a short video from Mire.

Social Distancing & Digital Distribution

FilmAid is using its Bulk SMS service with 40,000 subscribers, as well as WhatsApp, Facebook and other messaging platforms to reach the communities we serve with information about COVID-19 through podcasts, videos, and and info-graphics.