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Make Sure Tools and Workloads are Appropriate for Children

December 1, 2003

Characters Eric: ten years old Alike: seven years old Eric’s and Alike’s Mama MUSIC [fade in music; hold 5 secs; fade under] Host/Interviewer: Children all over the world work to help their families in ways that are not harmful. But millions of other children — some as young as five, work for long hours, often in…

Protecting Children From Child Labour

December 1, 2003

Characters Host Shahid, Rupinder, Sunita and Manu: former child labourers Host/interviewer: Good [day/morning/evening]. Welcome to our program, [name of program]. During the past few [days/weeks], we’ve been discussing a number of problems that children in our community face. Today, we’re going to hear some very sad, but true stories that have happened to children in other…

Protect Children From Pesticides

December 1, 2003

Characters Host/interviewer Doctor Subrahmanyam: clinic doctor Mrs. Gurumurthy: mother at clinic with her children MUSIC [introductory music, then fade out]. Host/interviewer: Host/interviewer: Hello, I’m [       ]. Welcome back to our series of programs about children’s issues. Today’s show is about the dangers of pesticides. I heard a story recently about a small village where many children are…

AIDS Orphans Need Care, Protection and Education

December 1, 2003

Characters Host Narrator Thebe Moretse: uncle of the orphans Beauty Moretse: Thebe’s wife Grace Dingalo: social worker MUSIC [drum beats, moderate and lively tempo]. Host: Welcome to our program today. Recently we’ve been discussing how AIDS affects children, especially children who lose both parents to this disease. The statistics are shocking. Fourteen million children under age…

AIDS Orphans: Overcoming Stigma, Discrimination and Denial

December 1, 2003

Characters Host Tatu: 16-year-old girl Shombay: Tatu’s 12 year old brother Aunt Jamila: the children’s aunt (by marriage) Dorcas: Jamila’s sister Host: Good morning, and welcome to our program. Today, we continue our series on children’s issues with a frank discussion of HIV and AIDS. HIV and AIDS affect whole communities. The most obvious victims are…

HIV/AIDS: Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission

December 1, 2003

Part One Characters: Host Mr. X: man living with AIDS Host: Good [morning/afternoon], and welcome. Today, as part of our continuing series about children’s issues, we are going to discuss a difficult and sad topic: children who have AIDS, or who are HIV-positive. For those of you who are unfamiliar with these names, let me explain….

Who Benefits When Girls Stay in School?

December 1, 2003

Characters: Host Mrs. Fatima: teacher Mr. Monsod: farmer and trader Host: Welcome to [name of program]. So far on our series about children, we’ve learned about healthy diets for babies and young children, and we’ve heard why girls and boys should be treated equally when it comes to food. Our program today is about a common,…

Children Have a Right to Play and to Learn

December 1, 2003

Characters: Host Zandi and Gugu (two mothers) Host: Welcome to today’s program. We continue our series on children with a conversation between two mothers about how important it is for children to enjoy their childhood and go to school. SOUND EFFECTS (A village atmosphere: the occasional sounds of dogs barking, chickens clucking, voices calling, music from…

Children Need Vitamin A

December 1, 2003

haracters Host Nurse at health clinic Martha: a young mother Host: Good [morning/afternoon/evening] listeners. Today we’re going to talk about a serious problem that affects millions of children around the world. That might sound like bad news, but the good news is that it’s a problem that has a simple solution. I’m talking about vitamin A…

Sometimes Old Ways Need to Change

December 1, 2003

Characters Host Mother Sara (daughter) Intro. theme music and hold under host (5 secs). Host: Welcome back to our series about issues that affect children in our communities. On our program [yesterday/last week/               ], we heard about a few simple ways to help your children grow healthy by getting the…