By Osagie Alonge
For several weeks, the #BringBackOurGirls campaign has been trending, going viral after receiving support from international celebrities and personalities including Michelle Obama, Puff Daddy, Don Jazzy and others.
A similar hashtag #BringBackOurBoys has sprung up on social media, going viral in the space of one week. According to the BBC, the hashtag has been tweeted over 127,000 times!
The hashtag is currently being used to raise awareness on three missing Israeli teenagers from the Jewish seminaries in the occupied West Bank. Reports say Israeli authorities believe they were kidnapped.
The campaign was started by a group of fellow students who decided to bring attention to the story.
‘We are not an organization. We are just a group of students. We each do shifts to cover social media because we receive hundreds of messages from people showing their support’ said one of the students Keren Bar.
The ‘Bring Back Our…’ hashtag format was developed by Nigerians as a way to raise awareness on the 200 plus girls abducted in Chibok, Borno State. Kenyans and Russians have also recently used it.
