Archive for July 4th, 2008

War Child: Viral Spoof Campaign ‘Kamp Kufa’

Written by Igor Beuker on July 4th, 2008 | no comments

From The Netherlands we get more virals each month. This week War Child has launched the provocative viral campaign Kamp Kufa in The Netherlands, aimed at creating awareness regarding the situation of child soldiers.

The War Child viral video outlines a normal day in Kamp Kufa (a spoof) summer camp for children in The Netherlands. In the camp children learn to throw hand grenades and shoot AK-47′s. Off course Kamp Kufa does not exist in real life, but training camps for child soldiers do really exist in certain parts of the world.

The campaign was done in cooperation of War Child Canada, which launched vspot Kamp Okutta. I like the viral video, because it shows in a subtle but shocking way, that there are still countries where children are being misused and brainwashed. That’s why I feel we should support War Child.

Similar campaign would also work great for WWF with animals or nature. Do you know other compelling charity campaigns in your country? Make sure to tell us about it.

Viral Friday: Sales Guy VS Web Dude

Written by Niels Bellaar on July 4th, 2008 | 1 comment

Viral Friday is the weekly viral video chart of ViralBlog, showing the 10 most popular viral videos, commercials or user-generated videos, carefully selected and ranked by popularity, viral impact & spread.
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This weeks Viral Friday #1 position goes to Sales Guy VS Web Dude. Follow this conversation between a sales guy and a web dude, “what a f*cking day”… The runner up spot is for JCPenney with Speed Dressing. This fake commercial won a bronze lion at the Cannes 2008 Film Festival, but the chief marketing officer isn’t very happy. Heinz Deli Mayo completes this week’s top 3. Heinz has pulled a commercial featuring two men kissing each other and apologized to viewers after more than 200 complaints to the advertising watchdog.

Do you want to see this week’s list from 1 to 10? Go on then, and have a look! We’d like to hear your opinion about the virals. Have fun!

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