UNRWA starts a healthy lifestyle campaign with its schools in the Gaza Strip

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Palestinian National Liberation Movement - Fatah:
Gaza - Al-Rawasi - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced today, Monday, that it has started a healthy lifestyle campaign in its schools in the Gaza Strip.

UNRWA, according to its statement today, Monday, the 3rd of this month, launched a healthy lifestyle campaign under the slogan "Your health is important" in its schools in the Gaza Strip.

The campaign is part of UNRWA's broad approach to raising and increasing awareness among students, parents, education staff, and society in general about promoting a healthy school environment.

The inaugural ceremony was organized at Al-Madinah Al-Munawara Preparatory School for Girls in the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. The celebration clauses included exhibitions and information offices on healthy food and disease prevention such as diabetes, theater and musical performances that included a restaurant serving natural juice and healthy dishes with students representing the role of waitresses And drawing activities.

During the opening ceremony, 12-year-old Raghad Abu Shammala, a student, participated in acting as a waitress at Al Madinah Al Munawwarah Healthy Food Restaurant, and she commented on the event and to promote and spread healthy food among parents and students: "By eating healthy food, we help protect our bodies."

One of her teachers, Rania Abu Taha, who helped organize the celebration, added: "If students learn about health, healthy lifestyles, and potential illnesses when they are young, they will mostly absorb them, concentrate information, and maintain a healthy lifestyle when they grow up."

She continued: For students in order to understand the advice provided to them by the education staff at "UNRWA", it is important for them to be involved in the campaign and start promoting a healthy environment in their schools themselves, and one of the most important means to reach students and involve them in communication activities and events are parliaments Schools.

As for the student, Ruba Abu Libdeh (15 years), a member of the Health Committee in the School Parliament in Al-Madinah Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah School, she said: “Every Thursday, we organize an awareness session for school students and address questions and topics related to healthy eating habits and nutrition.”

 A healthy lifestyle campaign, according to the UN statement, is part of the health strategy in UNRWA schools that promotes healthy development for students through implementing a child-centered education approach, providing student-friendly school spaces and quality education on health and nutrition, as well as comprehensive health services from During the UNRWA health program.

The campaign will focus over the next two months, and will include a variety of activities in several UNRWA schools across the Gaza Strip, and these activities will vary between open discussion sessions with students and parents in cooperation with the UNRWA health program on children's health and habits Healthy eating and prevention of diabetes, iron deficiency and obesity says the statement.

It is planned that there will be other activities such as a drawing competition to reflect the students ’understanding and assimilation of the campaign, open days, and joint preparation for healthy breakfast. In addition, a song for the healthy lifestyle campaign will be produced by the UNRWA channel and performed by students from the UNRWA schools. In Gaza, it will be shown and broadcast at the beginning of every school day and during breaks.