This week, at the Soledad headquarters, we welcomed parents to begin our nutritional workshops, a complementary training process for the nutritional recovery of our beneficiaries. In these workshops, Chef Jaime Buendía taught us how to prepare delicious zucchini burgers, a vegetable rich in potassium, folic acid, iron, and magnesium, ideal for strengthening our immune system, improving digestion, and keeping us energized throughout the day.

This week, home visits to the new beneficiaries joining the Food Security program began at the Soledad headquarters. These processes are crucial for identifying levels of socioeconomic vulnerability and understanding the family and nutritional history of the children.

The Food Security program acknowledges beneficiaries and their families who have completed a training and nutritional recovery process of over three years, achieving a healthy weight and acquiring knowledge in healthy eating that will enable them to maintain their well-being in the long term. We appreciate their dedication and commitment, which have allowed them to successfully graduate and conclude this process with joy.

Meetings are being held this week with allied entities from the psychosocial support program to renew legal requirements and learn about strategic plans for community work in 2024.

Since this week, the working group at the Soledad headquarters has been organizing the strategic planning of activities and important aspects for the construction of the 2024 work plan.

This week, at the Soledad branch, we had a prevention event with Profamilia and the Profamilia Youth Network, aiming to prevent situations of risk related to child sexual abuse. Additionally, self-care and personal hygiene were promoted through games and recreational activities.

The Educating at Home project concluded this November, leaving an indelible mark among the parents who were part of this beautiful process. Thirty-one workshops were conducted, focusing on the development of study habits and socio-emotional tools to enable parents to effectively support their children’s educational processes. This initiative, which began after the pandemic, successfully trained 27 parents.

This week, at the Soledad branch, the nutritional team from the Food Bank conducted play and recreation activities promoting good nutrition. Practical exercises were carried out, including various recommendations such as eating fruit alone, not consuming more than two carbohydrates in a meal, always including a portion of raw or cooked vegetables, adjusting food quantities according to age, and ensuring that each meal contains a portion of protein.

During this session, from the Food Security program, we reinforced the food groups that should be consumed regularly by testing memory with a memory game, cognitive stimulation, and mental agility.