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Jeevan Shakti Mela - Festival for Lifeforce

Janakpur Mela

Project Summary 

We will engage with communities about type 2 diabetes through research, drama, and a funfair in rural plains Nepal.

We will work with the Janakpur Women's Development Centre artists and independent artists to explore how type 2 diabetes is experienced and understood. Artists will interact with those who have diabetes, those at risk of diabetes, and health workers from the public and private sectors. 

Artists will then produce traditional Maithil paintings, props, interactive displays, and games for a large funfair. Artists will also prepare a drama about type 2 diabetes which will be performed in surrounding villages. 

We aim to increase knowledge, understanding, and motivation to prevent and control diabetes using participatory research and art.


Key Project Information

Dates: May 2018-June 2019

UCL lead/Principal Investigator: Dr Joanna Morrison

Partners: Janakpur Women's Development Centre, HERD International, Media for Development, Susie Vickery, Claire Burkert

Location: Nepal

Funding: Wellcome Trust

Contact: joanna.morrison@ucl.ac.uk

Research Team

Joanna Morrison

Abriti Arjyal (Herd International)

Susie Vickery

Claire Burkert

Dinesh Deokota (Media for Development)


Resources

Short Publication - A funfair without the candy floss: engaging communities to prevent diabetes in Nepal

Blog post by Susie Vickery

Blog post by Joanna Morrison

Blog post on HERD International website about the Jeevan Shakti Mela (in Nepali)

UCL public engagement case study

Local press coverage of the Jeevan Shakti Mela (in Nepali)

Article on Mesh Community Engagement Network website


Project video - short version (link to YouTube)

Project video - longer version (link to YouTube)