Healthy Eating Initiative
Why The Healthy Eating Initiative
Healthy eating initiative is a project set up by help my people international .The project is aimed at encouraging people in the local community some of whom have no cooking experience, are obese and suffering from malnutrition The project will take place twice a month for a whole year, from 10:00am-6:00pm. Each workshop will be divided into three sessions, purchasing food items, preparation - cooking and eating. The participants will be actively involved in all three sessions.
The Need for the Project
This project is needed because there is a growing number of people within our local community that experience difficulties knowing how to prepare the right nutritional meals, suffering from obesity and other medical illnesses that require a specific dietary to help expedite their recovery process. We aim to tackle this issue by running a practical workshop that will enable participants to understand the levels of carbohydrate, protein and cholesterol stored in various food and how to maintain a healthy balance diet.
Project Outcome
This initiative will promote and encourage healthy eating amongst the people in our local community by providing them with the opportunity to participate in a practical cooking workshop where they will work together to tackle factors that cause obesity and malnutrition. Our project will allow participants to try out new activities such as food shopping in groups, budgeting, learning new cookery skills as well as improve their existing skills.
