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Tichitepo kanthu pakusamalira madz! (Let’s do something about water and sanitation!)
HILDA JAMBO: I am Hilda Jambo, a reporter from Dzimwe Community Radio Station. I am in Nsumbi 1, a remote village in the Monkey-Bay Mangochi district of Malawi, three kilometres from Dzimwe Community Radio Station in Mangochi. Nsumbi 1 village has a population of around 9,000. About 60% of the population are fisherfolk, while the remaining…
Local water committee helps villagers, but especially women and children
Signature tune in, then out slowly HOST: Dear listener, welcome to today’s program. It is well known that water is one of the most important basic needs for human survival. Water has to be clean and safe. A shortage of water causes skin and eye problems as people do not wash. Likewise, unclean water may result…
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…
Recommendations for Managing Bacterial Wilt in Bananas for Eastern Africa
Host 1 (Intro): Some of our listeners who live in Uganda may already be familiar with a new disease that is affecting one of our major crops – the banana. And if you grow bananas anywhere in East Africa, you will be interested in our program today, because we’re going to talk about how…
A Mystery at the Dairy: The Importance of Proper Sanitation when Working with Animals
Characters Vicky Eddy Farmer Sam Announcer Scene I Vicky -Hey Eddy, what’s the matter? You seem a little upset. Eddy -Yes, I just came from the dairy and Dorotea the cow is sick. Vicky -Oh, poor Dorotea. What does she have? Eddy: She has mastitis. I am very worried. Vicky: I can see that. Do they know why she got…
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…
No Pit Latrine Produces Fertilizer
A new type of latrine improves health by breaking the cycle of fecal contamination and the spread of diseases such as diarrhea, hepatitis, typhoid, and parasitic infections. It also provides farmers with fertilizer for their crops. The high quality organic fertilizer produced by the new latrine reduces farmers’ costs and helps to avoid the long…
Produce Clean, Safe Milk
Is the milk we get from our animals always safe to drink? The answer, unfortunately, is no. Milk spoils easily. And sometimes milk can carry diseases. There are two steps in making sure the milk you get from your animals is wholesome. One is to keep the milking process absolutely clean. The second way is…
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