Sponsored projects - Ednica

Ednica - Mexico

In Mexico City, Ednica is dedicated to helping children, adolescents and young people who live and/or work in the street, to support them in building a new life. This non-profit association helps them make positive decisions for their fulfillment, such as getting an education and choosing a healthy lifestyle.

Ednica has three centers in the capital, and has pursued its initiative by fostering the creation of a non-profit association with the same mission in western Mexico.

Donation from Bel's Foundation

The Foundation wanted to get involved with Ednica through financial support for a program to promote healthy, balanced eating habits amongst 150 children and adolescents who work in the street.

In three districts in Mexico, Ednica is developing a program called “Good eating is the first step to the right to good health”, for the benefit of children and adolescents working in the streets. First of all, the association is carrying out a diagnostic assessment of the eating habits of 150 children monitored in the three centers. This assessment will also be enhanced by the analysis of the children’s nutritional condition, thanks to a project in cooperation with nutritionists in training. After the study, a program to build the young people’s awareness of healthy balanced eating habits will be implemented through workshops led by a nutritionist. Finally, a balanced lunch, prepared with the help of some of the mothers, is also provided for the young people. The lunches include fruits and vegetables, grains and other wholesome foods. In this manner, Ednica promotes the gradual acceptance of foods that children often refuse to eat. In addition, the lunches are a way of ensuring that these children, who often go to school on an empty stomach, get a good meal.

This initiative will bring about a better understanding of the issues at stake, greater awareness of a responsible exercise of the right to nutrition, as well as a direct improvement in the diet of the children and adolescents working in the street.

To find out more about Ednica: http://ednica.org.mx/