Eh!woza+

Eh!woza was established in 2013 and exists today as a trans-disciplinary initiative involving researchers at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IDM, University of Cape Town), South African (SA) conceptual artist, Ed Young, and youth from the peri-urban township, Khayelitsha. Its inaugural activity, a film documenting youth attitudes towards tuberculosis (TB) in a disease-endemic township, was planned as a once-off endeavour intended to provide a free online teaching resource. Since then, Eh!woza has developed multiple public engagement (PE) initiatives and partnerships over the subsequent six years. Here, we propose to consolidate and expand successful Eh!woza activities through strategic collaboration with local Wellcome-funded groups, ensuring quantifiable outcomes and accelerated capacity development. To do this, we will focus on four distinct, but synergistic focus areas: Learning and Consolidation (I); Capacity Development and Sustainability (II); Networking and Collaboration (III) and Tracking Change and Impact Assessment (IV). This will allow Eh!woza to evolve, from a predominately project-based programme, to Eh!woza+, a sustainable platform that has the potential to have a transformative impact both at the local scale and on the PE landscape within South Africa.

Programme: Discretionary Award - C&S

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