A persuasion pattern emerges in partner-created behavior change videos.

Video is a powerful medium that can help communicate and educate to improve people’s lives. Let us take a look at the simple instructions to creating an impactful video

Rohey Njie, Senior Program Officer for the Directorate of Health Promotion & Education with the Ministry of Health in Gambia, participated in a Video Education Workshop with OMPT three years ago and now uses her video creation skills in community health.

Enjoy this recap from our Executive Director Matt and Development Manager Andy detailing our most recent project in Lodwar, Kenya! 60-70% of Lodwar's inhabitants are illiterate; this makes our project even more important! We partnered with Africare to provide their staff with the video capabilities necessary to produce and disseminate important content. Africare now has increased capacity through training and video equipment to reach disadvantaged people with best practices and health information.

In early March 2020, OMPT worked with Africare in the town of Lodwar, Kenya. Here are some photos from the four-day Video Education Workshop!

When OMPT goes out to complete a project, we only get the chance to work with members of the local community for a few days, but what happens after we leave? The impact of video education and ICT4D (information and communication technologies for development) remains positive and impactful far past the end of our workshop. We love hearing back from partners that we have worked with in the past who are still implementing technology to educate and promote positive behavior change. 

Two of our most successful projects to date! Matt and Kristin spent two weeks in back-to-back Video Education Workshops, first in Ethiopia and then in Kenya.

“They had next to nothing, but what struck me most was their generosity. They offered what little they had⁠—their huts, their people, their time⁠—to allow us to create a temporary film set in the middle of their living spaces.”

What does a Video Education Workshop look like for an OMPT staff member? Follow along in Kristin’s journey in Ethiopia with her week long travel diaries!