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Improved cookstoves make life easier for women
Spot #1: Improved cookstoves will help Wangari Maathai protect the environment Host: In October 2004, environmental and political activist Wangari Maathai of Kenya became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Maathai has worked hard alongside farmers and villagers to protect forests and plant millions of new trees in Kenya and all…
Making Something with Nothing: the Rubbish Garden
Program host: This is a story about how a group of women changed their lives using only what they had — though it seemed they had nothing at all. The story starts with Shirley Sifunda, a community outreach worker in Matsulu, a small village in South Africa. Shirley met with the village women to talk about…
Nutrition – Advice to an Expectant Mother
Characters Narrator: Program host Elizabeth: Young woman, recently married and moved to her husband’s village Mrs. Nyanga: Elizabeth’s mother Narrator: After walking all morning, Elizabeth has finally arrived at her mother’s village. This is the first time Elizabeth has visited her mother as a married woman. Elizabeth is eager to tell her mother, Mrs. Nyanga,…
Make Sure Tools and Workloads are Appropriate for Children
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…
Protect Children From Pesticides
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…