I Nigeria ("In Nigeria", 1969, Swedish Red Cross)

Describes the Health Education Pilot Project (HEPP) in Nigeria of the Swedish Red Cross, whose delegates give practical mother and child care demonstrations and nutrition guidance. First aid classes were held and village streets swept. Funds for the HEPP were raised in Finland, Norway, and Sweden. (League Film Library Catalogue Supplement 2, 1976, p. 29)

00:00 Introduction on Swedish Junior Red Cross project Health Education Pilot Project (HEPP) in Nigeria in collaboration with Junior Red Cross in Norway, Finland and Nigeria and how funds collected by these Junior Red Cross branches were distributed; images of Swedish Junior Red Cross delegates participating in the project.
00:50 Courses in practical mother and child care, guidance in health, hygiene and nutrition for future mothers.
04:07 Cleaning campaign at a market place on how to maintain environmental hygiene in order to avoid spread of infections; promoting World Health Organisation and Nigerian authorities' vaccine campaign against smallpox and measles; first aid education; information on Red Cross history, idea and purpose; formation of new Red Cross associations to secure future Red Cross work in the area.
06:55 Information on how the project was made possible by collected funds by Junior Red Cross in Sweden, Norway and Finland and the joint efforts with the Nigerian Junior Red Cross.
Year: 1969
No credits given
Copyright: Swedish Red Cross [assumed]
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 07:27 minutes

Original format: 16mm black and white acetate film with optical sound. Digitised in 2021.
File name: c00394.mp4

This film has been published with the kind permission of the Swedish Red Cross. For queries about copyright and the re-use of this film, please contact Archives.Contact[at]ifrc.org

League Film Library Catalogue No. 549, ID No. 1890 Component No. 152, c00394

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