PRAIS Foundation

The national movement “I’m living healthy, too!” – SETS

About the movement

Join the PRAIS Foundation within the national movement “I’m living healthy, too!” – SETS, which we have created and successfully developed in Romania for the last 14 years!

Starting 2019, our project benefits from the full support of Nestlé Romania, SETS Founding Partner since 2011, thus joining its global project: Nestlé for Healthier Kids.

The national movement “I live healthy too!” – SETS is aligned and supports the objectives of the global campaigns of the World Health Organization (WHO): “Together we fight noncommunicable diseases” – #beatNDCs and the Global Plan of Action on Physical Activity 2018-2030 – “More active people for a healthier world” – “Let’s be active!”

The SETS movement has been an active member of the International Youth Health Community Network for 5 years, and since its launch, it has been an active member of the Epode International Network – EIN, the largest global obesity prevention network that brought together 34 national programs with similar methodologies. from 23 member countries.

Over the years, since the launch of SETS, over 500,000 primary school students, their families have been able to access SETS information and educational activities, due to the voluntary involvement of over 4,500 teachers from 434 schools in over 208 cities and urban & rural communities in 19 counties.

Annually, students were able to have free access to modern educational materials for rapid learning and a variety of extracurricular activities that contribute to the development of healthy lifestyle habits.

Objectives

The SETS objectives are: promoting a balanced lifestyle and well-being among children aged 6 to 12, primary school students, informing them and their families, through teachers, about the benefits of a balanced diet, hydration, quality of sleep, hygiene personal, daily physical movement, sports, quality time spent with family, friends, colleagues, and care for nature, promoting moral values, in a holistic approach: mind, body, spirit.

The social inclusion of children from vulnerable backgrounds is also an achieved goal.

“At the basis of our success, in addition to the methodologies of the PRAIS Foundation, internationally recognized as a model of good practices, is the public-private partnership which includes state institutions, medical organizations, sports and universities, SETS Scientific Council, Nestlé Romania – SETS founding partner. We thank all those who supported us in the development of the national SETS movement! You can get involved too!
Be part of the “I live healthy too!” – SETS movement.”

Silvia Bucur, PRAIS Foundation President

SETS outcomes on 2023-2024 edition

The 2023-2024 edition of the national movement “I live healthy, too!” – SETS, initiated by the PRAIS Foundation in partnership with Nestlé Romania, ended with a record of national expansion. The PRAIS Foundation team managed to expand the project in 208 cities and towns in 19 counties. Thus, there was a territorial increase of more than 9 times compared to the coverage of 2019, the year in which SETS became part of the Nestlé for Healthier Kids global initiative.

In total, 60,000 students from 434 primary schools were able to have free access this school year to quick learning tools, video educational materials and information on the SETS social media platforms created by the PRAIS Foundation team.

“After 13 years of implementation, the national SETS movement continues to massively involve children, teachers, families, and our partners. The latest recorded results make us confident in the mission we have undertaken to contribute measurably to the formation of healthy lifestyle habits, among students between the ages of 6 and 12″, said Silvia Bucur, President of the PRAIS Foundation.

“The goals and results achieved within the national SETS movement are aligned with our global Nestlé for Healthier Kids initiative, through which we aim to promote the healthy lifestyle and well-being of millions of children. For us, it is a priority to educate children from an early age to be able to make healthy nutritional choices, to consume vegetables and fruits, to do physical activities, sports and to spend quality time with family and friends, in the communities where they live”, said Irina Siminenco, Corporate Affairs Manager Nestlé Romania.

The 13th edition of the SETS movement marked a series of new highlights regarding the implementation and participation in the activities carried out:

More than 152 institutional partnerships were signed with government bodies, institutions and schools.
2 public events were organized promoting the messages of the movement and valorizing the participating pupils and teachers, reaching more than 2,000 people.
3,745 hours allocated to SETS extracurricular activities by teachers, based on SETS educational materials.
11,800 “Happy and healthy snacks”: the favorite activity of the students, who put their creativity and skills to work in the kitchen, making culinary creations rich in vegetables and fruits, an excellent exercise for fixing knowledge about balanced nutrition.
Over 10,370 drawings – “NutriPlate – Stories of water, vegetables and my favorite fruits!”: students learned about the importance of eating fruits and vegetables, drawing with talent and imagination.
Over 10,000 pupils participated to “SETS GymClass” invigorating gymnastics sessions in classrooms.
SETS’ social media platforms reach over 110,000 users, engaging more than 65,000 users, and gathering 97,000 reactions.
3 press campaigns were organized, resulting in 68 press materials and over 1 million unique weekly readers.

The impact study, carried out at the end of the 13th SETS edition, shows that 99.7% of the respondents – teachers believe that participating in the project’s activities helped the students to adopt healthy lifestyle habits. At the same time, 99.8% of the teachers who answered the questionnaire confirmed that the students’ parents also highly appreciated the usefulness of the project, which is why they directly supported their involvement.

Events

Over the last years PRAIS Foundation organized several major public events, gathering more than 6,000 participants – pupils, professors, families, general public. Young artists, athletes, opinion leaders have transmitted motivational messages of environmental protection, healthy lifestyle in harmony with nature.

2020: “The well-being of school-age children, a priority!” Conference and E-book launch

2022: Reconnection! The World Seen Through Children’s Eyes!

2023: “International Day of Sport for Development and Peace” & “All Children Sing and Dance”

2024: “Health Superheroes invite you to Movement and Fun!” in Children’s World Park in Bucharest & “SETS DAY at M. Santimbreanu School”

Awards

In 2012, the EIN network, of which SETS was a part, was designated by the European Commission through DG SANCO as the “Best Health promotion European project”, and the interventions on physical activities within the movement “I live healthy too!” – SETS have been designated “a model of good practice”.

In 2013, the national movement “I live healthy too!” – SETS won the Excellence Award, second place, at the Romanian PR Award 2013, and in 2014, won the Third Prize at the Civil Society Awards Gala.

In 2021, Nestlé for Healthier Kids – the global Nestlé Romania project, joined by the national SETS movement in 2019, obtained Gold recognition in the Nutrition / Wellness category within the Community Index 2021, the first and only index of programs and projects developed by Romanian companies to invest in communities.

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