The strongest tool is understanding. Faced with a statue like figure in the traditional make-up and costume of the village priest, a worker asked permission to spray the area with insecticide to combat malaria mosquitoes. The young man explains how you will cover the fetish charms with a plastic sheet he's holding, so the insecticide will not touch the natives and reduce their potency. This is one problem among many that intercepts the work of the UN agencies such as the United Nations children's fund and world health organisation, and the United Nations educational, social and cultural organisation, who are aiding the struggle for progress in the interior of the new African nations. 15 December 1962