Learning by ear - malaria - 04 - if symptoms persist.

Learning by Ear – Noa Bongo! Jenga maisha yako: Malaria Episode 4 LEARNING BY EAR
“THE UNWELCOME EVENING GUESTS - ONE FAMILY’S FIGHT
AGAINST MALARIA”

EPISODE FOUR: ''IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST.''
SCRIPT: CHRISPIN MWAKIDEU
EDITOR: ANDREA SCHMIDT
ASSISTANT EDITOR: KATRIN OGUNSADE
HEATH EXPERT: DR. HEIDRUN HÜBNER

SCENE ONE: LAKESIDE, MASIKA FISHING.
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SCENE TWO: MASIKA AT MAMA DAVID’S HOUSE
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SCENE THREE: AT KAREMBO’S SCHOOL,H/TEACHER IN CLASS
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Learning by Ear – Noa Bongo! Jenga maisha yako: Malaria Episode 4 SCENE FOUR:AROUND THE TABLE AT MASIKAS HOME
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Learning by Ear – Noa Bongo! Jenga maisha yako: Malaria Episode 4
INTRO/NARRATOR (same voice)
Hello and welcome everyone, welcome to ‘Learning by Ear’ and the fourth
episode of our radio drama: “The Unwelcome Evening Guests - a family’s In the previous episode, Karembo developed a high fever prompting Bettina, her mother, to seek advice from their neighbour, Mama David, who is very much against modern medicine. At the same time her father, Masika, made off with the new mosquito net and used it to go fishing, exposing little Zawadi to the malaria-transmitting mosquitoes found in their area. Will Karembo’s fever get better or worse by staying warmly tucked up in bed after taking chloroquine? Let’s find out now in today’s episode entitled ''IF SYPMTOMS
PERSIST''.
MUSIC INTERLUDE
SCENE ONE: LAKESIDE, MASIKA FISHING.
FEET MOVING IN WATER
(PULLING NET)
My oh my! Is this net magnetic or what? I’ve never caught so many fish in my life.but many of them look soooo small. Oh well, fish are fish whether they are big, small, round, square, silver or yellow. And now’s time to go and sell them; and then I can go home to see how my son and daughter B-SFX: FEET SPLASHING THROUGH LAKEWATER
Learning by Ear – Noa Bongo! Jenga maisha yako: Malaria Episode 4
(AT MASIKAS HOME)
C-SFX: SOUND OF BABY CRYING/ZAWADI.
BETTINA:
(TRYING TO CALM BABY ZAWADI)
Sssssh… Zawadi… sssssh. Stop crying, now what is wrong? What’s happening in my house? Everyone seems to be getting sick and I’m getting D-SFX: DOOR OPENS, FOOTSEPS
BETTINA:
Karembo! How are you feeling my daughter? Do KAREMBO:
(WEAK SICKLY VOICE)
No, Mum… I couldn’t sleep last night; I shivered and trembled all night. And, of course, Zawadi kept crying too, what’s wrong with him? BETTINA:
I don’t know, he just started to cry all night. He doesn’t want my milk, and feels warm on his KAREMBO:
10. BETTINA:
That’s because you have hardly eaten anything. And you were sick… but Mama David said you’ll Learning by Ear – Noa Bongo! Jenga maisha yako: Malaria Episode 4
11. KAREMBO:
doctor? And how can she say that without even 12. BETTINA:
She is… she knows a lot. She has experience. You see, your temperature has gone down a bit, 13. E-SFX: BABY CRYS AGAIN.
