World Health Day – 7th April, 2015
“A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to pray for.”
Emerson rightly says ,``The first wealth is health.”Podar World School conducted a Special -Assembly on 7th April, 2015 as this day is observed as World Health Day and is celebrated by the people across the world every year under the leadership of World Health Organization to draw the attention of the mass people towards the importance of global health.
The Principal Ms. Preeta Pillai delivered a speech on World Health Day to raise an awareness towards the health issues and concerns among the students .She informed the students about WHO’s Five Keys to Safer Food. Viz:
- Keep clean
- Separate raw and cooked food
- Cook food thoroughly
- Keep food at safe temperatures
- Use safe water and raw materials
The theme chosen by WHO to run the celebration this year is ‘Food Safety’.Therefore the students from std 4th and 6th presented a skit under the guidance of Ms. Aesha Shah to promote healthier eating habits and perform an action song to convey the message of keeping healthy by avoiding junk food.The students of classes VII and VIII gave a talk on different healthy habits by giving some tips to be followed in daily life under the guidance of Ms. Nayana Rastogi. Students of class IX and X explained the food production chain through a Power Point Presentation. Importance of properly cooked and processed food and staying away from unhealthy and contaminated food was also highlighted.
Children were made aware that every year World Health Organization selects a priority area of global public health concern as the theme for World Health Day. World Health Day - 2015 on food safety is an opportunity to alert government manufacturers, retailers and public to the importance of food safety- and the part each can play in ensuring that the food on people’ plate is safe to eat as the journey of food from farm to table is not always healthy.
The assembly culminated with a beautiful thought of Mahatma Gandhi “It is health that is wealth and not pieces of gold and silver”.
