EducommuniK

Our Mission

Created in September 2010 and approved under Receipt No. N000001540601 of February 14, 2023 and IFU registration number: 00200478G, EducommuniK is a youth serving organization under Burkinabe law, based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The main mission of EducommuniK is to promote media and information literacy (MIL) as a strategy to effectively engage citizens, particularly young people, in a process of positive social change. Clearly, EducommuniK develops innovative initiatives aimed at strengthening knowledge and skills likely to help individuals, particularly young people, to: develop their critical thinking regarding the information they receive on a daily basis via different sources; know how to use with discernment all the means of information and communication available to them. Through MIL, EducommuniK intervenes in various areas such as: the fight against radicalization and violent extremism; the fight against violence against women and girls; the fight against disinformation and hate speech; the promotion of positive citizen participation, participatory and inclusive local governance and social cohesion as well as peace and security ; promotion of the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and young people; monitoring and analysis of digital social media. EducommuniK is headquartered in Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso with national chapters in several countries including Niger, Mali and Ivory Coast. Our targets are young people up to 35 years old in urban and rural areas. As Activities, we : o develop curricula on MIL; o train young trainers in MIL and other related topics ; o organize workshops for young people on MIL and digital competencies; o develop MOOC on MIL and disinformation; o implement digital campaigns for social change and advocacy; o hold online and offline discussions; o monitor social media content through our Citizen Observatory of social media.