Milway Katie Smith - Mimi's Village And How Basic Health Care Transformed It - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: In this fictionalized story about a real humanitarian problem facing many countries in the developing world today readers meet Mimi an ordinary girl from an ordinary family in Africa. When her younger sister Nakkissi gets very sick after drinking unsterilized water from the stream Mimi learns firsthand how quickly things can go terribly wrong. With no health care provider close by her whole family must travel on foot to a nearby village to see the one nurse who can provide the medical care her sister desperately needs. Though Mimi is relieved when her sister recovers she wishes they could get a health clinic in her own village. Several months later it is Mimi herself who becomes the catalyst to make her wish come true. Author Katie Smith Milway a former aid worker in Africa has written the best kind of global education book for children filled with information that engenders empathy and understanding. The picture - book format with captivating artwork by award - winning illustrator Eugenie Fernandes brings Mimi's story to life. Along with further information a glossary and a map an addendum includes suggestions for how young children can get involved highlighting how inexpensive easy - to - make improvements can transform people's lives. This terrific book would find many uses in elementary classrooms including lessons on African culture African family life and the basic health care needs of people everywhere. Most important it offers opportunities for inspiring discussions about compassion volunteerism and making a difference in one's own community and the larger world community.
Title: Mimi's Village And How Basic Health Care Transformed It
Author(s): Milway Katie Smith, Eugenie Fernandes
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Barcode: 9781554537228
Pages: 32 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 8/1/2012
Series: CitizenKid
Category: Personal & Social Issues: Body & Health (Children's / Teenage)