Emergency, Community and Health Outreach (ECHO) exists to ensure that people with limited English proficiency (LEP) receive life-saving health and safety information. A coalition of government, non-government, private and public agencies, ECHO partners work together to deliver information to immigrants, refugees and New Americans using multi-media formats including television, toll-free phone line (888.883.8831 in Minnesota), web site (www.echominnesota.org), streaming video and E-alert relay system with key leaders in the community connecting health, safety and ethnic agencies to health and safety resources.

An average of 9,500 viewers tune in monthly to ECHO TV programs in multiple languages, while another 20,000 users log on to the website to watch streaming video and download translated scripts on dozens of public health, public safety and emergency preparedness topics. Founded in 2004, ECHO is housed at the Association of Minnesota Counties, St. Paul, Minnesota (651-789-4342 or send us an email message.).

New Routes Project: Egal Shidad: Stories of Somali Health for Radio, TV and Classroom Use

Other Project Partners: Confederation of Somali Community | KFAI Community Radio | Saint Paul Neighborhood Network (SPNN)