Risk Communication and Community Engagement: Learning from Successes and Mistakes as We Move Through the Pandemic and Beyond
This event was a session at the Food Security COVID-19 Learning Event.
As the COVID-19 pandemic struck, many food security activities had to quickly adjust and integrate Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) components into their ongoing programming, such as including information at food distribution sites, through radio broadcasting, addressing rumor monitoring and developing feedback loops with community members, among many others. All these RCCE efforts were implemented alongside other longer-term social and behavior change work and with a backdrop of stigma and mis/disinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. Grounding our discussion in what did and did not go so well, this session aims to learn from both our successes and our failures to chart a way forward.
Speakers
Antje Becker-Benton, Senior Advisor Behavior Change & Community Health, Save the Children
Arianna S., Behavior Change & Community Health Advisor, Save the Children
Gregory Makabila, Deputy Chief of Party, Catholic Relief Services
Francis Alumai, Save the Children