バングラデシュの学校で「思春期の食事と健康」についてセミナーを実施
【2018年5月の活動報告】
By May, we distributed about 410,000 meals (progress rate: about 38%) against the distribution target of 1.1 million Euglena cookies for this term (April-September 2018).
1. Held a seminar on "Adolescent Diet and Health"
This month, we'll introduce you to the Urban C Block School's adolescent program for adolescents aged 14-19. This program is an activity in which teachers convey knowledge for adolescents to grow physically and mentally and not to be involved in social problems around them. Since last year, the school's teachers have been conducting this twice a week after school for about 50 students aged 14 and over. This is the only school that is eligible for the Euglena
This month, our staff participated in the adolescent program at the request of the teacher. We talked about the need for balanced nutrient intake, which we have practiced at school, under the title of "Adolescent Diet and Health." After introducing the nutrients needed for the day, the children said, "To get protein, let's boil eggs that can be purchased for 5 yen each and eat them every day." We exchanged opinions on how to get nutrients from familiar ingredients such as "Let's drink milk (500 ml) with the family to get calcium." The following week, the students visited the families of their families and friends, introduced the necessary nutrients, and carried out activities to disseminate the knowledge they had acquired to others.
Others In this program, the teacher gives explanations on the theme of tobacco and drug addiction prevention. Adolescents living in the slums of Dhaka have problems with tobacco and drug addiction triggered by invitations from friends and sellers. Cigarettes can be purchased for 7 yen each, and drugs such as cannabis can be purchased for 70 to 100 yen. In Bangladesh, tobacco can be legally purchased by people over the age of 15, but the teacher reports that smoking during the growing season has physical effects such as difficulty in growing height and academic ability such as decreased concentration. .. It also explains the harm that drugs can do to your body and how to refuse when invited by a seller. It also gives the names of dangerous areas where drugs are bought and sold and warns against approaching those areas. A school teacher said, "It's been a year since I started the program, and I want to continue to steadily educate my children for their healthy growth."
Photo-1: Students visiting a family living in a slum
Photo-2: Students participating in the adolescent program
2. Introduction of Mr. Prodip who works at Choice to Change Elementary School
This month, we started distributing Euglena cookies to The Choice to Change school. The school was established by The Choice to Change Foundation in 2010 under the philosophy of "breaking the poverty chain by providing free education and medical health services to children living in the slums of Dhaka." It was established. Currently 116 children are attending school. This month, I would like to introduce Mr. Prodip, who works as a social worker at the school.
When the school was first established, 20 students had dropped out during the year due to family reasons. Since then, we have focused on the children's home environment and have been focusing on creating an environment where children can go to school with the understanding of their parents and local residents. Specifically, Mr. Prodip, a social worker, is enrolled in the school and conducts home visits to understand the home environment. We also organize school events to celebrate New Year, Independence Day, Ramadan (fasting) and invite parents and local residents to school events so that parents can understand what the children are doing at school.
Mr. Prodip receives about 5 dropout offers every month, such as wanting to send his child to work without going to school. Mukti's family is one example. Her parents thought that her mother would quit her job and have Mukti go to work instead because her younger sister was born in Mukti's family at the age of eight. However, Mukti had excellent grades and had a strong desire to continue studying with friends. Prodip communicated to his parents the importance of continuing to study through home visits and searched for a nursery school with his mother to take care of small children. In this way, the mother left Mukti's sister, who was six months old, to a nursery school run by another NGO and started working as a housekeeper. As a result, Mukti is able to continue attending school. Prodip said, "70% of parents who go to our school do not have primary education. To parents, what kind of study and growth are children at school, why are they educated to get a job in the future? I will continue to tell you if it is necessary. "
Photo-3: Prodip and Mukti
Photo-4: School event celebrating Ramadan (fasting)
Photo-5: Parents attending parent information session
3. Introduction of Euglena
Euglena GENKI program is distributed in Euglena cookies, manufactured by a local company from 2014 April program the beginning of Nabisco, Inc. (NABISCO), has been delivered to the school. The company was founded in 1950 before the independence of Bangladesh and is a long-established cookie manufacturer with a history of more than 60 years. Currently, we produce about 50 tons of cookies and bread a day and sell them throughout Bangladesh. It also manufactures and delivers cookies for a program previously implemented by the World Food Program and the European Union to distribute nutritious cookies to elementary school children. I have also done it. From that experience, I became interested in our GENKI program and became a partner who outsources the manufacture and delivery of cookies locally.
This time, we would like to introduce Mr. Mokutal, who is in charge of manufacturing and delivering cookies for the GENKI program at the Nabisco factory in Dhaka. He manages the entire process from ordering to raw material arrangement, manufacturing, packaging and delivery of cookies to school. The hardest part of his program is not only ensuring the quality of the cookies, but also delivering them to schools in all regions without delay so that children can eat them every day. is. Unlike Japan, Bangladesh has an undeveloped transportation network, so heavy traffic is a daily occurrence. Therefore, it is necessary to consider the delivery schedule and route to the school in consideration of traffic congestion. “We are delighted that factory-produced cookies will help improve the malnutrition of children in Bangladesh. Through our sales network, we would like to bring Euglena I would like to invite the children of the GENKI program to the factory someday and explain how cookies are made. "
Photo-6: Mr. Moktar, the person in charge
Photo-7: Euglena cookies are baked
Thank you for your continued support.
Euglena Co., Ltd.
Overseas Business Development Department / Bangladesh Office