The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the world, creating fear, instilling anxiety, catalysing economic downturns and drastic change in our social lives. More so, the need to stay at home to observe social distancing has resulted in the active use of social media and increased boredom for many young individuals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Au Nigeria, le virus a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 se propager \u00e0 un rythme g\u00e9om\u00e9trique, entra\u00eenant avec lui une infod\u00e9mie signal\u00e9e par un manque d\u2019informations ad\u00e9quates, des fausses nouvelles et une diffusion in\u00e9gale des informations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Amidst these, \u201cKnow COVID-19 Nigeria\u201d was established to address the pressing needs that could help reduce this pandemic.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
L'initiative \u00ab Know COVID-19 Nigeria \u00bb a \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9\u00e9e par l'entrepreneur TEF, Olasupo Abideen et un groupe d'autres jeunes Nig\u00e9rians dans le but de d\u00e9mystifier les fausses nouvelles, de fournir des conseils de s\u00e9curit\u00e9, de sant\u00e9 et de pr\u00e9caution qui peuvent aider les Nig\u00e9rians \u00e0 rester inform\u00e9s et prot\u00e9g\u00e9s.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Their major goal is to ensure the provision of adequate, relevant, reliable and relatable information, debunk fake news and ensure provide safety, health and precautionary tips that could help people stay safe, informed and protected. In achieving this, the group is engaging young professionals in various fields like media, medicine, graphics designing, web development, public relations, research and monitoring and evaluation, etcetera, who are volunteering their time and expertise, thereby, relieving them of boredom from staying at home as a result of the lock-down in the country.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cWithin one week of our existence, by leveraging on major social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, we have been able to directly reach and engage over 2million Nigerians,\u201d Abideen says.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\u201cKnow COVID-19 Nigeria\u201d has distilled and interpreted data to curate different stories, map victims to prevent spread and sensitize people on coping strategies during the period of social distancing. They are also currently crowdfunding and seeking support from individuals and institutions to expand their services beyond where it currently is.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
To reach more people, assist its volunteers with internet and provide relief support for the most vulnerable people, Know COVID is crowdfunding and seeking support from individuals and institutions via their\u00a0GoFundme\u00a0page. You can also make donations via their Nigerian\u00a0Paystack\u00a0page.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Visit their website\u00a0https:\/\/knowcovid19.ng\/\u00a0for more.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
La pand\u00e9mie de COVID-19 a eu un impact consid\u00e9rable sur le monde, cr\u00e9ant de la peur, suscitant l\u2019anxi\u00e9t\u00e9, catalysant des ralentissements \u00e9conomiques et des changements radicaux dans nos vies sociales. Plus encore, la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 de rester \u00e0 la maison pour respecter la distance sociale a entra\u00een\u00e9 une utilisation active des m\u00e9dias sociaux et un ennui accru chez de nombreux jeunes. Au Nigeria, le virus a...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":10691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[47,48,49],"class_list":["post-10688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-making-impact-during-covid-19-pandemic","tag-tony-elumelu","tag-tony-elumelu-entrepreneur","tag-tony-elumelu-foundation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27897,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10688\/revisions\/27897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonyelumelufoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}