Migrants as Messengers Skip to main content Main navigation Home Stories Volunteers Resources Photo Gallery Video gallery Tools Reports Impact Evaluation Study Final Evaluation Mental Health & Psychosocial Support Study Countries Asia Bangladesh West Africa Côte d'Ivoire The Gambia Guinea Liberia Nigeria Awareness Programs Senegal Sierra Leone South America Panama About About MaM How to MaM Section 1 - Achievements Section 2 - Mainstreaming gender and mental health and psychosocial support Section 3 - Recruiting MaM Volunteers Section 4 - Training Volunteers Section 5 – Training Partners Section 6 – Community engagement and youth outreach Section 7 – Digital engagement Section 8 - Content Production Section 9 – Supporting Volunteer-led associations Section 10 – Media and partners engagement ? Section 11 - Monitoring and Research Section 12 - What was the impact of MaM ? Section 13 – Conclusion Contact Us en fr Menu Authentic storytelling by migrants for migrants in West Africa A peer-to-peer messaging campaign that shares invaluable information about safe migration. Follow us on Facebook Homepage Featured Volunteer Associations The Gambia Gambia Returnees from the Backway Association Gambia Returnees from the Backway Association (GRB) was founded as a… More information Nigeria Great Esan Returnee’s Association (GERA) We are poised at exposing the gimmicks of Human Traffickers and the… More information The Gambia Safe Home for Migrants Association (SaHMA) SaHMA is a women-led non-profit organization that seeks to address… More information View all associations Migrants as Messengers Migrants as Messengers activities are currently taking place in seven countries in West Africa, including Cote d’Ivoire, The Gambia, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. As of 31 March 2020, there had been 18,3371 irregular migrants arriving in Europe from the beginning of 2020, with many of them coming from African countries, including many West African countries. Featured Video I am a woman Watch Video Gender equality is not a gender contest, it is a call to access to equal rights and opportunities for women, the elimination of all forms of discrimination, violence, exploitation, harmful policies and practices that affects women. We all have a role to play in actualizing a world where no one is left behind. Watch the video to hear some inspiring women. Use our hashtags #genderequality #IWD2022 #Migrantsasmessengers See more videos Featured Story When Art Imitates Life: Stimulating Debate on Migration Senegal 23 Nov 2022 Story 08 Nov 2022 “Believing in a bright future has become my credo”: Five Years of Migrants as Messengers in West Africa Story 13 Jul 2022 Migration Information Centres: Helping Young Gambians Make Informed Migration Decisions Story 13 Jul 2022 Rise and rebuild: Gambian shipwreck survivors pave the way for community development Knowledge is Power! Enables young people to make informed decisions about their futures, at home and abroad. The WAKA Well website makes it easier for young people, their families and communities to learn about regular migration procedures, available local opportunities to work, train or study and who to speak to in person for guidance. More than a website, WAKA Well networks young people in communities across West Africa creating media content for television, radio, online campaigns and on-the-ground activities that promote safe and regular migration using a Communication for Development (C4D) approach. Visit Website Peer-to-peer communication is key to raise awareness Nobody knows how many of the 22,000 people who died trying to reach Europe from Africa since 2014 knew about the terrible dangers awaiting them. Were some aware but decided to face the huge risks anyway? Did they block out the brutal realities everyone faces along the way? What we know, is that many thinking about undertaking these journeys underestimate the level of risk. Hugely so. When we asked young people, who said they planned to migrate from Senegal, to estimate the number of migrant deaths on the road or at sea over the past five years, over 40 per cent guessed it was less than 1,000. Only five per cent came close to the actual figure. Continue Reading Impact Evaluation Report Migrants as Messengers: The impact of peer-to-peer communication on potential migrants in Senegal The report presents key results from a rigorous impact evaluation that assessed the impact of the Migrants as Messengers (MaM) information events in Dakar, Senegal. MaM was a peer-to-peer awareness-raising campaign implemented in Senegal, Guinea and Nigeria from December 2017 to March 2019. View Report Migrants as Messengers (MaM) is a peer-to-peer awareness-raising campaign that empowers young people in West Africa to make informed decisions about migration. 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