| As an enlightenment, advocacy and intervention group made up of resource persons who are passionate about improving the feeding habit of Ghanaians, Eat Well Ghana Project is actively involved in the following activities: |
- Free consultancy in Agro/ food processing in training and set up.
- Free advice on food safety, Food handling,food security.
- Free advice and set up in food processing .
- Quality management systems.
- Supporting the youth to setup cottage industries in their community based on abundant raw material available in the community or district
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| ACTIVITIES |
- Educational campaign tour of schools, Basic Schools, High Schools, Polytechnics and Tertiary Institutions (both Public and Private).
- Encouraging schools and communities to form Eat well campaign clubs in the Schools and community clubs such as keep fit clubs.
- Providing voluntary training support for Ghana School Feeding Program to ensure food Safety and handling.
- Floats and flyers to create awareness
- Sustained TV and Radio programs to educate potential groups on the campaign
- Creating a communication platform through available mobile networks where participants can access information via SMS.
- Creating a website where participants can share information and discuss issues of nutrition and health.
- Providing critical nutritional intervention support where needed.
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SPECIFIC AREAS FOR INTERVENTION
Child Nutrition |
- Nutritional need of Children
- Essence of breast feeding
- Weaning- suitable mixes
- Malnutrition
- Bulk density - use of malt
- Growth promoting nutrients
- Contamination sources and handling
- Vitamin and mineral requirement use
- Protein needs.
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| Adolescent and Adult Nutrition |
- Nutritional Needs
- Vitamin and mineral salt needs; Sources.
- Health promoting foods
- Energy needs effect and sources
- Protein needs effect and sources
- Food choice
- Alcoholism, Drugs and Nutrition
- Foods Safety and Handling
- Common Activity and their nutritional needs
- Lifestyle and nutrition
- HIV and Nutrition.
- Common ailments and their nutritional needs
- Effect of processing on nutritional quality
- Food Allergies, Chemicals and pesticides effects.
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