Zim filmmaker bags global award

LOCAL filmmaker and digital storyteller Kudzai Tinago has scooped a global award at the Global Youth Neglected Tropical Diseases Festival: Power of Storytelling Competition that featured 39 countries from all over the world.

Tinago came second under the video category with his production titled Mass Drug Administration at the competition launched by Uniting to Combat NTDs (Neglected Tropical Diseases) in December last year, and sponsored to the tune of US$25 000.

The competition encourages young people to share their experiences about NTDs which affects over 1,7 billion people globally, of which a billion are below the age of 15.

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