Today’s #Yiakl#SundaySpotlight goes out to all Eritreans who are actively working to educate and help their communities and families to cope with COVID-19 pandemic. #COVID19_Eritrea
As of now, there have been thousands of cases and deaths due to Corona virus worldwide. In response to COVID-19, Eritreans everywhere have been active working to inform and educate their communities inside and outside of #Eritrea. #COVID19_Eritrea#Yiakl
Our gratitude goes out to Eritrean Healthcare Professionals who stayed in the front line by keeping us well informed on COVID-19 and answering our questions & concerns via social media, teleconferences, radio, and televised interviews. #COVID19_Eritrea#Yiakl#Eritrea
We also thank our Religious leaders for being the voice of hope and comfort during this challenging and frightening time. #COVID19_Eritrea#Yiakl#Eritrea
Thank you to ALL who are partnering with government agencies like FHI-Norway Institute of Public Health to educate Eritreans. #COVID19_Eritrea#Yiakl#Eritrea
Our deepest gratitude also goes out to those Eritreans who use Satire & Comedy to keep us informed on COVID-19 while keeping smiles on our faces. #COVID19_Eritrea#Yiakl#Eritrea
Thank you to those with creative minds for using Art & music to inform us on COVID-19 pandemic. #COVID19_Eritrea#Yiakl#Eritrea
Thank you to our hard working journalists at @AtvAsena and @ERISAT3 who are activity sharing information and conducting interviews with healthcare professionals in order to reach our fellow citizens inside #Eritrea. #COVID19_Eritrea#Yiakl
We need to do more so let’s do MORE! With the first case of Corona confirmed in #Eritrea, please call your love ones and inform them of all the cautionary steps to combat COVID-19! We need to unite, communicate, & share resources! Stay safe and healthy deki Eri! #COVID19_Eritrea
Everyone: please add any events and information related to #COVID19_Eritrea to this thread and make sure to include the hashtag #COVID19_Eritrea so we can follow #COVID19 related information at one place.
Let’s Sign this peition to urge Eritrean Government to prepare for COVID-19 in #Eritrea. This effort is being lead by our amazing Eritrean youth group in Phoenix, AZ. Let’s all sign and share everywhere. #COVID19_Eritrea#Yiakl change.org/p/isaias-afwer…
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Lidiya is a 21 years old prominent activist & organizer who has been passionately involved with her Eritrean community from a very young age.
Ever since she witnessed the daunting & overwhelming plight of Eritrean refugees in Libya, Lidiya got determined not to sit back & watch.
Instead, she picked up the slack left by the organizations which simply abandoned these refugees, and found a way to provide financial and moral support to these refugees and make meaningful contributions to help ease their suffering.
Today’s #Yiakl#SundaySpotlight goes out to Habtom Yohannes (@Kinzareb) in acknowledgment of his long-standing unwavering advocacy for Eritrean Prisoners of Conscience and his passion to support Eritreans with his expertise in journalism.
Habtom Yohannes is an Eritrean-Dutch human rights activist, a senior editor with extensive experience within the Dutch media, lecturer, advisor & moderator. He continuously raises the issues of #Eritrea|n prisoners & uses every opportunity/platform to demand that they get justice
As a passionate activist, he has been putting the violation of human rights in #Eritrea on the agenda of the Dutch parliament, the European Parliament, the African Union and the United Nations. @Europarl_EN@_AfricanUnion@UN
Today’s #Yiakl#SundaySpotlight goes out to the organizers of @RemEPOC in acknowledgment of their important initiative to help keep the memories of disappeared Eritreans alive until they get justice.
Remembering Eritrean Prisoners of Conscience @RemEPOC is a social media campaign that is dedicated to daily remembering at least one Eritrean Prisoner of Conscience and an accompanying daily narrative of the human rights situation of #Eritrea.
#Eritrea today is a country where its best daughters & sons, including its sheiks, priests, pastors, ministers, diplomats, civil servants, army leaders, teachers, conscripts, poets, newspaper editors, singers, merchants, veterans and faith communities are illegally disappeared.
Today’s #Yiakl#SundaySpotlight goes out to Tsedal Yohannes in acknowledgment of her perseverance, commitment and courage to advocate for #Eritrean prisoners of conscience.
Despite the emotional toll, Tsedal is a very determined woman who is oftentimes seen in the streets of London, Geneva, Brussels and other parts of the world campaigning for the rights of #Eritrea|n prisoners.
Today’s #Yiakl#SundaySpotlight goes out to Ahmed Raji in acknowledgment of his consistent work as a citizen journalist and his commitment to highlighting and archiving the stories of disappeared #Eritrean|s.
Ahmed as a citizen journalist and a strong advocate for #Eritrean prisoners of consciences is a frequent writer at @awate2 and archives disappeared Eritreans stories on his Facebook page - "Eritrea's Disappeared".
Ahmed started writing at @awate2 in 2003 while still living in Asmara, #Eritrea. In order to protect his identity, the Awate Team gave him the name “Events Monitor”.
Today’s #Yiakl#SundaySpotlight is dedicated to Eritrean activists and campaigners who have actively been addressing the very urgent issue of famine happening in #Eritrea.
This is an acknowledgment to the organizers of #EritreanHiddenFamine and #SaveDenkalia of their quick action in raising awareness to the famine brought by the Eritrean government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
After the government of Eritrea announced a lock down of many parts of the country due to COVID-19, reports of people starving and pleading families in the diaspora for help started surfacing. #EritreanHiddenFamine#SaveDankalia