Making Puppets Work. by Issy Sanderson.
This is a handbook which describes how to make and use three types of puppet: shadow puppets, rod puppets and body puppets. Though written to help communicate messages in environmental education, it is a useful guide for anyone wanting to use puppets to communicate. It is practical and well illustrated, with plenty of imaginative ideas. The booklet contains 36 pages from…
WWF–UK, Weyside House, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1XR, UK.
Communicating with Children Helping Children in Distress by Naomi Richman
Published by Save the Children
ISBN 1-870322-49-5 106 pages
This manual is based mainly on the experiences of a programme in Mozambique set up by the Ministry of Education to help children affected by war. All over the world children suffer from traumatic experiences – through war, disaster and emergencies. This manual aims to help those working with such children. It deals only with emotional needs – not physical health needs. It is written to help people who are developing services and training others to help children in situations of conflict or crisis – in refugee camps, with their families or foster parents, with street children or in hospital.
The manual deals with understanding the problems and needs of such children – building trust, listening, communicating, guilt and anger, accepting disability, etc. All through the book are case studies and practical exercises for group discussion and role play. Details of how to run a training workshop are provided.
A very helpful and practical manual for those working with children in distress. Order from…
TALC, PO Box 49, St Albans, Herts, AL1 5TX, UK.
JAMKHED
A comprehensive rural health project
by Mabelle and Rajanikant Arole
Readers who found the article about JAMKHED in Footsteps 22 of great interest, may like to learn more from this recent book. It tells the story of two dedicated doctors who established health care in one of the poorest districts of India and made it one of the best primary health care projects in the world. The book describes how they helped rural communities acquire skills to collect and analyse health information and support health workers. It also describes how poor illiterate men and women radically changed the health of their villages through discovering new skills and knowledge and the sharing of values.
JAMKHED is available from…
TALC, PO Box 49, St Albans, Herts, AL1 5TX, UK.
Haga Su Siembra de Bambú
A simple booklet with instructions for propagating and growing bamboo. Clearly written, with plenty of illustrations, this is one of a series of booklets (only available in Spanish) published by Enda-Caribe. Write to…
Enda-Caribe, Apdo 3370, Santo, Domingo, Dominican, Republic, C America.
Namna Ya Kutumia Mbegu Ya Soya?
How can I cook Soya Beans?
This is a new edition in Swahili of this useful booklet which provides good ideas for growing, cooking and eating soya beans. Copies are available from…
Sonja Hoekstra-Foss, PO Box 22037, Kitwe, Zambia.
Solar Electricity
A practical guide to designing and installing small photo-voltaic systems by Simon Roberts
Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 0-13-826314-0 424 pages
Solar electrical systems are becoming increasingly common around the world. They are suitable for any place that has plenty of sun and are ideal where there is no mains electricity. Some are available as complete packages. But there are often problems in repairing and expanding already existing systems. This book will provide plenty of good advice in such situations for both non-technical users and electricians. Part I provides an introduction to all kinds of solar electricity systems. Part II gives information about installing systems and Part III gives details of how to build a number of useful electronic units not usually available as packages.
The book can be ordered from…
IT Bookshop, 103–105, Southampton Row, London. WC1B 4HH, UK..
Drug Dependence and Alcohol-related Problems
A manual for community health workers with guidelines for trainers
Published by WHO 1986
ISBN 92-4-154212-8 34 pages
This book provides guidance for health workers facing the long and difficult process of treating drug and alcohol dependence. CHWs are ideally placed, not only to recognise cases of early misuse, but also to offer help and support to individuals and families and to educate the community. Part 2 provides guidelines for trainers of community health workers in developing a curriculum and learning the special skills needed. From…
HMSO Books, PO Box 276, London, SW8 5DT, UK.
EIRENE Internacional
EIRENE is a Latin American Group with a concern for pastoral care and improving relationships within the family. They produce a great variety of booklets – some aimed at children, some at counsellors and health workers. Here are just two examples of their material – which is available in Spanish and Portuguese only.
Consolación y Vida
A booklet which helps people to understand how people react to crises of various kinds in their lives. It gives details of all of the many reactions and stages which people pass through and advice on how to help people through such crises. It is biblically based with practical exercises.
¿Qué va a ser de mi?
A booklet for children who are going through the trauma of parents separating or divorcing. It is divided into 30 short lessons with plenty of discussion questions and practical examples to help children talk about their feelings.
For more details of these and all the other booklets available, write to…
EIRENE, Casilla 85–56, Quito, Ecuador, S America.