education saves lives - it's simple

The Educational Content

Educating women makes a huge difference. Many experts believe it is the best way of spending aid money in the developing world. Simple information can make a massive difference to the lives of the poor if it is accessible.

If you would like to buy any of these lessons then they are available online at a price of £9.99 from our partners at Eurotalk by clicking here
A consultation with partners from and in the developing world has resulted in a list of over 200 topics that are thought to be helpful to people trying to escape from poverty and ill health.
These are the topics we are working to make into interactive lessons.
The lessons are at very basic level and are targeted primarily at women and children who cannot read or write and have little opportunity for learning.
The topic list is divided into 8 sections: Health, Nutrition, Agriculture, Environment, Water/Sanitation, Community, Human Rights and Livelihoods, with a major focus on HIV and AIDS prevention. You can download a PDF file of the full list of topics CLICKING HERE.
If you would like to help write a script on any of these topics please see our section on How can I help?
A lesson has about 10 teaching points each of which is followed by a question which the student has to answer correctly in order to progress to the end.
The student can also opt for a quiz which scores them on their correct answers.
The whole disc is in the local language and has no written instructions.
You can see a sample video clip by clicking below:

  • Sample clip in English
  • Sample clip in Swahili
  • Sample clip in Mandarin

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    28 lessons completed, 219 to go…

    The finished lessons in English are being translated into the languages of our partners and you can track the progress of how far we have got by

    CLICKING HERE

    To produce a lesson in English we need to do the following things:

  • Agree lesson title
  • Research topic
  • Write learning objectives for the lesson
  • Draft teaching point headings
  • Write script
  • Write questions (and answers) to test learning for each teaching point
  • Simplify English (to avoid translation errors)
  • Get subject expert to sign off script
  • Select images to support script
  • Record the script in English
  • Send Images and recorded soundtrack to Eurotalk Interactive - the company which actually authors the discs for us

So far we have completed this process for 28 topics!

To see all of our 28 English language scripts in PDF format, please click on each lessons below: