Comments on: Ideas That Change

By: Teacher Ria

Teacher Ria — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:46:41 +0000

thank you all for joining! will send the entries to the sponsor now and update you as soon as I find out who the winners are!

By: Teacher Ria

Teacher Ria — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:08:49 +0000

i love how your suggestion goes all the way from planning to evaluating! great idea roch!

By: Teacher Ria

Teacher Ria — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:07:02 +0000

i like this idea! a sports program goes beyond just health and wellness too, it promotes social and emotional development as well

By: Nica

Nica — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:04:48 +0000

My idea is very simple: put lots of durable trash cans around. People, kids and adults alike, throw trash on the streets because they can’t see a trash can around. I have observed this while waiting for my daughter at a nearby public school. There are plenty of candy wrappers and plastics thrown around because no trash can was in sight in the school grounds or in the gates. Then this afternoon it rained for 20 minutes and the street’s almost flooded because trash already made their way to the canals.

By simply providing trash cans, we are giving people a reason not to just throw things on the streets. There’d be less worries during the rainy season and cleaning the streets won’t be such a burden to our public workers.

By: Ellen Joy

Ellen Joy — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:12:52 +0000

“If you were given a chance to do one good thing to improve the health and wellness situation in a community, what would it be and why?”

If I had enough funds and a dynamic group of people who could work with me, I’d organize a small team of writers and artists.

The writers would write stories about typical but wrong health ideas, practices and myths (etc. second-hand smoke is not dangerous, being obese is healthy, using alcohol when a child has fever, etc.). On the other hand, the artists would either make a graphic book on those stories or if there were theater actors, maybe they can also devise a play.

The stories must fit the comprehension ability of elementary students, and then maybe the books can be distributed for free and read in classrooms (maybe for P.E or homeroom class), or in health centers… or the play can be shown on school programs or in community events (ex. fiestas, community health day, etc.)

I believe these would have long term effects on improving the overall health situation of everyone.

By: Carla Liza Guillermo

Carla Liza Guillermo — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:13:43 +0000

If I will be given a chance to do one good thing to improve the health and wellness situation in my community, I will build a big and well-equipped animal shelter. This loving home will be managed by dedicated persons that crave for change in their own simple ways. I believe that human and animals should have a harmonious relationship or co-exist in a healthy environment. It is a known fact that stray dogs and cats harbor diseases as well as danger to the people through their possibly rabid bites. Most people show aversion toward these creatures. If a good and highly-maintained place will keep them and control their population, people will be more aware of their importance to the society. They will eventually show affection, responsible pet ownership and better persons.

By: April Grace Lacson

April Grace Lacson — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:32:32 +0000

I am in my 20′s now and I wouldn’t deny that I have become conscious of my weight that also affects my health.As a young woman, I often meet older women and can’t stop to look at their unfit bodies which is either too fat or too thin, which makes them unhealthy.My concern recently has been for those overweight women and men as well who are at risk of so much diseases which is probably due to unhealthy diet and lack of exercise.

I want to hold a project which will help overweight women and men be oriented on how to have healthier bodies. A weekly seminar especially for the poverty-stricken areas is what I would like to hold. The seminar would consist not only about information on proper diet but will also include a series of exercise regimen which can vary per session ( yoga for the first week and aerobics for the next one), which can give them ideas on how to be fit without spending a lot of money. Pharmaceutical companies can also take part in this endeavor by conducting free clinics in the areas which can help them know if they are at risk of certain diseases.

By: Roch

Roch — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:29:53 +0000

Question:
If you were given a chance to do one good thing to improve the health and wellness situation in a community, what would it be and why?

My answer:
Information Empowerment Project
Provide a venue for knowledge w/c includes:
1) List of diseases that affected that community, includes # of people affected in that community
2) Vaccines available for that diseases and where they could get them
3) tips on how to prevent those kinds of diseases
4) list of wellness activities available for the activity for a healthier life
5) scorecard to measure the success of the project

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By: Teacher Ria

Teacher Ria — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:54:05 +0000

i agree small things add up and yes, if we get something in return, such as extra cash, why not, diba?