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Story Ideas to Help Rural Communities Cope with Labour Shortages and Other Impacts of HIV and AIDS
Pit farming as a farmer response to labour shortages Households affected by HIV and AIDS need strategies to deal with labour shortages. Pit farming is a way for farmers to pool their labour. Although initially labour intensive with a lot of planning and digging involved, this practice will save labour in subsequent seasons. Farmers dig…
Narrative
Mummy Cheetah and her Babies: A Story to Help Orphaned Children Talk
Narrator: Mummy Cheetah and her four babies lived on the plain. Mummy Cheetah hunted for food for her babies and sang to them to keep them safe at night. In her song she sang to each one of her children: Miko, Mimi, Coco and Charlie. One day Mummy Cheetah became sick. She was sad and…
Drama
Misconceptions and Acceptance: People Living with HIV/AIDS Need Love and Compassion
Characters Announcer MaRedebe: Mother of a girl with HIV/AIDS MaMhlongo: Good friend of MaRedebe MaRadebe: Gugu is not coming back here, period! Now, if you don’t mind I have a church meeting to attend. You know your way out. MaMhlongo: But MaRadebe – you can’t mean that! This is your daughter we’re talking about. Just…
Narrative
Cereal Banks can Contribute to Food Security
INTRO. MUSIC. Narrator: Today there are many people in our community who are sick. There are fewer people to help with the farming. Parents have trouble feeding their children. Today’s program is about an old village tradition that is helping people cope and survive. FADE OUT MUSIC. Narrator: There is a tradition in the country…
Drama
Families Benefit When Girls Go to School
Characters Program host Afia: Young girl George: Young boy, Afia’s brother Afia and George’s Father Program host: Girls who stay in school and become educated can make important contributions to their families and communities. The story you are about to hear is about a young school girl who, with her knowledge of health and nutrition,…
Drama
Sara’s Mother Goes to Work and Brings Home Healthy Food
Characters Mother Father Sara: Young, school-aged girl Sadiq: Sara’s younger brother INTRO Host: When women and men are equal partners in the household and make decisions together, the whole family benefits. In this story you will hear what happens when a woman takes a job outside the home, and her husband stays home to do…
Drama
Women Produce Most of Our Food
Characters Narrator: Program host Chief Kufa: Wise Village Headman (he has a strong, authoritative voice that people will respect) Mrs.Mirla: Woman farmer Mrs.Kamanga: Woman farmer MUSIC TO INTRODUCE PROGRAM. FADE OUT MUSIC. Narrator: Welcome to today’s show, “The women of my village.” In this program the respected Village Headman, Chief Kufa, will be with us….
Radio spot
A healthy diet for babies and young children
Characters: Host Doctor Mother and her baby Rosa: young girl, about seven years old Spot 1: Weigh your baby every month Host: Welcome to our program! Today we begin a new series that focuses on a most precious resource — our children. Every child has the right to survive and to thrive. Yet around the world…
Interview
Protecting Children From Child Labour
Characters Host Shahid, Rupinder, Sunita and Manu: former child labourers Host/interviewer: Good [day/morning/evening]. Welcome to our program, [name of program]. During the past few [days/weeks], we’ve been discussing a number of problems that children in our community face. Today, we’re going to hear some very sad, but true stories that have happened to children in other…
Drama
AIDS Orphans Need Care, Protection and Education
Characters Host Narrator Thebe Moretse: uncle of the orphans Beauty Moretse: Thebe’s wife Grace Dingalo: social worker MUSIC [drum beats, moderate and lively tempo]. Host: Welcome to our program today. Recently we’ve been discussing how AIDS affects children, especially children who lose both parents to this disease. The statistics are shocking. Fourteen million children under age…