Wonderful news from the Asturias Maldonado Foundation (AMF/FAM)
The role of nutrition in children to increase their capacity for learning
is a key part of AMF/FAM's educational program
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Parents and families of AMF/FAM students and their extended communities have received training and support in implementing family vegetable gardens. Non-GMO seeds were dispensed and families with children enrolled in our K-12 program, received support from their own children who learned the how-to-does at school, and the regular follow-up visits from our community “Promotoras”. Crop alternatives and yearly farming calendar information has also been made available.
Most families enrolled in our programs have succeeded in improving their family nutritional and vegetable diets, hygiene and health proficiency. The level of family cooperation in these families has not only been good for their overall wellbeing, including their ability to generate extra income thanks to the sale of surplus produce has opened new sources of family income as well. But the most important success has been the family’s ability to best work together in pursuing a better wellbeing as a family unit! |
Most families enrolled in our programs have succeeded in improving their family nutritional and vegetable diets, hygiene and health proficiency. The level of family cooperation in these families has not only been good for their overall wellbeing, including their ability to generate extra income thanks to the sale of surplus produce has opened new sources of family income as well. But the most important success has been the family’s ability to best work together in pursuing a better wellbeing as a family unit!
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Access to safe drinking water and food security are
the foundation of our educational model
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