Connecting Local Action to Local Response through WhatsApp - AfP's #CreativityInCrisis

Join us for a conversation with Local Action Fund (LAF) as they explain how they created an early warning and early warning (EWER) system using the social media platform WhatsApp, in addition to promoting relationships between women of different faiths across conflicting communities. This program improved relationships between Agatu farmers and Fulani pastoralists in the Benue state of Nigeria and for the first time, women were seen as the front runners of the peace process in this region.

Local Action Fund: https://www.peacedirect.org/us/localactionfund/#:~:text=Set%20up%20in%202019%2C%20our,complex%20and%20volatile%20conflicts%20worldwide.

Through the #CreativiityInCrisis video series, we hope to inspire a conversation around adaptation and how we, as a community can develop creative solutions to address our shared needs.

This project was realized through the use of the following software:

1. iMovie - https://www.apple.com/imovie/

2. Adobe Software – Adobe After Effects; Adobe Illustrator; Adobe Photoshop

3. Zoom - https://zoom.us/

4. QGIS - (used for visuals) - https://www.qgis.org/en/site/

5. MapChart (used for visuals) - https://mapchart.net/

Websites mentioned and highlighted in the video:

1. PeaceDicret, Local Action Fund (LAF) - https://www.peacedirect.org/us/localactionfund/#:~:text=Set%20up%20in%202019%2C%20our,complex%20and%20volatile%20conflicts%20worldwide.

2. The Tattaaunawa Roundtable Initiative (TRICentre) - https://tattaaunawa.org/about-us/

Royalty free audio for this project were procured from:

1. Simple by iMovie Audio | https://www.apple.com/imovie/

Royalty free images for this project were procured from:

1. Photo by Adam Nieścioruk on Unsplash | https://unsplash.com/photos/Z9arfr0f248

2. Photo by Elizabeth McDaniel on Unsplash | https://unsplash.com/photos/GEHO6XgK5DY

3. Map of Philippines was acquired from GeoBoundaries' Boundary data: https://www.geoboundaries.org/index.html#getdata

Royalty free icons used for visuals for this project were procured from:

1. Form by Jason Tropp from the Noun Project - https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=form&i=87087

2. Ticket Counter by Gan Khoon Lay from the Noun Project - https://thenounproject.com/term/ticket-counter/881275/

3. Ticket Counter by Adi Kurniawan from the Noun Project - https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=ticket+counter&i=2051298

4. Money by ✦ Shmidt Sergey ✦ from the Noun Project - https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=money&i=9653

5. messenger by Adrien Coquet from the Noun Project - https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=messenger&i=3202205

6. Village by fajar hasyim from the Noun Project - https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=village&i=2852286

7. Tick by Akash k from the Noun Project - https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=tick&i=2758597

8. User by Mooyai Khomsun Chaiwong from the Noun Project - https://thenounproject.com/icon/653758/

9. Arrow by iconcheese from the Noun Project - https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=arrows&i=2296837

Royalty free videos/animation used for this project were procured from:

1. Video by Adesh Kumar Singh from Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/videos/facebook-like-internet-21829/

#CreativityInCrisis logo created by designer Shreya Chhabria | https://www.shreyachhabria.in/

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, changing landscapes and virtual realities are challenges that we all are encountering, not only on a personal but also on an organizational level. Join AfP as we highlight innovative approaches to tackle these implications, highlighting the methodology used, results obtained, limitations faced, and lessons learned.