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Sara’s Mother Goes to Work and Brings Home Healthy Food

March 1, 2004

Characters Mother Father Sara: Young, school-aged girl Sadiq: Sara’s younger brother INTRO Host: When women and men are equal partners in the household and make decisions together, the whole family benefits. In this story you will hear what happens when a woman takes a job outside the home, and her husband stays home to do…

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Women Produce Most of Our Food

March 1, 2004

Characters Narrator: Program host Chief Kufa: Wise Village Headman (he has a strong, authoritative voice that people will respect) Mrs.Mirla: Woman farmer Mrs.Kamanga: Woman farmer MUSIC TO INTRODUCE PROGRAM. FADE OUT MUSIC. Narrator: Welcome to today’s show, “The women of my village.” In this program the respected Village Headman, Chief Kufa, will be with us….

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A healthy diet for babies and young children

December 1, 2003

Characters: Host Doctor Mother and her baby Rosa: young girl, about seven years old Spot 1: Weigh your baby every month Host: Welcome to our program! Today we begin a new series that focuses on a most precious resource — our children. Every child has the right to survive and to thrive. Yet around the world…

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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…

Interview

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…

Interview

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…

Drama

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…

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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…

Interview

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….

Interview

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,…