My health is my responsibility

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Promoting physical activity and helping the community maintain health.

The project was implemented in partnership with the Youth Council of Bucha, Bucha Primary Health Care Center, Education Department, and Youth and Sports Department of Bucha City Council with the support of the International Fund “Renaissance”, Kharkiv Expert Group for Healthcare Reform Support and Perspectiva Agency for Change.

About the project

The project purchased sports equipment for community residents, including Nordic walking poles.

And most importantly, we managed to engage more than 200 participants in physical activity, who continue to do sports after the project, but as part of another project, Active Parks.

«Nordic walking» as a form of physical training has been studied by world doctors who have identified a number of advantages, making walking with sticks very popular among Europeans. The Finnish instructor Marko Kantaneva helped to give this sport official status by developing a special design of the sticks and describing the most effective technique for making movements.