14. BETTINA:
Huuush my baby, stop crying. Karembo… go and take a bath, I’ll make some food for you. 15. F-SFX: DOOR OPENS, CLOSES
NARRATOR:
As with any illness, if symptoms persist, seek medical attention, and then you have a better chance to recover. Especially with malaria, due to the fact that it can progress very quickly and if it is not treated promptly and effectively with the correct medicine, it can lead to kidney failure, coma and even death. However, if it is treated promptly, within two days of the beginning of fever, malaria need never be fatal. Let’s join Masika as he delivers his fish to Mama David. SCENE TWO: MASIKA AT MAMA DAVID’S HOUSE
16. G-SFX: DOOR BEING KNOCKED.
17. MASIKA:
Hello Mama David… fresh fish for you… straight from the lake into my net and now heading into Learning by Ear – Noa Bongo! Jenga maisha yako: Malaria Episode 4 (CHUCKLES LIGHTLY)
18. MAMA DAVID:
19. MASIKA:
I don’t think that’s a very good idea. I mean uh… you know, we shouldn’t give the neighbours any 20. MAMA DAVID:
(NOW SHE LAUGHS)
That’s right… well, suit yourself. So, let me see… 21. H-SFX: BASKET BEING OPENED
22. MAMA DAVID:
(SHOCKED)
Hey! These are tiny, little fish. Where are their parents? (LAUGHS MORE)
23. MASIKA:
(GETTING IMPATIENT AND AGITATED)
Look, are you going to buy or just sit there and admire them! I’m sorry but I have a sick daughter and have to rush home and see how she’s doing. 24. MAMA DAVID:
I was only joking… it’s still too early to be so 25. MASIKA:
No! Not when you got a sick girl, a son who cried all night and not enough time to sell your fish Learning by Ear – Noa Bongo! Jenga maisha yako: Malaria Episode 4 26. MAMA DAVID:
You mean Karembo is still sick? Didn’t she go to 27. MASIKA:
It’s been almost a week now, I gave her some malaria tablets but I don’t know. She just gets 28. MAMA DAVID:
I need to come with you, I promised Bettina I would stop by. So, I’ll buy some of your fish and 29. MASIKA:
30. I-SFX: BASKET/PLASTIC BAG BEING OPENED
31. MAMA DAVID:
(SELECTING)
This one, this one here…and that one…oh and… no, this one has an ugly mouth… yes, that one 32. J-SFX: SOMETHING BEING WRAPPED IN PAPER.
33. MASIKA:
That will be 20… but since you lent us kerosene the other day, I’ll make it five less… just give me 34. MAMA DAVID:
All right. I’ll get the money and then we will go. NARRATOR:
As Masika and Mama David went to Masika’s home to see Learning by Ear – Noa Bongo! Jenga maisha yako: Malaria Episode 4 Karembo, at Karembo’s school, the Headteacher was getting worried because her favourite student had not shown up for lessons for about a SCENE THREE: AT KAREMBO’S SCHOOL,H/TEACHER IN CLASS
35. K-SFX: NOISY VOICES FROM YOUNG STUDENTS
36. H/TEACHER:
Silence! Can anyone tell me how Karembo is? It’s been a week now and I’ve heard nothing from her. 37. DAVID:
38. H/TEACHER:
Now, that is strange, I thought you two always 39. L-SFX: CHEERS AND CLAPS FROM CLASS
40. H/TEACHER:
Silence. Karembo didn’t seem well, and all of you know that we have lost several students due to malaria. And we also have students who have been made orphans due to Malaria. It would be terrible if anything were to happen to Karembo as 41. DAVID:
I will pass by her place and see her today after classes, then, tomorrow I will bring you how she Learning by Ear – Noa Bongo! Jenga maisha yako: Malaria Episode 4
42. H/TEACHER:
Good. In the meantime, I would advise each of you to be as the rainy season continues, and see 43. DAVID:
I always burn mosquito coils at home, but my mother doesn’t like that. Is there any other way of 44. H/TEACHER:
