Where There Is No Doctor 2010

Where There Is No Doctor 2010
DECIDING WHAT TO DO AND WHERE TO BEGIN
After taking a careful look at needs and resources, you and your people must
decide which things are more important and which to do first. You can do many
different things to help people be healthy. Some are important immediately.
Others will help determine the future well-being of individuals or the whole
community.
In a lot of villages, poor nutrition plays a part in other health problems. People
cannot be healthy unless there is enough to eat. Whatever other problems you
decide to work with, if people are hungry or children are poorly nourished, better
nutrition must be your first concern.
There are many different ways to approach the problem of poor nutrition, for
many different things join to cause it. You and your community must consider the
possible actions you might take and decide which are most likely to work.
Here are a few examples of ways some people have helped meet their needs
for better nutrition. Some actions bring quick results. Others work over a longer
time. You and your people must decide what is most likely to work in your area.
POSSIBLE WAYS TO WORK TOWARD BETTER NUTRITION
FAMILY GARDENS
CONTOUR DITCHES
to prevent soil from
washing away
ROTATION OF CROPS
Every other planting season plant a crop that returns strength to the soil—like beans, peas, lentils,
alfalfa, peanuts or some other plant with seed in pods (legumes).
This year maize
Next year beans
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