Caring for the Elderly at Home
Pages 8–9 are based on material from this useful booklet, which provides simple guidelines to help families in dealing with the common health problems of elderly people. It covers subjects such as preventing accidents, exercise, nutrition, illnesses, dying and caring for a bedridden person at home. It is available in English from:
World Neighbours, 4127 NW 122 Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73120-8869, USA. E-mail: order@wn.org
Order the Indonesian version for R4,000 plus postage from:
Studio Driya Media, Jl Rajamantri Tengah IV #12, Bandung 40264, West Java, Indonesia. E-mail: ybm-sdm@indo.net.id
Print World
This Indian publishing group have a number of publications concerning the environment, including environmental geography, wildlife management, conservation and forest law which may be of interest to wildlife and forest rangers. Contact:
Print World, 81/3 (1st floor) North Malaka, Allahabad, UP, India – 211001. E-mail: printworld@vsnl.com
OASIS Counselling Centre
Oasis offer a number of very worthwhile seminars and training courses both in Kenya and elsewhere. In 1999 these include training for Youth Counsellors (8–14 August), Counsellors (5–25 September) and a Youth Seminar (1–3 December). Please contact OASIS for further information:
Michael Muthuiya, OASIS, PO Box 76117, Nairobi, Kenya.
E-mail: oasiscc@maf.org
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Package Learning Materials on Environment
This package produced by ACCU is the first in a planned series of post literacy materials about the environment. The materials aim both to encourage new literates and to teach useful information about the environment. The package contains a video, an attractive poster and a booklet – all about Mina and her village, whose water source becomes polluted, causing sickness; and their response to the pollution. Please contact ACCU for more information:
Literacy Promotion Division, ACCU, 6 Fukuromachi Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8484, Japan. E-mail: literacy@accu.org.jp
Hospice Care Kenya
This UK charity supports the hospice movement in Kenya. Hospices provide care and support for patients whose diseases will not respond to curative treatment.
There are three hospices in Kenya – in Nairobi, Nyeri and Eldoret. The difficulties of poverty, poor housing and travelling on rough roads cause great hardship for those who are terminally ill. Hospice services can bring comfort to those who otherwise would suffer unspeakably, putting ‘life into their days, and not just days into their life’. In Kenya, care is provided through outpatient services, day and home care. For anyone interested in further information about how to provide hospice care, contact:
Gwyn Sloan, Hospice Care Kenya, PO Box 759, Bristol, BS99 2ZF, UK.
Donkeys for Development
by Peta Jones
This is a very practical book providing extensive information about the care of donkeys and combining recent research with traditional knowledge. Donkey power is of great value to smallholders for transport and ploughing. Dr Jones is a great enthusiast with considerable experience in working with donkeys. The book is well written and illustrated, with chapters on the uses of donkeys, husbandry, life cycle, diseases, equipment and training. It has 168 pages available from:
Donkey Power, PO Box 414, Louis Trichardt 920, South Africa.
E-mail: jeanc@contech.co.za
Medical equipment from ECHO
ECHO provides a variety of equipment kits and instrument sets for medical care. Kits are available for health clinics, midwives and first aid. Instrument sets are available for operating theatres, out-patient departments or maternity units. For example, the minor surgery set costs £240. Producing collections of equipment in this way helps medical staff to choose cost-effective equipment which will meet their needs. However, though the sets are normally supplied complete, particular items can be selected to meet limited budgets.
ECHO has 30 years of experience in providing low cost and appropriate medical equipment and drugs for clinics and hospitals world-wide. For further information contact:
June Vincent (sales), ECHO, Ullswater, Crescent, Coulsdon, Surrey, CR5 2HR, UK. Fax: +44 181 668 0751
E-mail: cs@echohealth.org.uk