This is the front of our poster, 100 Messages for Children to Learn & Share, Children for Health – Sharing Knowledge Saving Lives. On the back we have printed 100 messages for children to learn and share in 10 health topics: Malaria, Diarrhoea, Nutrition, Coughs, Colds & Illness, Intestinal Worms,…
October is Health Literacy Month. This is a time for organisations and individuals to promote the importance of understandable health information. This annual, worldwide, awareness-raising event has been going strong ever since Helen Osborne founded it in 1999. Click here for more information. To help celebrate Health Literacy Month we…
At Children for Health we hope to support educators and programme planners with good content and fun activities that can help support young adolescents in their role as carers. Over decades we have seen adolescents becoming effective health activists. Children can learn how to avoid coughs or colds, stop them…
It’s a pleasure to bring to you our 100 messages for children to learn and share in our 10 priority topics. They have taken two years to create. They are designed for children aged 10-14. We know there are difficult words like ‘contaminated’ and ‘directed’ but we also know that…
Have you seen these hilarious animations?! April is malaria month, these bite and buzz videos are a fantastic way to communicate Malaria messages to the YouTube generation!! Internet communication is a hugely important part of our mission at Children for Health. These videos are translated into 30 different languages and show how…
Have you seen this great cartoon busting myths about MOSQUITO NETS!? Is the insecticide dangerous? Can they harm pregnant women? Can they make you impotent? Do nets choke the elderly? Watch this great cartoon to find out the answers… (HINT – the answer to all of these is NO!) Children…
This April we are thinking about Malaria! We have some fantastic messages, ideas and resources on our website, so have a browse. Click here to view one of our favourites – a great children’s book about Rita Mosquito. Whether you are a parent, teacher, youth worker or just curious, this book is…
Look at this story about Mr Polio in the Killers’ Committee. Mr Polio, Mr TB, Mr Measles and the rest of the Disease Committee are FURIOUS because the children in the village are FIGHTING BACK by getting their younger brothers and sisters IMMUNISED. Read the story here. It was written by…
Amy Collins
Posted in Children's Participation, Children's Participation in Health General Interest, Useful Materials
‘Vote with your Feet’ is a method to check that children have learned health facts well. It can be used with any yes/no quizzes. Before the Session Create or find a suitable quiz (there are many to be found in each Children for Health topic). Create three signs by writing…
Almost all of us have burnt our fingers when we have touched something hot, or our mouths when we have eaten food that is too hot. But burns and scalds can be very serious and can put our life at risk. Every year almost one hundred thousand young people and…
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