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Connecting communities with SDGs

Engagement, art and the Sustainable Development Goals: connecting communities with goals in rural Nepal

Project Summary 

Our project engages a community in Janakpur in the southern plains of Nepal about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using intergenerational discussions between artists and students, co-creative wall painting, and an SDG festival at a local school. 

Specifically we will:
•    Produce images of relevance to young and old which represent the SDGs and their meaning to local communities from the Mithila culture
•    Enable discussion about the achievement of the SDGs, and what might facilitate or impede their achievement among teachers, students, artists, political representatives, health workers and community members 
•    Provide an exemplar about how to engage communities in the achievement of the SDGs.


Key Project Information

Dates: 1st March 2021- 31st July 2021

Principal Investigator: Dr Joanna Morrison

Status: Current

Partners: Janakpur Women’s Development Centre
United Nations, Nepal Country Office

Location: Nepal and London

Funding: UCL Grand Challenges

Contact: Joanna.morrison@ucl.ac.uk

Blog: BMJ blog

Research Team

Dr Joanna Morrison - IGH
Mr Satish Sah - Janakpur Women’s Development Centre
Ms Simrika Sharma - United Nations Nepal
Ms Sara Wong - UCL Institute for Global Health