Life in Action: A practical guide to creating NCD Diaries

Life in Action

Published Dec 2020

Author NCD Alliance

Description

This practical guide aims to support people living with NCDs in the creation of the NCD Diaries, documenting and sharing their day-to-day experience of living with NCDs and highlighting their hopes, aspirations and recommendations for change. Through the use of creative media, including visual, audio and text formats, the NCD Diaries serve as a powerful, community-based storytelling tool to raise awareness and call for action on NCDs. This practical guide provides diarists with information and tools needed to conceptualise, create, publish and promote their own NCD Diaries using the preferred media formats.

Life in Action handouts

The Life in Action handouts contained in this document can also be downloaded separately:

Download the Life in Action handouts

 

NCD Diaries can be created in three formats:

NCD Diaries Visual format

01 Visual 

A visual storytelling format featuring a series of images 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 images 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 photos and accompanying captions.

NCD Diaries Visual format

NCD Diaries audio format

02 Audio podcast

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 two to three fifteen-minute recordings.

NCD Diaries written format

03 Written text

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 up to three written entries of a maximum of 250 words.

NCD Diaries written format

Explore NCD diaries

Visual Diary iconBenjamin Olorunfemi

Benjamin Olorunfemi

Visual Diary iconNkiruka Okoro

Nkiruka Okoro

Visual Diary iconJotham Johnson

Jotham Johnson

Podcast Diary iconSnehal Nandagawli

Snehal Nandagawli

Written Diary iconMariana Gomez

Mariana Gomez

Written Diary iconKarmila Munadi

Karmila Munadi

Written Diary iconEvelyn Santos

Evelyn Santos

Written Diary iconGrace Achodo

Grace Achodo

Written Diary iconMaryanne Njuguna

Maryanne Njuguna

Written Diary iconJoselyne Simiyu

Joselyne Simiyu

Visual Diary iconAnita Sabidi

Anita Sabidi

Written Diary iconWendy Reaser

Wendy Reaser

Written Diary iconTakwe Boniface Njecko

Takwe Boniface Njecko

Written Diary iconChitrika De Mel

Chitrika De Mel

Written Diary iconJoseph Rukelibuga

Joseph Rukelibuga

Visual Diary iconLucía Feito Allonca

Lucia Feito Allonca

Written Diary iconBrenda Chitindi

Brenda Chitindi

Visual Diary iconNeema Mohamed

Neema Mohamed

Visual Diary iconOduor Kevin Otieno

Oduor Kevin

Written Diary iconAshla Rani MP

Ashla Rani MP

Visual Diary iconKatherine Berkoh

Katherine Berkoh

Visual Diary iconMirriam Wakanyi

Mirriam Wakanyi

Visual Diary iconAmber Huett-Garcia

Amber Huett-Garcia

Visual Diary iconMazeda Begum

Begum Mazeda

Visual Diary iconLinh Nguyen Ha

Linh Nguyen Ha

Podcast Diary iconOmar Abureesh

Omar Abu Reesh

Podcast Diary iconLiz  Owino

Liz Achieng Owino

Written Diary iconJohn Gikonyo

John Gikonyo

Written Diary iconSamuel Kumwanje

Samuel Kumwanje

Written Diary iconJean Marie Blaise Migabo

Jean Marie Migabo

Written Diary iconEdith Mukantwari

Edith Mukantwari

Written Diary iconAdjo Rose Lankou

Adjo Rose Lankou

Visual Diary iconGloria Haro

Gloria Haro

Visual Diary iconRohan Arora

Rohan Arora

Visual Diary iconRobert Onyango

Robert Onyango

Podcast Diary iconVijayalakshimy Silvathorai

Vijayalakshimy Silvathorai

Podcast Diary iconAllison Ibrahim

Allison Ibrahim

Podcast Diary iconSeema Bali

Seema Bali

Visual Diary iconSalome Agallo

Salome Agallo

Visual Diary iconAma Quainoo

Ama Quainoo

Visual Diary iconBetsy Rodriguez

Betsy Rodriguez

Visual Diary iconVivian Gyasi Sarfo

Vivian Gyasi Sarfo

Visual Diary iconLion Osarenkhoe Chima-Nwogwugwu

Lion Chima-Nwogwugwu

Written Diary iconShamim Talukder

Shamim Talukder

Written Diary iconJazz Sethi

Jazz Sethi

Written Diary iconMichael Donohoe

Michael Donohoe

Written Diary iconJaime Barba

Jaime Barba

Written Diary iconStephen Ogweno

Stephen Ogweno

The current theme is

My healthcare provider's impact on my NCD journey

View the Diaries