Empowering Health and Wellbeing in Disadvantaged Communities
Join us in promoting health and healthy lifestyles in disadvantaged communities through various initiatives like parent meetings, summer camps, and hygiene awareness campaigns. Together, we can make a difference for a healthier future.
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Caritas Alba Iulia Romania
Health begins in the family: Prevention and health promotion for Health begins in the family: Prevention and health promotion for families in families in precarious circumstances in Europe precarious circumstances in Europe Kick off Meeting Foundations of preventive health care and health promotion 27-29 June 2022 Linz, Austria
Promoting health in disadvantaged communities - meetings with parents, discussing health and health education issues in daycenters - summercamp with the motto Health First - helping families access health services (especially in COVID) - facilitating access to clean water - promoting the importance of clean environment - participating in local initiatives regarding healthy lifestyle - facilitating access to dental services - health promotion among volunteers - Promoting health and healthy lifestyle in Roma communities
Promoting health in disadvantaged communities Meetings with parents, discussing health and health education issues in daycenters - regular meetings with parents including health topics in all of our daycenters - increased concern regarding health during COVID - health issues imbedded in our everyday activities in daycenters
Promoting health in disadvantaged communities Summer camps - 1 summer camp with the motto Health First - other camps including health and enviromenmental protection issues
Promoting health in disadvantaged communities - Promoting health and healthy lifestyle in Roma communities - thematic weeks - emphasising the importance of personal hygiene - donating hygienic products to children and their families
Promoting health in disadvantaged communities Promoting the importance of clean environment - organising waste collecting activities - emphasising the importance of clean environment - focus on educating children
Promoting health in disadvantaged communities Facilitating access to clean water - facilitating the involvement of local authorities in making access to clean water - facilitating local communities in accessing clean water - monitoring the realization of (common) running water/tap water in the community
Promoting health in disadvantaged communities Helping families access health services - Increased need for support especially during COVID - Online appointments introduced during the pandemic caused problems to families - Educating families how to access health services
Promoting health in disadvantaged communities Facilitating access to dental services - promoting accesible free dental services in the Roma community - facilitating access to dental sevices for 20 Roma children
Promoting health in disadvantaged communities Participating in local initiatives regarding healthy lifestyle - Caritas employees and volunteers participated in PEDIBUS local initiative, which aimed to promote healthy lifestyle though going to school by walking - the action also aimed to decrease morning traffic in the school areas - 150 children participated daily in this initiative and lots of volunteers from institutions, companies and NGOs - children were accompanied from different spots of the city, in groups, to schools.
Promoting health in disadvantaged communities Promoting healthy lifestyle among volunteers - On the request of the volunteers we organized workshops on the issue of healthy lifestyle conducted by experts - and also a course on first aid that offered basic information, knowledge and practice in the field.
