Partnership and Health promotion

A few years ago the first contacts were made between SEEDS and a health care college. This health care college has a strong focus on community health care. Every year their students need to do an internship in a community that is underdeveloped. They develop a program that can improve the health situation in isolated villages.

SEEDS workers and local YPP employees have built a partnership with this health care college in the last 6 months.

There is a big need in the Riau villages for health promotion. There is a lack of knowledge about personal hygiene and other common diseases. By securing a partnership with the health care college, we were able to facilitate health promotion workshops. The students prepared materials and presentations to teach the adults and children in the village about personal hygiene and hypertension.

Around 70 villagers and 40 children attended the health promotion workshops. Many of them were able to get answers to specific questions and gained new knowledge. It’s encouraging to see how partnerships can benefit the community health program in the Riau villages. The people in the village gained new knowledge, the students gained more experience, and partnerships grew stronger.