ABC Nutrition Class in Mactzul II

This afternoon, Tomas and I went to Mactzul II to do a nutrition class. We did these classes last year for the ABC Communities but since that time have added two more communities. We are now catching them up.

Today, we talked about basic nutrition and how to increase protein in the diet. As in many areas, people are continuing to eat a lot of carbohydrates. Many carbohydrates do not have vitamins or are very healthy so we are focusing on a better diet.

The first part of the class, we study what food groups are. For the second part of the class, the children are given photos and then they classify the group that their food belongs to. It is a lot of fun but we also see how much they learn in a short amount of time.

This was a very quiet group and I had to work hard to get them to participate but eventually, they loosened up a little. There are 24 ABC children in this community. Everyone was there but one family.

Tomas helping some of the children classify their photo. This young girl had a photo of black beans.

The next young lady had a photo of cauliflower but I missed what she said. Apparently, it was funny and it is good to see the promoters enjoy the classes.

The mothers listening to their children during the class.

We had 30 people for the class and it was good.

Tomorrow, the guys and I will head to Mactzul V for clinic.