Street Art on COVID-19 Reaches Remote Communities in Northern Niger | by IOM - UN Migration | Jul, 2020 | Medium
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For years, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has been using street art as a key outreach activity based on “human-centered design” to engage with migrants and community members. In 2019, IOM in West and Central Africa launched a street art initiative alongside its partner Street Art Sans Frontière attended by more than 1,000 people in Niger only.
This year, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, IOM continues the initiative in Senegal, Ghana and Niger with the objective to improve relations between migrants and host communities, while stimulating the debate surrounding how to reduce the spread of misinformation and xenophobia, two particularly sensitive topics during COVID-19 times.
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