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Previous issues of Footsteps have mentioned the value of the moringa tree as a fast-growing tree for agroforestry, a good source of nutritious green leaves and beans and, in particular, the ability of moringa oil from the seeds to purify water. Researchers have now found another use for this tree. If the leaves are first dried (see drier on page 16) then powdered using a pestle and mortar, they can be stored in plastic bags or glass jars for several months.
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by Illiassou Sabi Dera. In Benin, medical waste from most of our health centres is often managed in the same way as ordinary waste. Health employees are often unaware of the risks linked with their poor handling of medical waste.
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by Abel Gousseine. ‘If you prescribe me medicine, you will cure me for a day. But if you teach me to prevent disease, you will cure me for life!’ This is the message that our workshops display after each performance. We organise role plays for the benefit of health workers and other development workers to encourage them not only to give medicines or prescriptions to their patients, but also to teach them how to prevent disease.
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Stewardship: using the resources we are given Read Matthew 25:14-30 A man is going on a journey, so he asks his servants to care for his property while he is away.
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We would like to respond to the request in a recent issue of Footsteps about technical knowledge for processing hides and running a small-scale tannery. We have run courses teaching tanning techniques and how to use the leather for items such as sandals and belts. We are preparing a booklet on this subject.
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Our area, Kasenga in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has had soil erosion problems for a very long time. A large ravine or gully has developed in the main town. Two main roads are today cut through by the growing ravine, many houses are being destroyed and soon access to the central port may be blocked.
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COMPETITION WINNER by Revd Francis King’ang’a.African traditional salt or lye (uvusaaru) has been used for generations in our area of Western Kenya. In recent years it has been replaced by common table salt. Lye was used for cooking vegetables, soap-making and for some medicinal purposes. Older people believe that using lye for daily cooking helped people to live longer because of its medical benefits.
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COMPETITION WINNER by Lois Ooms. We are involved in a community-based health programme and would like to share an idea which has proved very useful here and has also helped us to expand our community health work.
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COMPETITION WINNER My design was originally based on machines made by Hander in Japan and UK.
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The hot pot is an insulated cooking basket, which continues to cook food after removing it from the fire. It has several advantages:
