
HEALTH IS WEALTH WITH PEACE
On the 24th of May, I organized a Health Team from my neighbouring Health Centre to promote Healthy Eating Style to the community (esp. mothers) in my school for about 4 hours. The group from the Viseisei Sai Health Centre, came with 4 nurses, 4 nutritionists, 2 health educators and 5 helpers who demonstrated how to cook healthy lunch for kids especially in schools. There were altogether 66 parents and 12 teachers from 9am to 12midday. Firstly, the Health Educators gave Healthy Eating Tips and also the benefits of eating leafy vegetables and not overcooking vegetables. Secondly, the nutritionists and helpers demonstrated how to cook a Healthy Fijian Lunch that consisted of vegetables, fish, fresh coconut milk and root crops. They also showed how to fry the Indian style of Lunch that should not be overcooked nor with full of spices. They gave us an opportunity to also taste their cooked food which was just awesome and actually so healthy full of vitamins and nutrition. Finally, the nurses checked everyone's sugar level, blood pressure, height and weight and explained the importance of healthy weight and best diet. At the end, I also admired how the two races - Fijians and Indians got together in preparing the healthy meal and also how the mothers of two different groups got together and shared their experiences of cooking and at the same time learning from each other. Likewise, at the end of the sessions, I got an opportunity to promote PEACE by having some discussions on the initiative of MOP and how to spread PEACE. I also encouraged them to visit scout.org and register themselves. It was very encouraging to note their interest towards MOP and I will be following them to get them registered. Bravo MOP...