Despite the discouraging comments about his anti-
Ebola campaign at the recent Ghana Movie Awards,
popular Liberian-born Ghanaian actor Eddie Watson
says he is not giving up the campaign.
Eddie said he would keep on reaching out to people
by educating them about how to avoid the deadly
virus and also lifting the spirit of people in countries
affected by Ebola.
Eddie who launched the “We Need Help-Ebola
Campaign” last year, produced a documentary film
which starred some popular faces in Ghana’s
movie and music industries including Yvonne
Nelson and Sarkodie among others.
The film was shown on a lot of TV stations in Ghana
and went on to win Best Short Film Movie at the
Ghana Movie Awards on Tuesday, December 30,
2014, which didn’t attract the best of reactions from
movie stakeholders at the awards ceremony.
But Eddie said, “This documentary film was never
meant to target an award. It was totally meant to
help educate and lift the spirit of people in countries
hit by the deadly Ebola virus.”
He told NEWS-ONE that he was not giving up
because of negative vibes from people who are not
sympathetic to how the Ebola virus has affected
some parts of Africa.
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“I am still campaigning. The documentary is
showing on all TV stations in Liberia. That’s
beside Youtube, MultiTV, plus other stations in
Ghana. I’m going to send it to MultiChoice/ DStv,
which I haven’t done yet. I want it in Sierra Leone
and Guinea. I am not giving up,” he said.
“There are subsequent health campaigns I am
going to start. I want to focus on prevention of most
easily prevented diseases that due to lack of
information and education we still suffer from in
Africa. So there is a lot to come,” he added and
thanked all who are supporting his campaign.
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