PFP aims to educate about Ebola
Purple Field Productions has launched a music video called Ebola is Real
Purple Field Productions (PFP), founded by Quaker Elspeth Waldie, has launched its latest film, a music video called Ebola is Real.
PFP works with people in Africa and Asia to make educational films in local languages. The new video was made with the help of Future View Film Group (FVFG), a group of forty-two young film makers in Sierra Leone. It was funded entirely by PFP.
‘Ebola is Real is designed to encourage people to overcome their fears and go for early treatment, and also to advise them on steps they can take to reduce their chances of contracting the disease,’ PFP administrator Fiona Day told the Friend.
‘The video has attracted the interest of the Sierra Leone health authorities who, we believe, are planning countrywide distribution. Meanwhile, we understand it has gone on local radio, and FVFG themselves have worked hard taking it round from house to house and showing it on a laptop,’ Fiona added.
The charity’s Ebola appeal was recently awarded a £2,000 grant by Quaker Peace & Social Witness, from the Dorothea Simmons Fund.
Elspeth Waldie is a member of West Somerset Area Meeting.
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