At the Soledad site we continue with our healthy eating mission, promoting it through different activities that strengthen the adaptation and consumption of foods rich in vitamins and minerals that keep our physical health stable. This week we worked on the digestive system, making a visual representation, and explaining the journey that food makes through each organ with an illustrative sheet that the children were able to decipher and put together.

This week at the Soledad site we had an activity with Heartland Alliance International, an organization committed to the social welfare of the communities that live in Latin America and the Caribbean through the promotion of human rights. Parents received training on health and self- care and a biosafety kit with elements for personal care.

In the Soledad Headquarters, we finished our Recreational Vacation. These last three weeks were full of fun, imagination, and great learning, which took us every day to a magical place. The last station of the series of activities was the Estación del Color; a space to play and meet different challenges, one of them was the twister of emotions, a fun activity where we teach our children to express their feelings and emotions.

In the Soledad headquarters we take advantage of this holiday season to develop different activities where the children of the Foundation explored their artistic skills, and additionally learned healthy habits that strengthen their socio-emotional development through a pedagogical booklet that guides the process. Crafts, drawings, dance, relaxation exercises, board games, reading stories, and adventures in the kitchen with fun recipes were part of this activity.

In the Soledad headquarters, we had this week our Nutritional Workshop for Parents, carrying out different pedagogical activities to teach families the consumption and preparation of some vegetables that strengthen the immune system. As an example, we talked about Celery, which is rich in fiber and also has anti-inflammatory, expectorant, antibacterial and diuretic properties.

Today in the Nutritional Care Center, of the Soledad Headquarters, we work clearly and simply on how often we should consume certain foods; using a stop light as a guide, we place in red the forbidden foods, in the yellow those that we must consume in moderation and in the green those that we can eat without any restriction.

At the Soledad headquarters, we highlight the work of the group of volunteer parents who actively support the dining services and are observers of the projects that are developed in their community; this is a strategy of the psychosocial program that allows families to be empowered, creating a sense of belonging and self-management within the process of social transformation.

The “Educating at Home Workshops’’ are training spaces that seek to generate pedagogical and socio-emotional tools for parents to strengthen the process of accompaniment that they give to their children when performing academic homework. During this week we worked on some effective communication exercises to improve coexistence within the family and maintain an environment conducive to learning and sharing experiences.

The nutritional workshops are part of the intervention axis of the Food Security project, which seeks to improve the eating habits of the beneficiaries and their families through an educational and pedagogical process that includes a variety of healthy menus, using quality products at a low cost.