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by Isobel Blackett. In 1981 the Government of Lesotho made a commitment to improve the water and sanitation if the country. An initial Urban Sanitation Project was started. By 1983 this project, known as the Urban Sanitation Improvement Team (USIT), was well established and a Rural Sanitation Project (RSP) was beginning work, based on some of USIT’s experiences.
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Compiled from material by Dr Imuetinyan Igbinnosa and John Wibberley. No farmer anywhere is without the problem of weeds. They will grow with every crop planted. They are reminders of a fallen world (Genesis 3:17-19). Every farmer struggles to overcome them so crops can grow well. Those who do not work to overcome them will receive a poor harvest (Proverbs 24:30-34).
Resource Type: Bible studies
There is virtually no teaching in the Bible directly concerning sanitation except that found in Deuteronomy 23:12-13. These verses in the NIV Bible read:
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Compiled from material from DCFRN and Dr Chris Curtis. Mosquitoes carry diseases from one person to another. They are also a great nuisance. Some varieties carry malaria (Anopheles species), others dengue fever (Aedes aegypti) and others diseases known as filiariasis which causes elephantiasis (Culex species).
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Compiled by Richard Franceys and Isabel Carter. When the decision to build a pit latrine is made, then there are many things to consider…
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by Dr Steve Brown. I would like to open the discussion about the knotty problem of women like Anastausia who are given oxytocics, either by village healers, in the form of roots (‘Knotty Problems’ in Footsteps No.7) or, as I have seen in Bangladesh, by village ‘doctors’, in the form of oxytocin injections or tablets. The problem, of course, is that oxytocics are powerful stimulants of muscles in the womb and that, when given in a high or uncontrolled dose before the baby is delivered can cause ...
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Action in low-income communities by Professor John Pickford of the Water, Engineering and Development Centre at Loughborough University of Technology.
Resource Type: Magazine
Small-scale farming for better family nutrition
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How to involve children in community health and development activities
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How to involve children in community health and development activities
