📋 Tender Overview
The National Community School Food Program of the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS) and the Provincial Municipality of Callao, through the Municipal Program of Education, Culture and Environmental Citizenship (EDUCCA) of the Environmental Control Sub -Management, implemented Biohuertos and trained students of the Educational Institution 80 Los Ninos de Jesus (Initial Level) and the 5031 Cesar Vallejo College (Primary Level).
Within the framework of the articulation with the Chalaca commune, this intervention focused on strengthening knowledge about the concept and importance of school biohuerto. In addition, issues such as the conditioning of the land prior to the crop, selection of fruits and vegetables were addressed, and the factors that influence the development of crops and types of planting (direct and indirect), in order to promote the consumption of healthy foods.
School biohuertos become learning spaces for students, who actively participate in the sowing, cultivation and harvest of products such as garlic, potatoes, linen, mango, beans, quinoa, among others. This experience promotes environmental awareness and practical learning, integrating the entire educational community: parents, teachers, students and local actors.
It is worth highlighting the valuable support of parents, convened by the directors of schools, who actively participate in the development and sustainability of these spaces.
Service complement
The consumption of food cultivated in biohuertos contributes to the contribution of essential vitamins and minerals for the proper physical and nutritional development of schoolchildren. In that sense, the educational community assumed the commitment to maintain and take care of the school biohuerto; While the program will provide technical assistance in the promotion of healthy eating and will supervise the stages of the School Food Service, including the stage of adequate solid waste management.
The activity was conducive to share with the educational community, the availability of the free line 0800 20 600, to meet any consultation and solve doubts about the service.
