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Growing Coffee with Shade Trees: A Conversation
Characters Anna farmer Maria farmer Simon Anna’s son PART I SCENE: Bus stop Maria is waiting at the bus stop. She sees her old friend, Anna. Maria: Anna, how nice to see you! It’s been such a long time. Anna Yes, it has. It’s good to see you, too. How is your family? Maria Very…
Medicinal Plants Reduce Muscle Pains
Method 1: Garlic, ginger and hot pepper oil The first method requires garlic, ginger and hot peppers. These three foods contain oils which warm the skin, relax the muscles, and reduce pain. You will need one handful each of garlic, ginger and red chili peppers. Chop the garlic and ginger into tiny pieces, and crush…
Iodine: The Hidden Hunger
In some parts of the world, you see people with a swelling at the front of their necks. They rub the swelling with all sorts of things to make it go away. The trouble is, nothing works. And that is because the problem isn’t the swelling. The swelling is just a warning. The real problem…
Keeping Food Safe – Part Two
In our first program on keeping food safe, we talked about the importance of keeping your business clean. We said that it was important to: wash your hands, keep all working surfaces and dishes clean and disinfected, use clean water and keep food out of the reach of animals. Today, we will talk about some…
Keeping Food Safe – Part One
Many people are leaving the countryside these days. Towns and cities are getting bigger and people are getting busier. Many people don’t have enough time to cook a meal. So they buy food from a market or roadside stall, or they go to a restaurant. This means that more and more people make their living…
Simple Precautions Can Prevent Malaria
This is a short story about how a group of people got together to fight malaria in their village. Their village was plagued with malaria. Malaria was making everyone sick. They had fevers. Their joints were sore. They had diarrhoea and stomach aches. Sometimes they vomited. Everyone knew these symptoms of malaria but not everyone…
How to Treat a Fever
A fever is a sign that someone is sick. You need to treat a fever. You also need to find out what is causing the sickness. Treating a fever is the same for every disease. But the treatment for the many diseases that cause a fever are different. This is why a person must go…
A Nutritious Baby Food You Can Make
You probably know that the best possible food for your baby during the first four to six months of life is your own breast milk. Your milk has all the good things in it that your baby needs to grow and stay healthy. As your baby grows, the time will come when she needs more…
Home care for people with AIDS
By the year 2000, scientists estimate that close to forty million people will be infected with HIV, the virus that leads to AIDS. There is the chance that someone you know or someone very close to you will get this disease. Even today, in many places, local health services cannot cope with the number of…
Aids Part 5: More than a game
Characters: Adam (soccer player whose brother is infected with HIV) Coach Teacher Gordon ‑ Tigers team member Sidney ‑ Tigers team member Adam’s Mother Tigers ‑ hometeam/Adam’s team Bandits ‑ visiting team Narrator SCENE: SCHOOLYARD SOCCER PRACTICE Coach:(BLOWING WHISTLE)Everybody gather around. On Saturday we are going to win the game. The way to…