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The project aims to promote the wellbeing and healthy lifestyle of children and youth, focusing on deprived areas, emphasising three key components, 1) nutrition and sport, 2) substance abuse and 3) mental health.
In the field of nutrition and sport, the project includes, inter alia, the following activities:
- Training programme on choosing healthy options in kindergartens and nurseries (including culinary workshops, sports activities, family picnics, etc.)
- Promotion of sports activities for children, youth and their parents
- Preparation of promotional and educational materials on healthy lifestyle
- Purchase of some small equipment like sports items, promotional and educational tools disseminated among children
- Education for caretakers (parents, caretakers in nurseries and kindergartens, sports trainers)
In the field of substance abuse the project includes, inter alia, the following activities:
- Research to identify factors that contribute to the initiation of tobacco use by teenagers and youth and determine how to address tobacco affordability
- Preparation of promotional and educational materials on healthy lifestyle
- A nationwide anti-tobacco campaign addressed to youth
The mental health component will include inter alia:
- Report on selection of target group
- Training for school staff, parents and carers on mental health problems of youth
- Workshops with psychologists, parents and teachers on how to help teenagers with mental health problems
- Elaboration of informational materials on methods of seeking help for disturbed children and youth
- Provision of an internet portal (website) on mental health containing e-learning courses, schooling materials for teachers and careers and informational materials for youth.