Communications for Development (C4D) Project

Dis- and mis-information on COVID-19 is already indeed prolific in media landscape (https://www.poynter.org/coronavirusfactsalliance/), which threaten not only individuals but also societies as a whole. It results in citizens endangering themselves by ignoring scientific advice, amplifies distrust in policy makers and governments, as well as diverts journalists’ efforts towards reactive disproving of falsehoods instead of proactive reporting of new information.

With the funding support from the Japanese Government through the UNESCO Regional Office, Abuja and under the project “Media and Information Literacy for Youth Civic Engagement”; the main objective of the project is to build on creativity and innovation of youth in Nigeria to develop MIL Content Production and training on the use of the content produced for children and among the youth in Nigeria including:

• Encourage young creative professionals to identify dis- and mis-information affecting their immediate communities;
• Explore the creativity of youths in Nigeria to develop unconventional creative solutions to the response on issues around dis- and mis-information;
• Empower a growing young and adult population with the knowledge, skills, values, and practices for better understanding and engagement in media development, access to information and knowledge for all, and freedom of expression; and
• Diversify the interventions of promoting MIL, focusing solely on youth-led creative and professional solutions.