SERITI INSTITUTE AND THE DO MORE FOUNDATION PARTNER TO SPREAD NUTRITION MESSAGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY

SERITI INSTITUTE AND THE DO MORE FOUNDATION PARTNER TO SPREAD NUTRITION MESSAGES ACROSS THE COUNTRY

31 Mar 2023


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A collaboration that empowers nutrition leaders to be confident.

Johannesburg- March 2023- SERITI Institute has embarked on a partnership with the Do More Foundation to empower 150 nutrition leaders to be confident in delivering nutrition messages in their local communities with the Eat Love Play Talk Programme. Individuals from the Work.Grow.Learn, aRe Bapaleng and National Youth Service Programme showed significant improvement in nutrition, play and facilitation knowledge building their confidence as nutrition leaders.

Eat Love Play Talk is a community-based programme that packages public health messaging in an interactive and non-didactic way to empower caregivers and parents around making small habit changes and healthier nutrition choices for their young children and families.

‘Seriti's partnership with the Do More Foundation has brought together awareness on the value of nutrition and food security. Through this collaboration, The aRe Bapaleng Caregiver networkers and nutrition leaders have gained a better understanding of the significance of health and nutrition in communities and how parents/caregivers can respond to it. we are looking forward to more collaborative work with the DoMore Foundation as we all learn through play!’ Said Juanita Pardesi, CEO of SERITI Institute.

Using role-playing activities and practical skill sessions, the five-day workshop merged theory and knowledge on care, nourishment, learning, and facilitation. While focusing on adult education principles of learning and increasing the capacity for emerging leadership abilities. The master trainers were impressed by the uptake and engagement of the programme by the nutrition leaders.

Dr Jessica Ronaasen, National Programs Lead for the Do More Foundation said: “Eat Love Play Talk is a parent engagement tool which is both scalable and adaptable to different organisations needs. The Do More Foundation commends the SERITI Institute for the use of nutrition education training to empower SERITI candidates to be nutrition leaders in their local communities.”

To find out more about the Seriti programmes or the Do More Foundation follow the links below: Seriti: https://seriti.org.za/programmes/are-bapaleng/ Do More Foundation: https://domore.org.za/home