Dongjak-gu Distributes Nutrition Education Kits for Child Health

Delivery of kits including ▲Making My Face with Vegetables Sticker Book ▲Pinwheel Craft ▲Nutrition Board Game to 1,240 children at daycare centers, kindergartens, and child welfare facilities until the 4th

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Dongjak-gu (Mayor Lee Chang-woo) is distributing nutrition education kits to children in local daycare centers, kindergartens, and child welfare facilities until the 4th.

This distribution is being conducted to provide children, whose outdoor activities have decreased due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, with opportunities for various experiential activities.

First, the district will distribute nutrition education kits to 858 children enrolled in 10 daycare centers and kindergartens with more than 100 children in the area, including Yedam Daycare Center, Myeongsu Kindergarten, and Bethel Kindergarten.

The kits consist of a "Make My Face with Vegetables" sticker book and a pinwheel-making activity teaching proper dining etiquette, designed as a time for children and caregivers to learn together about preventing picky eating and proper table manners.

Additionally, 382 children and adolescents at 14 child welfare facilities, including Noryangjin Happy Homeschool, Shindaebang 1-dong Our Neighborhood Care Center, and Seoul Seongrowon, will receive nutrition board games and vegetable and fruit scratch book kits.

After distributing the kits, the district plans to conduct surveys targeting teachers and parents at daycare centers, kindergartens, and welfare facilities, collecting results to use as data for operating integrated programs for nutritionally vulnerable groups in the future.

Furthermore, until the end of this month, the district is promoting the nutrition improvement project "Kids, Let's Eat Fruit" for vulnerable children and adolescents.

Fresh seasonal fruits such as apples, persimmons, tangerines, and pears will be delivered twice a week to local children's centers, child welfare facilities, and Our Neighborhood Care Centers to support the healthy development of growing children.

Lim Jong-yeol, Director of Health Planning, said, "We have prepared a non-face-to-face health promotion program for children who may be vulnerable to nutrition management due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic," adding, "We will continue to expand projects that support healthy growth through experiential activities."