Innovative Health Project in Rancagua > El Rancagüino

“Education for a sustainable food system” is a project that arose from the problems that were encountered in the sector where this family health center is located, where it was noted low knowledge about recycling, free exhibition installed as a collection point for rubbish, high levels of malnutrition among the population and low Consumption of fruits and vegetables with the aim of increasing the population’s knowledge of healthy and sustainable eating.

This Work Program of the Health Department of the Municipal Corporation of Rancagua, has its centerpiece in the Local Government Action Program commissioned by the President of the Municipal Corporation and the Mayor of Rancagua, Juan Ramón Godoy, who notes that “For us the active participation of the community in the management of Family Health Centers is fundamental, and we seek Continuously to promote reinforcement and prevention in this and other areas.

Following this axis, the “Community Project: Education towards Sustainable Food” is being implemented, whose director Pia Caro commented: “It starts in this health center in a pioneering way precisely because it is an initiative that originates from the community, from our local development board, therefore, allows us to cover Concerns that come directly from neighbors. Having this pilot scheme in Cesfam is very good because it helps us get closer to neighbors and be able to work with them and thus strengthen our relationships with the community,” he said.

Among the measures implemented, a working agreement was drawn up with the leaders of the free René Schneider fair, which means the installation of a pavilion once a month at the fair for preventive medicine checks for stall holders, neighbors and passers-by. , education about healthy eating, food labeling, composting organic waste, and inorganic waste.

Barbara Roman, social worker in charge of community engagement at Cesfam N ° 5, points out that “from the local community the need to work in the environmental field was born and we transformed it from health promotion where we dealt with sustainable food through free fairs, they wanted to do collaborative action between sectors For which we work with officials in our health center and with the community in promoting and preventing health.

It should be noted that in the premises of the Family Health Center itself, a cycle of workshops on recycling and composting was implemented, which were directed to Cesfam officials, exhibition vendors and residents in the sector, with a commitment to contribute to environmental care, having a healthier society, and giving value Added to the fair sector.

This year 2023, new garden, phytotherapy and composting workshops will start for officials and the community, for which an invitation to attention is sent to the official channels of the Municipal Corporation of Rancagua.