Emirates Macaroni lead the ‘Health Is My Wealth’ community programme year 3

  • Date: 27-Jan-2023
  • Source: Khaleej Times
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:UAE
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Emirates Macaroni lead the ‘Health Is My Wealth’ community programme year 3

Published: Fri 27 Jan 2023, 4:52 PM Last updated: Fri 27 Jan 2023, 4:54 PM

Emirates Macaroni lead the 'Health Is My Wealth' programme, a series of engaging community initiatives, dedicated to health education, inspiring kids, moms and families to make positive changes in their health and food safety. Focused on starting with small changes, to expansive steps and volunteering, instigating a ripple effect.

As a part of the program, the community actively participated in:

Back to School Campaign, along with Dubai Municipality Food Safety and Nutrition Department, where 15K students in 35 UAE schools learned about food safety, food groups, healthy lunch boxes and snacks. This was concluded by an inter-school competition in Children’s City, Creek Park, Dubai where over 100 kids battled it out in a health quiz bee, lunch box making and on-the-spot painting.

Consumer Awareness Campaign, together with Lulu Group, where common oversights on food safety practices and food choices were reaffirmed through digital health quizzes in selected Lulu branches that successfully reached 5k families.

UAE Influencers Forum in The Farm, Al Barari, together with Thrivin, was an interactive session that spoke about commitment to community programmes, innovation, social entrepreneurship and bringing healthier food choices. Where influencers put up a united