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CHILD-to-child Readers
Accidents
Hugh Hawes
Accidents
Editor Pau/etta Edwards
Illustrator Joan Gammans
Project team:
Ken Cripwell World Health Organisation/ Institute of
Education, London, UK.
Dr Pauletta Edwards University College Cardiff, UK.
Shan Griffith-Pinna Curriculum specialist.
Colette Hawes Language specialist
Hugh Hawes Institute of Education. London, UK.
Dr Keith Lowe Ministry of Education, Kingston, Jamaica.
Augustine Veliath Voluntary Health Association of India
Professor David Morley Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
Consultants:
Dr Gregory Akenzua University of Benin, Nigeria.
Dr Sam Aleyideino Commission of Works, Yola, Nigeria
Mr Arthur Baganywa National Curriculum Development.
Uganda.
Dr Sam Tunde Bajah International Centre for Educational
Evaluation. Ibadan. Nigeria.
Dr Hassan Bella London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine/Institute of Tropical Medicine, Sudan.
Professor Nimrod Bwibo Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
Kenya
Dr Gilane Osman Children's Hospital. Ainshams Faculty of
Medicine, Cairo. Egypt.
Mr Michael Savage Institute of Education. Nairobi, Kenya.
Professor Henry Ayot Kenyatta University. Kenya.
DrTomLambo Deputy Director General. World Health
Organisation, Geneva.
Lady Khama Botsvyana.
Longman
MAINLY FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS
Every year thousands of children are hurt and
many die in accidents in the home, outside it
and on the road. Among the most common of
all accidents are burns, caused by upsetting
stoves and cooking pots.
Many of these burns could be prevented if
young children were watched more carefully
and if fires and stoves were raised.
This reader shows how important it is to look
out for 'accident places' in the house and
outside and how important it is to watch
babies and little children all the time. It shows
how older children, both boys and girls, should
help take responsibility for the little ones.
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COMMUNITY HEALTH CELL
47/1. (First Floor) St. Marks Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
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First published 1985
Reprinted 1987
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ISBN □-5fl2-fiE5D5-X
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This is our house. You can see it is near the market.
There is a garden behind it but in front we are very near the
road.
I live in the house with my mother and father and my
brother who is six and my sister who is a baby. The school
is at the other end of the village. We walk to school along
the road.
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"Anne,” says my mother. "Always hold your brother's
hand when you go to school and when you walk through
the village and along the road.”
"Anne,” says my father. "Always look when you cross
the road.
Look one way.
Look the other way.
Look right and left.”
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At home my mother soys, "Anne, always look after
baby. Baby can crawl near the fire. Baby can drink from
bottles in the kitchen. Baby can fall down and cut her leg.
Take care of Baby. Watch Baby. Look after Baby."
So I do what they say, but sometimes I am angry. I say,
"Why can't my brother go to school alone? Why do I
always have to go with him? Why can't I run with my
friends along the road?"
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Sometimes I do not wont to look after Baby. I say,
"Why can't some other people look after her? I want to
play. I want to make things. I don't want to run after her all
the time."
My mother's friend Mrs Musoke lives in this house. It is
the house next to my house. My mother's friend is fat and
laughs a lot. We all like her. She cooks good food and
plays with us. She sings to us and tells stories. She always
laughs. When good things happen she laughs. When bad
things happen she laughs. So we all call her Mrs Ha Ha.
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Mr Musoke is very fat. He drives a bus and he drives it
very fast. He does not come home in the day. He comes
home at night and eats the food she cooks. He eats and
eats and drinks a lot of beer. He laughs and plays the radio.
We call him Mr Ha Ha Ha because he is so big.
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There are many boys and girls. They are fat too. There
is a little boy called Julius, who laughs like his father. We
call him "Little Ha" because he is small. Julius is six like my
brother. He goes to school alone.
There is also Baby Ha. He crawls all round the house
and laughs. No-one looks after Baby Ha all the time.
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Mrs Ha Ha's house is not clean. There are things all
over the floor. There are hoes on the floor. There are pots on
the floor. Chickens run round the floor.
