Zero Malaria’s Draw The Line campaign wins big at The Drum & World Media Awards
We're so proud Zero Malaria - Draw The Line Against Malaria won the Campaign Of The Year (not for profit) and winner of the Grand Prix at The 2021 Drum Awards.
The judges said the winning campaign should "go against the grain, do the unexpected and have the courage to show up for the communities we represent". To the judges said the courage was evident in The Draw The Line campaign, saying it was an “incredible example of shooting for the stars... it dared to be bold and brave, and sometimes that’s all you need – a team to just say, ‘f*** it, let’s go big or go home.’”
The campaign has not just proved popular with the judges but with the public too, reaching 1.4bn people and creating over 24.7m digital engagements. The campaign's been a fly away success with a special thanks to the design powerhouse that is dentsu international and the incredible support of the RBM Partnership to End Malaria.
We’re Beyond excited that the Zero Malaria Starts With Me – Draw The Line campaign won two prestigious awards at the World Media Awards.
Back in February people from across the African continent and globally were invited to join the Zero Malaria Starts With Me movement and take action to end the world’s oldest deadliest disease with this bold new global campaign. It is powered by African changemakers, including Eliud Kipchoge, Olympic Gold-medallist and marathon world record-holder; Siya Kolisi, Captain of the Springboks; Dr Omotola J Ekeinde, Nigerian actress and philanthropist; Sherrie Silver, award-winning Rwandan British choreographer; and Láolú Senbanjo, global artist from Nigeria and Art Director for the campaign.
Since the campaign launched we have been overwhelmed to see it harnessed by leaders, communities and malaria champions to galvanise action to end malaria within a generation. These prestigious World Media Awards show the campaign being recognised in the media sector, it really is beyond exciting for everyone involved. None of this would have been possible without our incredible partners at dentsu International that not only lead on the creative but enabled the campaign to be seen by millions across the world.
The Draw The Line Against Malaria campaign, reflects the energy, talent, and cultural influence emanating from the African continent – embracing art, fashion, music, sport, and entertainment. The campaign is brought to life through a powerful film highlighting young people taking charge of their lives and refusing to allow malaria to steal their futures anymore.
Despite a year and a half of constant changes in plans, schedules, the media teams at dentsu were creative, agile and persistent enough to develop a killer media strategy for a beautiful campaign they built for the malaria community.
It is almost unbelievable that a campaign with a zero media budget was able to reach so many millions of people across the world – helping to draw attention to one of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases during a global pandemic.
We are truly grateful to all our partners who have helped make this possible!
We nominated this entry because of its cohesive and impactful creative; they had a very low budget, But they used strategic, contemporary tactics to bring this to life across a vast network, generating user-generated content- which isn't easy! - And using narrators and creative integrity in that space. It was really impressive and fully deserves that award!
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