The “Aiming for a Healthy Life” Project with contract identification number 25-00-44/27.07.2022, implemented by the “Youth Institute for Development” Association, has been launched.
The project “Aiming for a healthy life” is financed by the Ministry of Youth and Sports under the National Program for the Implementation of Youth Activities under Art. 10a of the Gambling Act 2022
The main goal of the project “Striving for a healthy life” is related to the development of knowledge, attitudes and skills for leading a healthy lifestyle among young people by involving them in educational activities and discussion forums emphasizing the importance of their health.
The specific objectives set in the project proposal are:
• Ensuring awareness of the target group about ways to lead a healthy and fulfilling lifestyle;
• Acquaintance of the target group with the main aspects of a healthy life and ways to achieve them;
• Promotion of leading a healthy lifestyle among young people by developing a training program;
• Dissemination of information materials related to the promotion of a healthy lifestyle as a factor in achieving physical well-being.
The direct target group of the project includes 30 young people from 15 to 29 years of age, living in the territory of the city of Sofia, including minimum 10% (ten percent) disadvantaged youth.
The activities included in the project are:
Activity 1: Organization and management of the project “Striving for a healthy life”
Activity 2: Information campaign and promotion of the Program and project “Striving for a healthy life”
Activity 3: Developed tools that will be used to influence the target group – Development of a training program “Striving for a healthy life”
Activity 4: Conduct training and skill building programs on the topic of promoting healthy lifestyles
Activity 5: Holding a discussion forum “How to lead a healthy lifestyle” aimed at working with the target group in order to build socially responsible behavior
Activity 6: Conducting an informational campaign with the aim of acquiring knowledge, skills and attitudes on the topic of promoting a healthy lifestyle
Tackling the main enemies of a healthy lifestyle (smoking, alcohol use, eating unhealthy foods and not getting enough exercise) and encouraging young people to think more about themselves and their physical and mental health is at the heart of all the developed activities and expected results.
This material was created within the framework of the “Striving for a Healthy Life” Project with No. НПИМД-ТО3-М-015/2022. All responsibility for the content rests with the publisher “Youth Institute for Development” Association and under no circumstances can it be considered to reflect the official opinion of the Ministry of Youth and Sports.