IKORO: THE BURDEN OF ABANDONMENT
Channel: Amplify Initiative
Date: 17/01/2019

"Ikoro: The Burden of Abandonment" is a short documentary film that captures the plights of a marginalized community, where people live on the brink of health and death, occasioned by years of government neglect.

The documentary tells the stories of a community where people die cheaply due to the abandonment of a primary health care centre project.  

In highlighting the cost of abandonment, the film also highlights other issues facing the community - lack of access road, a dilapidated primary school, both of which impacts on the economy of the people and leads to poor learning outcomes.

While the short film tells the stories of a forgotten people, it spotlights Ikoro community's health centre project, abandoned since 2014 despite contract awards and repeated budgetary allocations.