As part of the Our Views, Our Voices initiative, the NCD Diaries are a participatory, community-based and multimedia storytelling project that illustrates and highlights individual lived experiences and calls for action on NCDs.
Each series of NCD Diaries will have a thematic focus, drawing on the key pillars of the global Advocacy Agenda of People Living with NCDs and, potentially, more specific themes, depending on relevant advocacy opportunities.
The seventh series of the NCD Diaries project is based on the theme: Young Voices in Focus.
Through their Diaries, lived experience advocates share the unique challenges NCDs present to young people, and how it has led them to become advocates for change. Youth stories highlight experiences that may not be reflected in mainstream narratives on NCDs, they can mobilise a broader network of youth advocates and urge governments to develop forward-looking policies by leveraging the energy and fresh perspectives of young people.
A visual storytelling format featuring a series of photos or videos that represent the real and personal experiences of Diarists and their interaction with the healthcare system, local context and community. Drawing from elements of the PhotoVoice approach, NCDA will support Diarists in capturing photos or videos representing their lived experiences and contextualise them within the Advocacy Agenda of People Living with NCDs to present their recommendations and calls to action. The Diary will take the form of a series of up to five images or three videos and accompanying descriptions.
A spoken word/podcast format through which Diarists will share their experiences and challenges of living with NCDs, their local context, community interactions and calls to action in a conversational manner, either in first person or in conversations with others, e.g. family, community members, advocates, etc. The Diary will take the form of three ten-minute recordings.
A blog/testimonial format through which Diarists will share their lived experiences through storytelling and public narrative, reporting on experiences, challenges of living with NCDs and recommendations for change. The Diary will take the form of three written entries of a maximum of 300 words.
The NCD Diaries are possible thanks to NCD Alliance’s partnership with the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.
