‘This is Kroo Bay’ is an interactive multi-media participatory web project working from the Kroo Bay slum in Free Town, Sierra Leone. This Save the Children (UK) project presents a series of four interactive ‘scenes’ or ‘webisodes’ based around panoramic photos using Flash Panorama Player (similar to the work done by Gideon Mendell for The Guardian newspaper called ‘Salvation is Cheap’) where visitors to the website can view the living conditions of those living in the slum. Within each ‘scene’ there are opportunities to learn more about their lives, including video and slide shows on issues such as malaria, flooding from the river and which English Premier League teams the residents support! There are reports from a citizen media team run by kids, and profiles of those involved in the project, where visitors can send messages of support and questions.
The site provides options to make financial donations, information on the substantive issues impacting the lives of those who live in Kroo Bay, the work being done to improve conditions, relevance to the Millenium Development Goals and regular updates. The site also uses Google Maps to locate Kroo Bay and give further info on the slum.
Filed under: Campaigning, Multi-media Tagged: | Africa, MDG, NGO, participatory photography, Sierra Leone, West Africa
