March 27-28, 2015
Peace Corps Volunteer Alison Elder in cooperation with local associations and volunteers Liz Jones and Dre Filzen conducted a Women's Health Workshop in Ksar Taos, a small village near Boudnib. Over 100 women were tested for diabetes and high blood pressure and more than 65 attended various workshop sessions related to women's health. Peace Corps Volunteers led sessions on the importance of exercise and led aerobics and yoga sample classes in addition to dental hygiene and gave out toothbrushes. Other sessions covered general hygiene, nutrition, breast and cervical cancer, birth control, diabetes and high blood pressure, preventing and treating scorpion bites, and environmental sustainability. This workshop educated women on health issues, but also provided a space for women to gather and discuss and take ownership of important issues facing their community.
Peace Corps Volunteer Alison Elder in cooperation with local associations and volunteers Liz Jones and Dre Filzen conducted a Women's Health Workshop in Ksar Taos, a small village near Boudnib. Over 100 women were tested for diabetes and high blood pressure and more than 65 attended various workshop sessions related to women's health. Peace Corps Volunteers led sessions on the importance of exercise and led aerobics and yoga sample classes in addition to dental hygiene and gave out toothbrushes. Other sessions covered general hygiene, nutrition, breast and cervical cancer, birth control, diabetes and high blood pressure, preventing and treating scorpion bites, and environmental sustainability. This workshop educated women on health issues, but also provided a space for women to gather and discuss and take ownership of important issues facing their community.
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