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Mr Ha Ha Ha always puts his good clothes on the floor
... his good shirt
... his good coat
... his good hat
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Mrs Ha Ha cooks on a stove on the floor. It is a paraffin
stove. She puts the paraffin in a bottle. She puts the bottle
on the floor. Mrs Ha Ha puts her cooking pots on the floor
and her knives on the floor and the matches on the floor.
My mother went to see Mrs Ha Ha. She told her, "Don't
put things on the floor. The baby can have an accident.
The knives can cut Baby. Baby can drink from the bottles."
Mrs Ha Ha laughed at her.
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Bangalore - 560 001.
Near the house there is long grass. Rats live in the long
grass. Last week I think I saw a snake.
Mr Ha Ha Ha came home. My mother said to him,
"Snakes live in the long grass. Why don't you cut it? The
little girl can have an accident."
Mr Ha Ha Ha laughed at her. He went into the house
and played the radio and drank beer.
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I said to Julius, "Do not play on the road. There are cars
on the road and buses." Julius laughed at me. I said to
Julius, "Look after baby. Baby can crawl near the fire and
have an accident."
"No,” said Julius. "You look after him. Girls have to
look after babies. You are a girl. I am a boy. I am going to
play." And he ran away.
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I was afraid for that baby. One day he cut his foot. One
day he took the bottle of paraffin off the floor and began to
drink it. I ran and took the bottle away from him.
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I was afraid for Julius and his little sister. One day they
played in the long grass. I saw the grass move near them. I
ran up and took them away.
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I was afraid of the cars on the road. One day Julius ran
onto the road after his ball in front of Mr Ha Ha Ha and his
bus. I ran and took Julius away. I told his mother. She
laughed at me.
I was afraid for Mr Ha Ha Ha and forthe people in his
bus. He drives so fast. Last month he had an accident.
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I did not tell Mr Ha Ha Ha. I went to talk to my teacher.
"Yes,” said my teacher, "many children in this village have
accidents
... on the road
... with snakes
... with bees
... in their houses.
Some get cuts on their feet and do not wash them. So
the cuts go bad and the children must go to hospital. Last
year ten children in the village had burns. Two of them
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"How did they get burns?” I asked.
"They were little children,” said my teacher.
"They crawled near the fire. The hot food was on the fire.
The cooking pot fell on them.”
Then I told her about Mrs Ha Ha's baby. "He always
goes near the stove,” I said.
"That baby will have an accident," said my teacher.
"Try to stop him."
"Put cold water on the burn," said my teacher. "If the
burn is very bad, put his body into water. That is the best
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I ran home. Mrs Ha Ha was near the house. Julius was
near the road with his ball. The little girl was near the long
grass. Mr Ha Ha Ha was not there. There was a smell of
good food. "Where is Baby?" I asked. Julius laughed at
me. Mrs Ha Ha laughed at me.
"You always want to look after Baby," said Julius.
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"Waaah ..There was a cry from the house. The
chickens ran out of the house, "Waaah ... Waaah ..
I ran into the house. Baby was on the floor crying and
crying. And that was not all. The stove was on its side on
the floor. The cooking pot was on the floor. The bed was on
fire. Mr Ha Ha Ha's good clothes were on fire. "Help me,
help me," I called.
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My mother ran in. Mrs Ha Ha ran in. We took the baby
and ran outside with it. I ran for water. We put cold water
on baby's burn. Thank God it was not very bad.
But inside the house the fire burned. Mr Ha Ha Ha's
clothes burned. The bed burned. In the end we put out the
fire. But Mr Ha Ha Ha's clothes will be no good to him any
more.
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Bangalore - 560 001,
Mr Ha Ha Ha came back. He was angry. "My bus had
an accident,” he said. "It will not go.” Then he saw the
house.
"Look at my good shirt," he cried,
"Look at my good coat,
Look at the bed,
Where is my food?”
Then he saw the baby. "How did the baby get a burn?”
he cried.
