To us, a blanket that offers comfort and warmth is a given. For many refugee children it is a matter of life and death. By visualising this contrast we hope to activate people to donate' - Rico de Lange, Creative Director at Boomerang.
Helping Unicef help refugee children
The briefing from our client Unicef was quite clear: help us come up with a construct that will help our target audience realise the horrible living conditions of Syrian refugee children. And more important: get people to donate.
We came up with the idea of comparing 'what a blanket means' to different children around the world. For Western children who live in safe conditions, a blanket is something that makes them feel at home or something to play with. For Syrian refugee children living in tents in the middle of extremely unforgiving winter conditions, a blanket is a life saver. So the blanket turned into the hero of this video and with the help of rapper and Unicef ambassador Akwasi as a voice-over, we created a moving and emotional video.
Campaign Video
Results
This campaign was rolled out on television, radio and social media, all directed towards a donation funnel including a 'blanket counter' on the website. The campaign proved to be a huge succes: Unicef raised over 1.5 million euro, money that helped provide tens of thousands of refugees children with blankets, clothes and medication.
