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Use sunlight to reduce harmful germs in drinking water

September 9, 1990

Save and edit this resource as a Word document Content: Reduce the number of disease-causing germs in your cooking and drinking water. Put water for your household needs in clear jars and bottles and put them outside in the sun for several hours or the whole day. Special note: There are some important guidelines to…

Preventing accidents and some hints on first aid

June 11, 1990

Save and edit this resource as a Word document Content: Accidents and accident prevention are discussed and hints are given on first aid so that, if an accident occurs, people will know what to do. Is there anything worse than having one of your children or someone else in your family suffer, or perhaps die…

Many wild vegetables provide good nutrition

June 6, 1990

Save and edit this resource as a Word document. Content: Collect and protect nutritious wild vegetables. HOST:     We have talked many times on our radio programs about how to garden and about how to plant lots of vegetables. Today, we are going to talk about those vegetables that grow wild around our homes or…

Preparing a home first aid kit

December 13, 1989

Save and edit this resource as a Word document. Newspaper and magazine articles, leaflets, fact sheets, posters, extension visits, village or classroom lessons, flip charts, plays, songs, poems, puppet shows, and radio broadcasts. These are some of the ways you can use DCFRN items. Content: A basic first aid kit is described, including a list…

Clean water from a well you dig near a lake or river

June 15, 1988

Save and edit this resource as a Word document. Information on this subject area was requested by DCFRN participants in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Malawi, Malaysia, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. Presenter: George Atkins Interviewee: Professor Robert S. Broughton, Hydrologist, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, Ste. Anne…

Keep your drinking water clean

December 1, 1987

Suggested introduction We at this radio station are part of a worldwide information network that gathers farming and health information from developing countries all over the world.  It’s the Developing Countries Farm Radio Network, sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency, Massey Ferguson, and the University of Guelph. Through this Network, we bring you information…

The importance of good teeth

July 8, 1986

Suggested introduction We at this radio station are part of a world wide information network that gathers farming information from developing countries all over the world. It’s the Developing Countries Farm Radio Network, sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency, Massey Ferguson, and the University of Guelph. Through this Network, we bring you information on…

Care of a Newborn Calf and its Mother

July 1, 1985

Here’s Barbara Peacock with some hints about care of newborn calves. Peacock:   Today I have some hints for anyone who has one or more cows and wants them to produce strong healthy calves that don’t get sick easily. To begin with, to have a healthy newborn calf, the calf’s mother must be healthy while…

Green Leafy Vegetables

January 1, 1985

Presenter: Jan Tennant We at this radio station are part of a world-wide information network that gathers farming information from developing countries all over the world. It’s the Developing Countries Farm Radio Network, sponsored by the Canadian International Development Agency, Massey-Ferguson and the University of Guelph. Through this Network we bring you information on ways…