HEalth Practices for Own Self-Improvement Erasmus Project

Project Title

HEalth Practices for Own Self-Improvement

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building for youth in ACP countries, Latin America and Asia

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

“HEalth Practices for Own Self-Improvement” (HEPOSI) envisages a cooperation among NGOs from Europe and the Latin American region targeted at addressing the compelling challenge of promoting healthy physical activity and food consumption practices among young people through Non Formal Education (NFE) methods. The general goal achieved by HEPOSI project was to create generally applicable resources grounded on respective knowledge and understanding of the general topic. HEPOSI aims at devising a comprehensive approach grounded on Non Formal Education to empower youth organizations in Europe and Latin America to contrast low engagement in physical activity and improper food consumption habits as determinants of obesity and related health challenges among the European and Latin American youth. The WHO has placed health and physical activities among the crucial determinants of global health, underlining the role of insufficient levels of movement as one of the main factors enhancing death risk worldwide (see WHO Website). Physical activity has been proven to reduce the risk of non-communicable diseases as cancer and diabetes, enjoying therefore a crucial importance not only for the wellbeing of the individuals but also from the perspective of societal health. According to WHO data, more than 80% of the World’s population in insufficiently physically active. The combined effect of insufficient physical activities and improper food consumption patterns has been qualified as a challenge to global health by the WHO. Eurostat data (2014) outline an alarming picture regarding the diffusion of obesity (a critical risk for health and significantly connected with incorrect habits of physical activity and nutrition) among the European youth, with 22,8% of youngsters aged 18-24 overweight in EU 28. The FAO pointed out, in its 2016 Report “The Panorama of Food and Nutrition Security in Latin America and the Caribbean”, the correlation between the general decrease in malnutrition and hunger and the increase in overweight and obesity among the population of Latin America. The available data show that around 5 percent of the inhabitants of the region is either obese or overweight. At the same time, the Report highlights the disproportionate impact obesity/overweight is determining on women as compared with men. Female obesity is 10% higher than male obesity in 20 among Latin America and Caribbean countries.During HEPOSI lifetime has been: • Provided training opportunities for youth workers from Bulgaria, Italy, Paraguay and Peru through Training Course on education in healthy lifestyles, which involved youth operators from partner countries and implemented based on a Format TC jointly developed by the Consortium partners.• Youth exchange on healthy lifestyle for young people has been implemented with great feedback by all participants; • Local awareness-raising campaign on healthy lifestyle has been delivered in the partner countries;The experience has been documented in a “Healthy Sensitive Youth” Manual, outlining the methods employed throughout project learning activities as well as detailing a comprehensive outline of the project and of its achievements.Outputs of the project were:- Manual “Healthy Sensitive Youth”, is outlining the methods employed throughout project learning activities (TC and YE) as well as detailing a comprehensive outline of the project and of its achievements. – Web Platform in multiple languages (http://heposi.eu/). The Web Platform store the contents developed in the project, the details of activities (including the Social Campaign) and digital versions of the Outputs.

Project Website

http://heposi.eu

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 99771,85 Eur

Project Coordinator

ASOCIACIA ZA RAZVITIE NA BULGARSKIASPORT & Country: BG

Project Partners

• ASOCIACION PUENTE SUR
• BRIGADA DE VOLUNTARIOS BOLIVARIANOS DEL PERU
• MINE VAGANTI NGO