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Maternal postpartum depression

June 4, 2012

CHARACTERS: Shakina: A 45- year-old grandmother who clings to the old way of life in her village Ashanti: A 42-year-old grandmother concerned about her only daughter Sylvia, who has just had a baby and has not shown up to work today Layla: A 32-year-old mother of two girls and a friend of Sylvia Johari: A…

Violence against women and HIV/AIDS

June 4, 2012

DOMINIC MUTUA MAWEU: Hello dear listener, this is Radio Mang’elete FM in central Kenya, and my name is Dominic Mutua Maweu. Today, I present to you the Imanyiliile programme which I am very sure has been a great help to you and you love it! In the Kikamba language, Imanyiliile means “Take care. There is danger!”…

Financial Management For Smallholder Farmers

June 4, 2012

PRESENTER: Its time for Farming As Business (Ulimi Ndi Bizinezi). Signature tune up and fade under presenter. PRESENTER: The time to learn and the time to share agricultural knowledge is finally here on Malawi Broadcasting Corporation Radio 1. This is the Farming As Business program. My name is Andrew Mahiyu. (Pause) Harvesting time is over. Most of…

Seeing The Difference: Project Makes Farming More Attractive By Improving Farming Methods And Income

June 4, 2012

HOST: In Uganda, farming employs more than 3 of every 4 persons aged 10 years and older. Of the more than five million households in Uganda, 75 percent are engaged in agriculture and 68 percent derive their livelihoods from subsistence agriculture. Though the contribution of the agricultural sector to Uganda’s gross domestic product is lessening somewhat…

Maternal Health, Part Two

June 4, 2012

CHARACTERS: Azuma (Tontie’s wife, also a daughter-in-law to Halosu) Tontie (Azuma’s husband, Halosu’s grown-up son) Halosu (Tontie’s mother, mother-in-law to Azuma) Nurse (A community health nurse, who pays routine visits to the community) SYNOPSIS: Azuma, who got married to Tontie in the first part of this drama, is in labour at home, being attended to…

Maternal Health, Part One

June 4, 2012

CHARACTERS Meeri Haduong (two women friends married into the same clan, the Buwa clan) SETTING: rural community Scene 1: Gossip on the way to the village waterhole Background to Scene 1: It is the dry season and two women in a hypothetical rural community are on the way to a water hole two miles away to…

Improving water and sanitation in Dindima, Bauchi State, Nigeria

May 30, 2012

Play signature tune and fade out PRESENTER: Hello and welcome. Today, we begin a three-part series on water and sanitation in Dindima, Bauchi State, Nigeria. I have a guest with me in the studio. (To the guest) First of all, we would like you to introduce yourself. DANLAMI MUHAMMADU RUMFA: I’m happy to be part of the…

Local water committee helps villagers, but especially women and children

May 30, 2012

Signature tune in, then out slowly HOST: Dear listener, welcome to today’s program. It is well known that water is one of the most important basic needs for human survival. Water has to be clean and safe. A shortage of water causes skin and eye problems as people do not wash. Likewise, unclean water may result…

The Love Letter project: An invitation for men to stand by their wives during pregnancy and childbirth

May 30, 2012

Music briefly, then fade HOST: Good afternoon listeners, and thanks for tuning in to CBS FM. Today’s programme focuses on the “Love Letter” project, which is currently used in hospitals and health centres in the Jinja district of Uganda. A “Love Letter” is a written piece of paper, signed by the District Health Officer and given…

Women are actively involved in planting jatropha in a Malian village

May 30, 2012

ABOUBACAR CAMARA: My name is Aboubacar Camara. I’m your host at Radio Kayira in Bamako. (Pause, and to Ms. Sangaré) Good morning Madame, you recently participated in the National Forum on the Environment and Climate Change organized by the Mali Folkecenter. Please introduce yourself and tell us what have you learned from this forum? SARAN SANGARÉ: Hello, my name…