WEDNESDAY, 20th October, 2021: Mastercard Foundation has revealed that it has partnered with various community-based organisations, for an awareness campaign of COVID-19 safety protocols.
Some of these community-based organisations includes Mask4AIING, Nigeria Youth SDGs Network, New Leaf Foundation and some chapters of the Junior Chamber International in Nigerian higher institutions.
According to the statement released by the foundation, the campaign is aimed at sensitizing and engaging Nigerians to continue observing COVID-19 protocols like the wearing of facemasks, maintaining physical distancing, regular hand sanitizing as well as other precautions as stipulated by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in other to protect themselves, their families and the community.
The statement also added that the community engagement activities would reach about 40,000 people directly while another 180,000 people would be impacted indirectly, with the Radio and Digital campaign estimated to reach over 40 million Nigerians.
According to the statement, the public awareness campaign, with the universal hashtag #Itisuptous, is being implemented in Nigeria with a pidgin English adaptation of the hashtag #EdeyUrHand.