FIMRC Project Anconcito, Ecuador

Feliz Valentines Day eve here from Anconcito! Today, we are celebrating our fantastic group of volunteers from Roger Williams University that came to visit Anconcito in early January. They prepared posters with our newly graduated local health promoters for their final evaluation at a local health fair, assisted in that health fair, and presented pivotal nutrition education to our diabetes and hypertension clubs. Additionally, they took height, weight and iron levels of over 160 children as part of our new nutrition project in Balcón Encantado, a government run housing project built specifically for families of Anconcito who identified as having persons with disabilities or severe overcrowding in their previous housing situation. Thank you so much for your great attitudes and contagious energy!

This past December, our FIMRC team successfully executed our first annual themed music competition. This year's theme was aimed at combatting domestic violence against women and termed "Rompe tu Silencio, No Mas Violencia" (Break your silence, no more violence). Nine local high school students chose to write and perform songs about ending domestic violence in front of over 160 community members at the new local community center. We especially want to thank all of the participants and our FIMRC Anconcito coordinator, Freddy Baque for all of their hard work. It was a major victory!

¡Rompe tu Silencio, No Mas Violencia!