Welcome - Hands On Activities (Mesh-Guides)

School students take a Virtual Reality tour of the KEMRI-Wellcome Research Programme laboratories

Guides & Tools: Public engagement and crowdfunding in health research

This practical guide was developed through a collaborative process of public engagement led by TDR Global. This practical guide provides tools, open-access resources and advice for researchers, especially those living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).  

Red Cross Red Crescent, Community Engagement and Accountability Resource

A resource from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent to support Community Engagement at the centre of humanitarian work.

Guide: Hands-on Activity on Density

Alexander Adadevoh from Lab 13 Ghana demonstrates how creative hands-on activities can be used to stimulate investigation, curiosity, discussion and learning in science.

Guide: Hands-on at the Francis Crick Institute

Guide: Cards Against Malaria - A Hands-on Activity

This article describes and provides the tools to use a card game developed to engage players with the genetics behind malaria susceptibility.

Guide/Project Report: A Question of Taste - Hands-on Demonstration of Genomics

This article introduces an activity designed to introduce people to key concepts in genomics.

Literature: The Value of Hands-on Activity In Science Engagement

This document from Relating Research to Practice provides practitioner briefs and links to four key pieces of research on the value and practicalities of engaging audiences with science through crafting, hands-on activities, or "tinkering".