Boroume and UNICEF close to children and communities with interventions in the framework of the National Action against Childhood Obesity
The “Journey of Food” programme aims to promote healthy and sustainable eating habits through actions against food waste
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ATHENS, 22 November 2024- "The Journey of Food" programme has set out to reach schools across Greece with the aim of raising awareness among young people about the value of healthy eating, while at the same time familiarising themselves with the principles of sustainability and food waste reduction. The programme has already had a great uptake, with more than 2,000 children from all over Greece having participated in just a few weeks since its launch.
The programme is implemented countrywide and includes conducting sensitization workshops at schools, educational visits to farmers' markets and partnering with municipalities across Greece to rescue food from farmers' markets and hand it over to municipal social services, which in turn will distribute it to low-income households which are among the most affected by obesity.
The activities target adolescents from 6th grade of primary school to 3rd grade of senior high school. Schools interested in participating in the sensitization workshops can register here.
Boroume participates as an implementing partner in the "National Action against Childhood Obesity " - implemented by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with UNICEF, within the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan Greece 2.0 with funding from the European Union-NextGenerationEU.
The National Action again Childhood Obesity is the first comprehensive programme aimed at preventing and combating childhood obesity through the promotion and adoption of healthy eating habits and physical activity. The Programme is implemented by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with UNICEF and with the participation of academics, teachers and professors, celebrity chefs, parents and children, sports clubs and local institutions and communities. It is the first programme to be implemented throughout the country, addressing the needs of children aged 0-17 and their families at primary, secondary and tertiary prevention levels.
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