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Using the internet and mobile phones as part of the advocacy cycle
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Key insights from the response of self-help groups to the Covid-19 pandemic in Rwanda
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Many people continue to become HIV infected, despite all the work in HIV/AIDS education carried out by many organisations. (However, in Uganda the figures are no longer increasing, showing the effectiveness of AIDS education there.) It is clear that though people’s understanding has increased, resulting changes in behaviour still follow a long way behind. PLA sessions were conducted in Lungwena area, Mangochi in Malawi to find out how much people know about AIDS. In the eight villages we ...
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by Simon Batchelor. There has been a lot of discussion in academic circles about how adults learn. People working in development are becoming increasingly influenced by the writings of Brazilian adult educationalist, Paulo Freire. He suggested that education is never neutral. When a teacher teaches, it either leads to people conforming to society, or to liberation. He went on to say that people learn more by critically thinking through their own situation than by soaking up the ...
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How enhancing access to credit can help people lift themselves out of poverty
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Practical tips and advice on small-scale fish farming
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A discussion of women's health issues and concerns
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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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How to support people with addictions and raise awareness of drug abuse
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by Veronika Scherbaum. Certain subjects, such as diarrhoea, AIDS and family planning, can cause embarrassment both for trainers and learners. Trainers need to develop a good group atmosphere so that these subjects can be talked about openly and without prejudice. Audience participation is a major goal.
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When Drs Rajanikant and Mabelle Arole graduated from medical school they were both concerned about the medical care of the rural population of India. They went to work in a rural hospital. After five years they realised that despite all their hard work in caring for hospital patients, the general health of the community around had not improved. They realised their need for training in public health and returned to college for further study.
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The Animato needs to understand how people in the community see their problems. Here is a very simple exercise which helps participants to appreciate that we all see and interpret things differently.
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