Planet youth is a preventive model centered on the person, family and community The goal is to keep young Guanajuatenses safe and in safe activiti
Planet youth is a preventive model centered on the person, family and community
The goal is to keep young Guanajuatenses safe and in safe activities and environment
Irapuato/Gto News
The Secretary of Education of Guanajuato, and the Secretary of Health, launched the activities of the second Planet Youth Week that will be experienced in basic and upper secondary education schools in Guanajuato.
Jorge Enrique Hernandez Meza, Secretary of Education, noted that the 2nd Planet Youth Week aims to promote protective factors aimed at generating safe spaces for girls, boys and adolescents, through activities that encourage the participation of the students community to strengthen this universal preventive model against addictions and in favor of mental health.
Hernandez said that the Planet Youth School Week is scheduled within the Guanajuato school calendar from November 6 to 10, “the objective is for all public and private schools at the basic and upper secondary level to participate in carrying out activities to promote the various protective factors involved in the model”.
Daniel Alberto Diaz Martinez, Secretary of Health of Guanajuato, said based on the principles of the “Planet Youth” model, that the goal is to establish a solid community in which the well-being and health of children and adolescents is the center of all actions and policies.
Diaz Martinez also said that these efforts focus on the areas in which young people develop:
- The family, the school environment, the group of friends and the use of free time
“It is essential to promote community work through the promotion of healthy environments, cultural and sports recreation activities, safe spaces, as well as monitoring the activities, behaviors and emotions of girls, boys and young people”, said Diaz Martinez.
In their activities at the facilities of the Institute of Higher Studies of Irapuato -ITESI-, students from the Technical Secondary School No. 46 of Irapuato and the General Secondary School “Aurelio Mandez Sanchez” of Salamanca, participated in the conference and presentation by Jose Grimaldo Colmenero, General Director of INGUDIS, who, by exposing life experience, invited young people to work for their dreams and goals.
During the Second Planet Youth Week, informative, sports and cultural activities are planned, ranging from conferences, workshops, rallies, webinars and sports activations, among other organized by the education institutions.
The activity program is available at:
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