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4. Stories told by a group
These are stories that everyone tells together. One person begins telling about
a family or community. She gets the characters into a difficult situation and then
passes the story on to the next student. He has to tell how the characters resolve
their problem, and then creates a new one. The story is then continued by still
another student. These group stories are especially useful because they get
everyone to think and take part. They are great fun with children.
5. Analogies—or comparisons that help people discover healthy answers
The use of comparisons or analogies to place new ideas in a familiar setting has
been discussed, with examples, on pages 7-11 and 11-8. The story of Janaki and
Saraswati in this chapter also shows how this works.
Some health workers in Liberia, Africa use stories and cut-out pictures of
animals to help people realize that breast milk is healthier for a baby than canned or
powdered cow’s milk: