| RDI
has developed a picture story set that presents social and
personal values as explained with culturally relevant
illustrations. Using traditional and ancient stories
from far Western Asia, each illustration aids the storyteller to
explain over 40 complete stories. These are some of the
first illustrated stories of their kind designed specifically for
Khmer culture. In addition to
this work, our RDI medical team has written dozens of culturally
appropriate stories that share social and personal values while
simultaneously teaching health and traditional medicine.
The RDI education team shares these stories at schools and
homes and other local gathering places. By using such stories, the RDI team can more easily educate Khmer through the
oral tradition. As RDI builds relationships with various communities, a
new story can be told on a weekly or bi-weekly basis as a way to educate
the community.
Downloads:
An overview and general introduction to
medicine stories and how they work can be found here:
medicine
stories.doc
On a related note: Here is an example of a recipe and
school presentation on the medicinal use of Guava to stop
diarrhea. Guava
Treatment.doc
"Storying
(story telling)
is a method of teaching that appears to be effective in most third world
countries. The people of these countries respond much better to oral
messages instead of written ones. This method also allows you to reach
the masses which are illiterate. Cambodia has one of the highest rate of
illiteracy in the world. So we are using this method of telling stories
to educate people. We, as you can see, are also using drawings which
were produced for the Khmer culture. These pictures communicate stories
and concepts you already know, but in a context that is appropriate, for the
thousands of Khmer who have never heard. A team of people from various
organizations have spent 3 years developing materials for this project.
The project is currently being field tested. The next phase will be to
print materials in bulk for distribution. One way you can help is by
assisting with the cost of printing these materials."
Village health and education
with storying is closely related to our medical and
education branches of RDI.
Be sure to take a close look at these sections to better
understand how these projects work together. |
A local artists rendition of a classic story that has been told for thousands
of years
by west Asians.
Some stories teach community values and
personal responsibility.
Other stories are fanciful examples of
forgiveness and mercy with exciting adventures in the natural and supernatural
world.
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