Friday 8
march 2013 was totally about the women. International Women's Day is an
important day for women all over the world and off course Bersahara wanted this
day to be all about our women.
For this day
we chose “celebrating health” as our theme. We believe that empowerment starts
with a good health, together with education, training and income generation.
Many women
in Indonesia suffer from unstable blood pressure and diabetes. Main causes are
unhealthy nutrition habits and a lack of regular check-ups. Just by educating
them on these two simple things we can avoid unnecessary health problems and
contribute to the empowerment process.
In order to
celebrate International Women's Day , we offered the women a 'healthy present'.
Dr. Desi Silaen, general practitioner and expert in natural healing visited our
office in Kuta. Together with her team from Mataram , they did health
examination for the women. There were 100 women who received blood pressure and
glucose test. As the outcome 5 women have diabetes , 20 have high blood sugar and the others have
problem with common diseases like headache and back pain that caused by lack of
drinking water.
After the
check-up they got not only health advices and explanation about how the
importance of drinking water as natural remedy but also medication and a goody
bag which contains a calendar and fruits .
International
Women's Day was a success! We are so grateful for the help we got from Doctor
Desi Silaen and volunteers from Adventist Church Mataram. They did an amazing
job!
In the future we will try to give the women
extra lessons about health and hygiene.
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| Consultation with Dr. Desi Silaen. |
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| Blood pressure test |
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