AFES Mental Health promotes the Calendula Project

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‘Calendula: agroecology for inclusion in mental health’ is financed by the call for grants aimed at the execution of projects that promote the rights of people with disabilities and those in a situation of dependency on the Ministry of Social Welfare, Equality, Youth, Children and Families of the Government of the Canary Islands.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_btn title=”VOLVER A NOTICIAS” style=”gradient-custom” gradient_custom_color_1=”#ffffff” gradient_custom_color_2=”#ffffff” gradient_text_color=”#005b50″ shape=”square” align=”center” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-chevron-circle-left” add_icon=”true” link=”url:%2Fnoticias%2F|title:NOTICIAS||”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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AFES Mental Health promotes the Calendula Project, which combines agroecology and mental health

Participants share experiences with organizations related to the values ​​of AFES Mental Health: environmental and human care.

AFES Mental Health promotes the project ‘Calendula: agroecology for inclusion in mental health’, whose objective is to weave networks with people and entities committed to the development of sustainable and environmentally friendly practices and, in this way, promote individual and collective well-being.

Last February, the participants and professionals visited the FROME de Coplaca farm in the municipality of Güímar, an extension of organic production of avocados and tropical fruits where techniques that reduce the environmental impact of agricultural activity. During the tour, the workers explained to the attendees how they introduce native flora species to increase the biodiversity of birds and pollinating insects, the alternatives that exist to the use of chemical substances, the systems to reduce water consumption, etc.

In this way, they learned first-hand about the cultivation method, the process of collecting and packaging the products, in addition to the ecological corridor that they have created with the purpose of uniting natural areas and preserving the life, migration and interrelation of wild animals. . As the entity explains, «The meeting not only allowed them to learn good agroecological practices, but was also a therapeutic reinforcement “which has been an impetus to improve their work in the garden and take care, even more so, of their mental health.”

Later, the Calendula team received a visit from nine professionals from a hospital in the city of Lodz, in central Poland. The group, made up of psychologists, educators and therapists, came to learn about the activities carried out as part of the project, and even collaborated in the day’s chores. He also had the opportunity to discover the work carried out in the occupational center and the psychosocial rehabilitation center, and thus have a global vision of different programs that support recovery of people with mental health problems. Developing this enriching initiative was possible thanks to the EDUPLUS Educational Associationdedicated to promoting cooperation, learning and exchanges of experiences at the European level from its headquarters in Tenerife.

Both meetings have contributed to strengthening the empowerment and group cohesion of the project participants. «“The knowledge and shared reflections on agroecology and the physical and psychological benefits it brings still resonate in them,” They say from AFES Mental Health. Meanwhile, they have conveyed the need to replicate these actions in various areas and with different objectives, ranging from prevention to the comprehensive approach to psychological discomfort.

‘Calendula: agroecology for inclusion in mental health’ is financed by the call for grants aimed at the execution of projects that promote the rights of people with disabilities and those in a situation of dependency on the Ministry of Social Welfare, Equality, Youth, Children and Families of the Government of the Canary Islands.

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