Essence of our food
Esencia de Nuestros Alimentos
In this project, mothers learn about the importance of healthy eating and its benefits such as improving the body’s defenses, the development and growth of the child, the consequences of the so-called ‘junk food”. They also learn how to prepare food, drinks, snacks, condiments and natural remedies. It also promotes the the recovery of the spirituality within ancestral community gastronomy.
Complementary workshops
In these workshops, mothers learn how to make soap and biodegradable disinfectants for use in the family kitchen. In this way we contribute to counteract the contamination of Lake Atitlán and the excessive use of plastic wrapping.
They also learn techniques for emotional health that includes ancestral practices and “compassionate listening.”
The Essence of Our Food program was initiated in 2018, directed only to the mothers of our students. However, in 2022 the invitation was extended to the mothers of first grade children from 10 schools in our community. One hundred and twenty-five of them participated in three introductory workshops and thirty of them were integrated into the program.
