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A puppet show about ‘Special Drink’ (oral rehydration)
Although the story of Abdul and Seri was written in Indonesia, it has been used
with school children in Mexico and with health workers in Central America and
Africa. Everyone enjoys the story and learns a lot from it. It shows how a school
child—through love, concern, and good will—overcomes resistance at home in
order to put into practice a ‘new way’ learned in school.
The school children in Ajoya, Mexico read the story of Abdul and Seri after doing
the CHILD-to-child activity on diarrhea. They thought the story was so important
that everyone in the village should hear it. So with the help of a village health
worker, they decided to put on a puppet show and invite the whole village.
They changed the names of Abdul and Seri to ‘Pepito’ and ‘Juanita’. They even
changed the story somewhat, to seem more like things in their village.
They made simple stick puppets like this one.
Perhaps the health workers you train can help
children in their villages to do the same.
Draw a picture on cardboard or posterboard. Cut it out
and glue or nail it to a stick.
PEPITO
If the puppet needs 2 expressions, put 2 cardboard drawings back to back. During
the show, turn the puppet to show the face you want. (To make a puppet with 4
different expressions, see p. 27-36.)
Happy
Angry
glue
these
back-to-back
on a stick
PEPITO’S FATHER