 Welcome to Geneva and WISIS Forum 2022. With me is Kevin Perkins. Kevin is the Executive Director of Farm Radio International in Canada and congratulations on the recognition of your project in the WISIS 2022 prizes in the media category. Yes. So tell me about the project. Well, our organization Farm Radio International works with a network of about 1,300 African radio stations, independent radio stations, and we help them do radio programs most about farming. But then when COVID first became, you know, recognized as a real problem for Africa, we reached out to them and learned that they would really appreciate more information, accurate information. They were having a hard time sorting out the real information from from fake news, for example, and also concerns about their own health and their own safety as journalists, as broadcasters, as people. And also their worries about their station, how would their radio station manage the economic impact. So we were able to get some financial support from Global Affairs Canada to offer a special set of resources and supports and networking opportunities and training opportunities for broadcasters that they could use to keep providing their listeners with good information about COVID and keep themselves healthy and safe and on the air. That's just a wonderful example of using technology to unite people, keep them informed, the inclusivity part of that as well. You must be really proud of what you achieved during such a difficult time. Yes. We were really excited to have the opportunity to respond that way and to be able to do it very quickly. The team got right to work, generating some really good resources. We were able to network out most of our contacts and subject matter specialists that we count on are in the agriculture sector. So we had to develop new partnerships with World Health Organization and Ministries of Health to make sure we were getting the best information from them. So it was a big effort to really find new partners, find new sources of information, but then use that to do what we traditionally do to respond to an urgent problem. And I guess like all radio, these stations don't just provide information, but it's comfort, it's well-being, isn't it? It's that sense of community. Are they all sort of agriculture-based programming radio stations, but clearly sort of bring together communities in other ways too? Yes. All of the stations have that as part of their mandate is to serve rural communities with agriculture, nutrition, health information, and really to do development-oriented programming as well as their other regular programs. So yeah, I think they're feeling some urgent pressure to give that kind of support and reassurance and comfort. Don't panic. There's things you can do. Here's the information. There's things that you can do to protect yourself. It was very reassuring to listeners and to them to be able to offer that support to their listeners. Well, congratulations on a well-deserved recognition. Thank you. Good luck with the project moving forward. Thank you for joining us, Kevin. It's been a pleasure.