He is one of the most loved and followed by people on Youtube, with his 1.7 million subscribers to the channel: he is Jacopo D’Alesio, Known as jakidale, born in 1999, born in Arona but living in Milan for years. The young Youtuber, a real social media star, published a video completely different from those to which he has accustomed his followers. In fact, Jakidale recorded, in a 40-minute film, his 20-day experience in the Korogoho slum in Nairobi, KenyaFocusing on his living and educational conditions children local. Youtuber went to Africa during the summer holidays (“Except Mykonos or Izambiza!”) with the organization “Una mano per un Sorriso – For Children”, chaired by Paola Viola and musician Pietro Morello, as a volunteer for humanitarian missions.
“It was the best experience of my life” wrote Jacopo presenting the video, which in a few hours has gathered more than 300 thousand views. With these images, shot by Youtuber himself, he documents and submits in the first person (as a volunteer) how the organization works Korogocho, a slum on the outskirts of Nairobi, with about 180 thousand inhabitants (the fourth most populous in the country), at the foot of the largest landfill in Kenya.
“I always tried to be as helpful as possible with my videos, but in the last year, maybe even after the pandemic that helped me think, I realized I could be a lot more useful and influential,” says Jakidale. Being a bit of a nerd My videos – so far – were created in this sense, showing how technology for example can help men, under the most different versions “. Now, however, the young man has made a significant change in his course: “The common thread I am giving right now is to know, in this case knowing a reality of which we all know, which we have all seen but which in fact we never know up close. “
His mission was this tell in the first person in the most transparent way possible the reality of Korochos and to see how the children help, through the education but also the fun and entertainment that all the children of the world deserve. D’Alesio shows everyone “Smiling School” and “Smiling Center”, a center dedicated to the children and youth of the slum. A practical help (by teaching the game of chess but also helping the specific daily needs) but also financial because the proceeds of this video will be donated to the club “Una mano per un Sorriso – For Children”. In the video, in which Jacopo launches a fundraiser for the organization, there is also anticipation a book written by Paola Viola to fund the foundation’s activities.
“Social media can change the world” Jacopo concludes that he is convinced that the rational use of the powerful medium that is the network, with Youtube, Instagram and Facebook in the first place, can really bring a series of small and big revolutions that can cause more and more necessary awareness and collective knowledge. in the world. Future projects for Jakidale; “Saying something about raising awareness on relevant issues all’ambiente».
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