Ebola: A Poem For the Living

Overview

Ebola: A Poem For The Living is an animated short created to contribute to the prevention of the further spread of the Ebola virus in West Africa. The video reflects the co-creators approach of creating non-coercive media for social change, in this case using animation to create a message of love to the living through an African spiritual voice. The video was highly praised and broadcast and used extensively in the five countries of West Africa experiencing an Ebola outbreak in in 2014. A largely bro bono effort led by multi-award winning producer and director Firdaus Kharas, it was voiced locally into 17 languages by volunteers working under very difficult circumstances during the height of the Ebola crises in August to December, 2014.