Fighting Anemia And Dengue With Some Art
CATACAOS, Peru - The Last Supper at 003 Kinder School is on scene. The moment which the Catholicism recognizes the trans-substantiation of the bread and the wine into the Body and the Blood of Jesus Christ is performed by 3-to-5-year-old children studying over there. There are seven dishes prepared around following an old Holy Week's local tradition - The Seven Meals. For Qali Warma, a Peruvian government food compplementary programme, the celebration has been an opportunity to introduce the consumption of iron-rich food, so fighting the anemia and the malnutrition. The buffet included rice, fish, corn, yucca, sweet potato, qinwa, and especially cow and goat blood, which iron concentration is very high and it was pointed out by the local Health officials as an accessible choice for improving the nutritional quality of boys and girls. The producers of the activity assure the kids left empty dishes. The school's principal Cristina Chunga Goicochea says the teachers encou...
