Celebrating The Billionth Treatment for River Blindness
Client
Sightsavers
Distribution
Conference Launch + Social Media
Sector
Global Health
Service(s)
Concept Creation + Drone Operation + Editing + Filming + International + Reversioning + Script Writing + Translations & Transcriptions + Voiceover
Location
Kaduna, Nigeria
SHOOTING PRODUCER DIRECTOR
Steve Maud
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Duncan Walsh
CAMERA OPERATOR
Jida Makide
EDITOR
Evie Franks
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Helen Button
PHOTOGRAPHER (GUARDIAN)
Graeme Robertson
CLIENT CONTACT
Rebecca Mintrim
Sightsavers delivers the one billionth treatment for River Blindness, a parasite-borne condition that leads to severe disability and the destruction of entire communities. Because of mass treatment programmes like those run by Sightsavers, young children like Dorcas can live a very different life to her grandfather, who was made blind by river blindness.
Cloud9Media was there to witness this incredible moment – reminding us how incredibly important this work is.
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Celebrating the Billionth Treatment for NTDs Event
Client
Sightsavers
Distribution
Conference Launch + Social Media
Sector
Global Health
Service(s)
Concept Creation + Editing + Filming + International + Reversioning + Script Writing
Location
Abuja, Cambridge, Nigeria
SHOOTING PRODUCER DIRECTOR (ABUJA, NIGERIA)
Steve Maud
SHOOTING PRODUCER DIRECTOR (CAMBRIDGE, UK)
Aaron Witchard
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Duncan Walsh
CAMERA OPERATOR
Jide Makide
EDITOR
Gary McQuiggin
PRODUCTION MANAGER
Helen Button
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Bruna Amaral
On the 13th December 2017 the billionth treatment for neglected tropical diseases was celebrated across the world.
Sightsavers hosted events in Cambridge, UK and Abuja, Nigeria as well as distributing a powerful film we made on the backstory of river blindness in 7 other countries. We focussed on three characters in the film, a blind grandfather, his sighted daughter and a community drug distributor, the life-line of mass drug administrations that have been happening across the world for the past 7 years.
Cloud9Media provided not only the film but a live-stream between Cambridge and Abuja allowing the minister of health to talk to delegates in the UK and giving them a chance to meet the community drug distributor live on screen. We also covered the event itself to share with stakeholders, marking a truly global day in the fight against NTDs and in celebration of effective collaboration between parties across the world.