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Grassroots
health education with the Warriors for Peace
July
02, 2008 |
In July 2, 2008 HELP
for peace started their pilot program with education
of the seven Warriors for peace trainees, It gave
them background on Food and Nutrition, including Malnutrition,
Hygiene, Water and Environmental Sanitation, and the
like, which the organization sees its great importance
particularly to the ba rrios or far flung areas that
the other medical groups or health centers cannot
anymore reach. This module was initiated to the Warriors
Academy, a group of students who came from different
conflict-affected areas in the Philippines which were
brought to the Niall O’ Brien Center to be taught
of Aikido, a form of martial arts, and other forms
of education such as Peace and Health which they will
be teaching and spreading to their respective communities
later on.
The class started
with a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities,
and Threats) Analysis in order to measure how much
they know about themselves and how will they will
be able to use their strengths and opportunities
to influence others to become a more productive
citizen of their respective communities. . And on
the discussion proper, the warriors were taught
on the basic concepts of food and nutrition: Why
should a person eat right in the first place, what
are the most important foods, the secondary foods,
and in which food will they be able to find rich
source of vitamins and other essential nutrients.
In a way, the program helps to find ways on how
to become healthy while spending less. Also, the
program builds a strong foundation which will indirectly
help solve the country’s problem on Health,
Education, and PEACE. The organization, in short,
is on its way to help build this nation, the Philippines.
This module will run until August 19, 2008 with
two meetings per week.
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