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Occupational and nutritional therapy for people living with HIV and AIDS
Characters Mphana: 30-year-old widow and mother of three Ngopokin: 8 years old, first child and son of Mphana, orphaned by death of father Mphor: 6 years old, second child and daughter of Mphana Mateboho: 4 years old, daughter of Mphana and last child Mputsoe: teacher and active member, HIV support group, Maseru Modise: an elderly…
A community fights malnutrition with local leafy vegetables
Signature tune for 10 seconds, then fade and hold under host Presenter: Welcome to your favourite program, “Health Matters.” Good nutrition is important for good health. The idea of improving nutrition to solve health problems was raised at a recent farmers’ forum. Our reporter was there to interview the headman of Abotanso community and the…
A clean village for a healthy life
Host: Hello everyone, and welcome to the show. Today, Nsilulu Kanga is a model healthy village in the city and province of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. But two years ago, this little village of about 200 people was dealing with diseases related to poor hygiene. Dozens of cases of diarrhoea…
Composting human waste is a healthy way to reduce disease and feed the soil
Signature tune Hostess: Hello and welcome, dear listeners, to Healthy Community, our show on community well-being. My name is Kpénahi Traoré. Today we’ll talk about a particular type of fertilizer. Did you know that our excrement and urine are powerful fertilizers? They enrich soils and improve the quantity and quality of harvests. And that is…
Issue Pack: Healthy Communities
1. Introduction – four true stories about healthy communities Story 1 : Betty says that everyone in Zambia knows her as a positive woman. In 2001, about 35 HIV-positive women and five men started meeting and contributing money. With their pooled funds, they bought three pigs. A chief gave them five acres for their efforts….
The Long Dry Season: A Tale of Greed and Resourcefulness
Episode 1 CAST NARRATOR YOHANNA HASSAN THE ABAH MANU MOLEKE KOI-KOI, VOICES _______________________________________________________________________ 1. MUSIC: THEME MUSIC UP, 0.5 AND UNDER… ANNOUNCER: PROGRAM TITLE AND OPENING CREDIT, THEME MUSIC UP, 0.5 AND UNDER… 2. NARRATOR: Greetings listeners! You are about to enter a familiar world with people just like you and me and our neighbours….
Improved Fallows Provide Benefits for Farmers
SOUND OF RUNNING FOOTSTEPS. Farmer 1: (upset) Sam, Sam are you there? Come quickly… someone is occupying my field! Farmer 2: Hello neighbour! What’s the problem? You say someone is occupying your field? Farmer 1: I was just coming home from town – passing my fields – when I noticed something peculiar. The field that…
Improved fallows for African farmers
What is the difference between a natural fallow and an improved fallow? Natural fallow is simply land resting from cultivation. Usually it is left to natural vegetation for a long period to restore soil fertility. Improved fallow is also land resting from cultivation, but the farmer plants leguminous trees, shrubs and/or herbaceous cover crops on…