[IAEP] Health nuts

[Cherry Withers]

Oops. Here's the synopsis sent to the devel at lists.laptop.org (it was just
forwarded to me). They might be developing other health-related activities:


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Dear Developers,

We have just uploaded an activity that teaches children about
Malaria.

http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/search?q=malaria&cat=all

The Free From Malaria game tells the story of Paul, a boy who lives in a
Malaria
endemic country. Paul learns how mosquitoes are responsible for spreading
the
Plasmodium parasite which causes Malaria. He also learns how to recognize
the
symptoms it causes and to seek medical help if someone thinks they have the
disease.

The content consists of a comic story with two games that teaches children
the
importance of covering up at night-time and using bed nets. The goal is to
help
children recognize their role in the prevention of the disease and to create
a
future free from Malaria.

The application is developed in PyGame using the olpcgames wrapper.We would
be
grateful for some beta testers and reviewers. I have tested it on an XO-1
but
would be grateful for tests with other versions of Sugar etc.

I haven't created a git repo yet but will be happy to do so as required.

Thanks
World Class Project
http://worldclassproject.org.uk


On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Cherry Withers <cwithers at ekindling.org>wrote:

> There's a new Malaria Activity just developed that I'm planning to use in
> the Philippines:
>
> http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/search?q=malaria&cat=all
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> ---Cherry
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Beth Santos <beth at waveplace.org> wrote:
>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> Looking for someone who can get me in touch with people who might be
>> interested in developing health-focused Etoys education software- nutrition,
>> sanitation, HIV/AIDS awareness, malaria prevention, anatomy, etc. This is an
>> initiative I want to grow in countries in Africa and could use some content
>> help. Whether it's international health professionals or computer
>> programmers who want to make the actual games, let me know.
>>
>> Beth
>>
>>
>> ---
>> *Beth Santos*
>> Outreach Coordinator
>> Waveplace Foundation
>>
>> Tel: +1 610 797 3100 x 44
>> Fax: +1 610 797 3199
>> Cell: +1 603 661 1273
>> http://www.waveplace.org
>>
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>
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