I’m not an expert in these matters and I promise to invite someone soon to talk with all of you, but I know that you can spray your home with an insecticide, like the one called Pyrethrum. You should sleep under mosquito nets treated with insecticide, and make sure that they don’t have any holes. If you don’t have a mosquito net, always wear long sleeves and trousers especially in the evening. Spraying of DDT is not advisable, because this insecticide has dangerous side effects, especially for little children. So keep them 45. K-SFX: SCHOOL BELL RINGS/NOISE FROM STUDENTS
46. H/TEACHER:
One more thing. If you live near a swamp or lake, or your home is surrounded by bushes and long grass, then you need to take extra care because this is where the mosquitoes like to breed. You have to cut the grass, drain away all the stagnant Learning by Ear – Noa Bongo! Jenga maisha yako: Malaria Episode 4
NARRATOR:
After the final bell, David flung his backpack over his shoulders and quickly set off… to Karembo’s home. Meanwhile, Mama David and Bettina were already at home trying to figure out what to do next because Karembo’ didn’t seem to be improving. SCENE FOUR:AROUND THE TABLE AT MASIKAS HOME
47. L-SFX: VEGETABLES BEING CHOPPED ON A BOARD
48. MAMA DAVID:
May I help with the onions? I hate to just sit 49. BETTINA:
Maybe you can watch Zawadi for me. He only slept for a few minutes before you arrived with my husband. He kept me busy the whole night. 50. MAMA DAVID:
I told you. A new born baby must be protected from evil spirits. Otherwise, he will really suffer. I suggest you take him to Mizanja, you know, the witchdoctor. He will give him charms and protection and then you won’t have to fear for 51. BETTINA:
(UNSURE)
I… I really don’t know. My husband doesn’t agree with that. And, besides, what spirit would want to 52. MAMA DAVID:
Huh? Listen to yourself! Bettina, don’t be naïve. There are evil spirits and evil eyes everywhere so Learning by Ear – Noa Bongo! Jenga maisha yako: Malaria Episode 4 if you want to lose your kid, that’s up to you, but I’m telling you now, take Zawadi and Karembo to 53. BETTINA:
(SHOCKED)
What? Karembo, too? No! She’s grown up and she’s… eh… educated. She won’t go. 54. MAMA DAVID:
She doesn’t have to know where you are going until you get there. Listen, your home is under attack. If you wait much longer, it might be too late. I saw Karembo and she doesn’t look well at 55. BETTINA:
(THINKING, TAKES DEEP BREATH)
You are right. I’ll do it. But I’ll have to keep it from 56. MAMA DAVID:
Everybody has got secrets. By the way, where is 57. BETTINA:
I think he is in our room listening to the radio. 58. M-SFX: BABY STARTS TO CRY AGAIN
59. BETTINA:
Here we go again. He’s been like this since 60. N-SFX: KNOCKING ON DOOR
Learning by Ear – Noa Bongo! Jenga maisha yako: Malaria Episode 4
61. MAMA DAVID:
62. BETTINA:
63. DAVID:
It’s me, David. I’m here to see Karembo. May I 64. MAMA DAVID:
Mmmh (WHISPERS)
65. BETTINA:
And I don’t have one either, they go to school together and live near each other, that’s all! 66. MAMA DAVID:
Ok, ok… I won’t say anything more. Well, aren’t 67. BETTINA:
Come in. How are you, David? How was school? 68. DAVID:
(REALISES IT MIGHT HAVE SOUNDED
AMBIGUOUS)
I mean today at school… we learnt something that I’d like to share with Karembo. May I see her? 69. BETTINA:
Not so well. Excuse me and I’ll go check on her 70. MAMA DAVID:
Aha! So, this is where you normally stop off Learning by Ear – Noa Bongo! Jenga maisha yako: Malaria Episode 4 71. DAVID:
72. O-SFX: SOUNDS OF MOSQUITOES BUZZING AROUND
NARRATOR:
And there we end our fourth episode . Will David share his knowledge about how to fight against the mosquitoes? Will Bettina manage to outwit her husband and take the children to the village witchdoctor? To find out more, please join us in a week’s time for the next episode in our story ”The unwelcome evening guests” all about one family’s fight against
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