Caryl,<div><br></div><div>I can help with the Etoys part. My wife was a La Leche League leader and we have another friend who if I can convince to help would be an excellent resource and is fluent in Spanish. <br><br></div>
<div>Stephen</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Caryl Bigenho <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cbigenho@hotmail.com">cbigenho@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Since our conf call the other day, I have been thinking about possible sub-topics and activities for one of my main areas of interest... sanitation. When I was still teaching, one of my favorite parts of the job was designing curriculum and lessons to teach a particular unit. So, I have been doing some work on this topic... here are a few things I have come up with for the topic of sanitation or, if you will:</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><b><span style="font-size:16pt">Everything You Wanted to Know About Diarrhea and Were Afraid To Ask</span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Diarrhea is second only to Pneumonia as a cause of death in children under the age of 5 worldwide. It kills more children than malaria, HIV, and TB combined. Most of these deaths are preventable.</p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.all-about-water-filters.com/diarrhea-and-dehydration.html" target="_blank">http://www.all-about-water-filters.com/diarrhea-and-dehydration.html</a></p>
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<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">For people of all ages in low and middle income countries, it ranks seventh as a cause of death for people of all ages. It isn't even in the top 10 for high income countries.</p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.webmd.com/lung/copd/news/20060525/top-10-causes-death-worldwide" target="_blank">http://www.webmd.com/lung/copd/news/20060525/top-10-causes-death-worldwide</a></p>
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<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">In Bolivia where I saw a vigorous educational campaign about the causes and treatment of diarrhea when I visited about 15 years ago, the infant mortality rate has been dropping steadily.</p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://globalis.gvu.unu.edu/indicator_detail.cfm?IndicatorID=25&Country=BO" target="_blank">http://globalis.gvu.unu.edu/indicator_detail.cfm?IndicatorID=25&Country=BO</a></p>
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<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Treatment and prevention are the keys.</span></b> </p>
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<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Effective treatment is inexpensive and simple and usually works;</p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_rehydration_therapy" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_rehydration_therapy</a></p>
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<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Prevention falls into several categories:</p>
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<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Clean Water</span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">What's in the water? Is clear water always safe (NOT!)? Activities with water samples collected by the children and microscopes or hand lenses, pictures on the XO etc.</p>
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<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>Water purification</b> by means of:</p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><b><br></b></p><p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>Boiling </b>(fuel costs and environmental concerns can be a problem)</p>
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<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>Chemicals</b> (inexpensive chemicals work on biological factors, but not non-bioligical)</p>
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<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>Filtration</b> (The Presbyterian Church USA has been very active worldwide in water filtration and hygiene education. We may be able to use some of their educational materials as resources)</p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LM-bP4gG-g&NR=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LM-bP4gG-g&NR=1</a></p>
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<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>Distillation</b> (solar still costs very little to operate once in place)</p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/Cooking/cooking.htm#SolarStills" target="_blank">http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/Cooking/cooking.htm#SolarStills</a></p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><br></p><p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">A link to a solar still activity children can do:</p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/solarstill.html" target="_blank">http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/solarstill.html</a></p>
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<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Of course, there is also the possibility of new, good wells.</p>
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<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Sanitary toilets</span></b> and why they should be used (retraining needed!). Someone on the call has some good ideas and information about this.</p>
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<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Handwashing</span></b> (how, why, and when)</p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/cleanhands/" target="_blank">http://www.cdc.gov/cleanhands/</a></p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Possible activities.: (Soap making is probably not a good idea since the chemicals used are quite caustic.) </p>
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<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Experiment... how soap works</p>
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<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Experiment... touch a moist piece of bread, tortilla, pita, or whatever is local... cheese also works). Seal it in a plastic bag or glass jar. Put in a warm place and observe what happens in a few days. Discard with care! Those could be harmful organisms growing in there... they came from your hands! They could be growing inside you and making you sick.</p>
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<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Food</span></b> </p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>Breastfeeding</b> someone on the list has a sister (?) in La Leche League</p>
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<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>Food Preparation</b> </p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Proper washing</p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Proper cooking</p>
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<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">That's a lot. I'm sure some of you can come up with many other ideas. Anyway, this is my passion (currently) and the part of the project I would most enjoy working on. Guess I need to learn more about using etoys.</p>
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<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;font:12.0px Helvetica">Caryl</p>
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