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140 Chapter Nine: Interactivity and Enter-Educate Drama
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Episode #17 Draft: #3
Writer: Rameshwar Shrestha Date: May 15, 1995
42. KAMALA: Right now I am supposed to be on my way to see someone in
the next village. Let’s talk again another day, sitting here
together. But now I must go. (MOVING OFF
MICROPHONE) Good-bye.
43. FX. WATER FLOWING IN RIVER. UPAND OUT.
44. BINOD (HOST):
Respected health worker friends, we have just heard a
discussion between Kamala and three village school girls. In
her usual, gentle way, Kamala was helping them understand
their growing bodies. Health worker friends, we can be very
helpful to young people in OUR villages by encouraging
them to understand their growing bodies. Let’s see if we can
recall some of the important information that Kamala gave
the girls. Tell me, health worker friends, what did she tell
them is the age at which puberty begins
45. PLR 02
46. BINOD: Thirteen or fourteen. That’s right. Now tell me, what are
four changes in the girl’s body that we should tell them
about
47. PLR 05
48. BINOD: Breast development; hair growth under the arms and
between the legs; a deepening of the voice; the onset of
menstruation. Yes. Perhaps you gave them in a different
order, but that is not important. Just so long as we remember
to mention all these changes. Kamala gave a very clear
explanation of menstruation, too. She said that every month
the female body prepares a place in the uterus where a baby
could grow. So tell me, what did she say happens if
pregnancy does not occur
49. PLR: 02
50. BINOD: The prepared place is shed. That’s right. The prepared place
is shed from the body in about two weeks. I liked the analogy
she used, too. Tell me “if you recall it” what was that
analogy
51. PLR: 05
52. BINOD: “As we prepare food for a guest, so the uterus prepares a thick
bed where a baby could grow.” Perhaps we can all remember
that analogy and use it ourselves when we are discussing
puberty with our clients. “As we prepare food for a guest, so
the uterus prepares a thick bed where a baby could grow.”
53. Oh, but look, Kamala is returning to the health post. I
wonder if she met the person she was going to visit.
At this point, the program crosses back to the drama, and to a
scene in the village.