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Mrs Ha Ha was very angry. "Your clothes were on the
floor," she said. "They are always on the floor. The stove
was on the floor. I told you to get a table and put the stove
up on the table. But you said Ha Ha. You always say Ha
Ha. You don't do anything in this house." She picked up a
bottle and began to hit her husband.
"Stop!" cried my mother. "Stop hitting him. Thank God
the baby's burn is not bad. You can get new clothes. You
can get a new bed. But you cannot get a new baby. I will
cook some food for you. Perhaps after this there will be no
more accidents."
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Mrs Ha Ha laughed. "You are right," she said. "I will
find boxes and put the stove and the bottles on a box. Then
tomorrow my husband can get a table."
Julius laughed. "You are right," he said. "I will look
after Baby. Boys can look after babies.”
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Mr Ha Ha Ha laughed and laughed. He put on his good
shirt. He put on his good coat. He put on his good hat.
"Cook us some food," he said. "Give me some beer.
And after that I will go and cut the long grass."
And he did!
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Game
Inside and outside the Ha Ha house
Look at the two pictures. In each of these pictures there are
ten things wrong that can cause accidents. Count the
things. Try the game on your friends. Try it with your little
brothers and sisters. See who does it very fast. See who
cannot find all the wrong things. The answers are upside
down on this page.
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Things to do
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Find out accident places in your home, outside your
home, in your school.
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Draw an accident map of your home, or your
school, show the accident places.
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Draw a picture story of Baby Ha's accident. Draw
(I) Mrs Ha Ha, Mr Ha Ha Ha, Julius and Baby Ha.
(2) Mrs Ha Ha's house. (3) Baby crawling to the
stove. (U-) The fire. (5) Mr Ha Ha Ha cutting the
grass.
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Draw your own picture story.
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Make a model of Mrs Ha Ha's house with clay and
grass. Show the accident places.
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Make a play without words about Baby Ha's
accident. Let other children try to think what you
were doing.
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Make a play with your own words. Make plays
about other accidents.
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Read or tell the story to your little brothers and
sisters.
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REMEMBER!
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Find accident places near you.
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Make fires safe.
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Make stoves safe.
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Make the floor safe.
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Keep bottles away from babies.
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Put sharp things away safely.
• Cut long grass.
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Look after baby.
• Watch little children.
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Keep them away from
- the road
-the fire and stove
- accident places.
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The CHILD-to-child stories are edited by Pauletta
Edwards, illustrated by Joan Gammans and written
by a group of teachers and doctors:
Ken Cripwell
Pauletta Edwards
Shan Griffith Pinna
Colette Hawes
Hugh Hawes
Keith Lowe
Augustine Veliath
David Morley
What is CHILD-to-child?
CHILD-to-child isan International
Programme which teaches and encourages
children of school age to concern
themselves with the health, welfare and
general development of their younger pre
school brothers and sisters and of other
younger children in their community.
Each of the stories in this series of readers is
based on the CHILD-to-child concept of
one child helping another.
It is hoped too that children will read these
stories to their younger brothers and sisters
thus giving practical expression to the
CHILD-to-child idea.
THE PUBLISHERS RECEIVED ASSISTANCE IN THE PRODUCTION OF
THIS BOOK AS A LOW COST EDITION FROM THE SWEDISH
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
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CHILD-to-child Readers
The CHILD-to-child Primary Health Readers have been developed to
teach and encourage primary school children in Africa to become
concerned with the health and general development of their pre
school brothers and sisters. Each book has been written by an
experienced educationalist in conjunction with a panel of medical
and language specialists. The books have been graded into two
reading levels, and each deals with a different health topic of
relevance to children in Africa.'
The readers can be used as an integral part of a primary Science,
Social Studies, Environmental Science, Home Economics or Health
Science curriculum.
Accidents is a Level 1 fi’eacferwhich highlights some of the many
places around the home where serious accidents can happen. The
book informs children about safety precautions, and encourages
them to take responsibility for the care of their younger brothers
and sisters.
Other books in the series:
Level 1
Dirty Water
Good Food
Level 2
Down with Fever
Teaching Thomas
A Simple Cure
ISBN 0 582 89509 X
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