ENGAGE partners in Kenya
Dementia choir, Meru County
We are collaborating with Mwirine Methodist Church choir to raise dementia awareness through music. We have recently adapted and recorded the song, 'Tukeera Migongo Yonthe' (We Will Tell Everyone), an original production by Carl Corcoran, Lisa Kelly, and The Memory Lane Heroes from Dublin, Ireland.
The Memory Lane Heroes with Carl Corcoran and Lisa Kelly, Dublin, Ireland.
'We Will Tell Everyone' is a result of a research collaboration between members of the Dementia Research Advisory Team at The Alzheimer Society of Ireland (The ASI) and the Music Therapy Department at The Irish World Academy, UL.
Dementia Ambassadors
We recruited an advisory team to support the ENGAGE project and also take part in awareness-raising activities. We trained them to understand dementia supported them to develop awareness-raising messages. The team has so far delivered 6 outreach events reaching over 1500 people in Meru county. Dementia ambassadors use stage theatre, radio drama and music to promote dementia awareness. It was important to involve them from the start of the project to ensure that messages developed and the approaches that we use are locally suited and potentially impactful.
ENGAGE partners in the UK
Dementia Associates
This project entails collaborating with dementia associates (people living with dementia/ caring for someone living with dementia) from the University of Salford in Manchester, UK. The associates have been involved in providing their voice and recommendations about the awareness-raising messages developed by our Kenyan partners to give further insight into the important messaging around dementia outreach.
