Sultan Quadri

People’s Check was among the media organizations that were awarded the Microgrants for COVID-19 media work in emerging economies by the Meedan Check Global program. The newly established fact-checking organization was selected from a pool of over one hundred applicants.


The grant is worth $2000 and it will be used to intensify the fight against misinformation and disinformation in Nigeria. People’s Check was established a month ago and its effort in serving the public by fighting fake news didn’t go unnoticed.


In an attempt to support independent media, fact-checkers, citizen journalists, activists, and technology and digital literacy enthusiasts in their efforts to cover the outbreak, Meedan’s Check Global program launched the COVID-19 Microgrants, specifically aimed at groups working within the context of emerging economies (North Africa/West Asia, Africa, Latin America, Asia-Pacific region).


The grants are aimed at supporting fact-checking and verification projects, local watchdog initiatives, documentation of the local reality under quarantine, media/digital literacy campaigns, tracking the impact of lockdowns on democracies, and examining digital surveillance and surveillance capitalism, civil rights, and violence against women related to COVID-19.

Meedan


The Grant was sponsored by Check Global, an initiative from Meedan that supports and facilitates journalism and human rights work, including research, in developing countries. Meedan is a non-profit that focuses on improving the quality and equity of online information.


People’s Check, an online fact-checking platform established by Nigerian students is grateful for the support it has received from its readers and intends to take its service a notch higher.