Genevieve, others to lead campaign against Ebola
The
Future Awards Africa has announced its plan to deploy over 1 million
young Africans in a campaign against the spread of the Ebola Virus
Disease in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
The
#StopEbola campaign will be led by the TFAA Young Person of the Year
2013, Ashish Thakkar, and Africa’s leading creative icons – Genevieve
Nnaji, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and Paris-based Asa Elemide.
Speaking
on the event, Genevieve Nnaji said, “Ebola has been defeated in
Nigeria. This shows that with the will and resources it can be defeated
anywhere else. We need to get involved beyond talk and beyond sympathy.
As long as it remains anywhere in Africa, we are all at risk, and we can
come together to stop this from happening. Join me, and join all of us
now on www.stopebola.com.”
“This goes
to the core of what is important to me, and what should be important to
all of us who are very concerned about our continent,” said
Jalade-Ekeinde, who has been spokesperson for Amnesty International and
the United Nations. “Just when the world has begun to pay attention to
Africa as a destination for rapid growth and investment, we cannot allow
Ebola define the narrative. We need to put a stop to this immediately,
and young people need to take the lead.”
Other
celebrities expected to participate in the campaign include TuFace
Idibia, Van Vicker, Joselyn Dumas, Lanre Da Silva Ajayi, Dayo Israel,
Denrele, Dakore Akande, Juliet Ibrahim, and Funke Akindele, to mention a
few.
Courtesy: Punch Newspaper.
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