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Drama
Habits … A Drama About Youth and Drugs
Characters: Program host Selena, Raphael, Precious, Trudy, Leah, Thandi: Youths who are using or experimenting with tobacco, alcohol or drugs MUSIC (Program theme…Run 30 seconds…). Program host: Youth can be a time of experimentation and taking risks. Many young people today experiment with illegal drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and solvents, such as glue and gasoline. These…
Drama
Sara Learns About Health and Nutrition at School
Characters: Program host Sara Voice of Sara’s father Voice of Sara’s mother Program host : Are you a boy or girl who doesn’t like school? Or maybe you are a mother or father trying to decide whether or not to keep your child in school? Listen to this story about a girl who wants to…
Drama
Sara Stays in School
Characters Sara (a young girl of about 13) Sara’s father Sara’s mother Agricultural extension worker INTRODUCE THEME MUSIC AND FADE OUT. Father : Sara, your mother and I have been talking about your future. In a few years it will be time for you to be married. So there is really not any reason for…
Drama
It’s Important for Women to Vote in Elections
Characters Narrator: Explains the scene and gives the background. Juanita: An older woman who is a grandmother and a farmer. She is very active in her community. Juanita believes it is important for women to vote in elections. Maria: A mother and a farmer (she is younger than Juanita). She has never voted before in an election but…
Interview
Women Working Together Can Make a Difference in Their Community
Characters Program Host Mama Lillian: Woman farmer and mother. She helped to organize a health care clinic in her village. Program Host: Hello, and welcome to today’s show, “Women and Community.” If you are a mother, you know how worried you are when your child is sick. It can be difficult to face a problem when you…
Drama
My Body, Myself: A Bittersweet Choice
Characters Lada and her husband Philip. Alwell and his wife Eunice. MUSIC (Program Theme … run for 20-30 seconds then fade under headline). Host: Coming Up: One woman’s struggle to take charge of her body… MUSIC …bring up Program Theme… Introduction (Host): Every day we make important decisions about what happens to our bodies…what we eat…
Drama
Making Ends Meet
Characters Andhra Naidoo: Woman farmer, Ali Naidoo’s wife. Ali Naidoo: Andrha’s husband. MUSIC TO INTRODUCE PROGRAM (Program Theme Music Runs 30 seconds then fades under “coming up” headline…). Host: Coming Up … “Making Ends Meet”… a drama about how one family budgets for lean times … MUSIC (Program Theme Music … bring up theme music and run for…
Drama
A Community School for Boys … and Girls!
Characters Narrator: This can be the program host. Mrs. Wanza: Woman farmer. Elizabeth: Mrs. Wanza’s new daughter-in-law. Mrs. Zulu: Woman farmer, and a friend of Mrs. Wanza. Narrator: Mrs. Wanza is very happy — her eldest son Mackson has just got married! Mackson and his wife, Elizabeth, are now living with Mrs. Wanza. Elizabeth is new to this village…
Drama
Nutrition – Advice to an Expectant Mother
Characters: Narrator: Host of radio program. Elizabeth: Young woman, recently married and moved to her husband’s village. Mrs. Nyanga: Elizabeth’s mother. Narrator: After walking all morning, Elizabeth has finally arrived at her mother’s village. This is the first time Elizabeth has visited her mother as a married woman. Elizabeth is eager to tell her mother, Mrs. Nyanga, all…
Backgrounder
Trees and Terraces Prevent Hillside Flooding
SOUND OF HEAVY RAIN FOLLOWED BY SOUND OF FAST-FLOWING WATER. ANNOUNCER: The sound of heavy rain can be frightening if you live beside a steep hillside. It can bring rushing water, lost soil, and ruined crops. Ato Haile is a farmer who knows how devastating a heavy rain can be. His crops and home have…