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Latrines are commonly made with reinforced concrete slabs, as shown in article 'Planning a pit latrine.' However, this method uses a lot of cement and can be too expensive for many. This means that people either do not build latrines or build them with mud floors which are hard to clean. Here are two methods of building latrine covers which are easy to keep clean but which use much less cement. Eight sanplats, for example, can be made from one bag of cement.
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by Isabel Carter. In recent years passion fruit has become a popular new fruit for many farmers around the world. They grow well and the fruit is tasty and refreshing. Unlike some fruit, passion fruit travel well to market. They can also be processed to make juice. There is increasing interest in exporting them to Europe where they are becoming a popular luxury fruit. Passion fruit will often grow well up trees but few people know much about the best methods of growing them to produce ...
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by Andrew Maclay. I have worked as an accountant and auditor in many commercial and charitable organisations, ranging from multinational companies in London to tiny churches in Africa. I have seen many different systems for keeping accounts, both in the English-speaking and the French-speaking worlds. One thing I have noticed is that the accounting systems used are often more complicated than necessary.
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Compiled by Isabel Carter. There are many ways of helping couples to space their families. The most suitable method depends on what is available, the needs of the couple and their beliefs about which methods are appropriate.
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by Martin Price. Gardening is possible in small spaces as long as water (including waste water) is available. Grow vegetables that will add flavour and nutrients to the family diet. Herbs, onions, tomatoes, peppers and dark green leafy vegetables such as spinaches are ideal.
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by James Mascarenhas. MYRADA in South India have done much work with rural people on participatory methods and provide training for other organisations in the use of these methods. They have produced a very helpful training video (see 'Resources'). Their address is…
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by Dennis and Meredith Murnyak. You will need a good source of water – such as springs, streams and ground water. You can also rely on rain water. Rain-filled ponds often dry up in the dry season, so you must harvest the fish before the water level falls too low.
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by Ian Davis. Natural events such as earthquakes and floods are part of God’s creative work. For example, earthquakes are natural events that help to form the landscape. Hurricanes move water from warm seas to fall as rain over land. Floods provide irrigation and fertilise the land by leaving silt. Natural events should not be seen as always negative – they are part of God’s creation.
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by Isabel Carter. Piles of scraps of plastic, old batteries, paper wrappers and empty drink cans… Rubbish is a problem all around the world. Large cities and developed countries have rubbish collection schemes. In the rural areas of most countries this is usually lacking. Wherever people go, they tend to leave rubbish behind – even on the moon!
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Except where marked otherwise, the diagrams on this page are taken from the book Immunization in Practice produced by WHO. Used with kind permission of Oxford University Press.
