Summer Learning Journey 2019-20 | Week 3, Day 4 | Activity 2: iMoko

Welcome to another post on my blog. This is the third week for the Summer Learning Journey 2019-20. If you don't know, the Summer Learning Journey is a holiday programme where we do blog posts over the summer holidays. This is because we don't drop down in our reading and writing. Because over the holidays, we have so much fun and not do any reading or writing, so we drop down in our scores.

The second week of this Summer Learning Journey is about Experiments & Gadgets: Science, Technology and Invention.

Activity 2: iMoko [4 points] 

Dr Lance O’Sullivan is a Māori doctor who lives in Kaitaia, Northland. He has committed his life to improving the health and well-being of both his patients and people in the local community. In 2014 he was named New Zealander of the Year. 

Together, Lance and his wife, Tracy, have started some very cool projects in New Zealand including affordable clinics, the Kāinga Ora (healthy homes) initiative and the MOKO Foundation. The MOKO Foundation provides healthcare for students in school-based clinics. He has also started iMOKO, a digital initiative (programme) whereby people living in communities without doctors, can take photos of health issues and send them to doctors in Kaitaia. The doctors look at the photos, provide advice and can send a script to the local pharmacy so that the patient can get medicine. This programme is improving the health and well-being of people living in rural Northland.

For this activity please think about your own health and well-being (hauora). What do you, or those in your family, do to stay healthy?

1. Protect Skin - Because sun exposure is linked to skin cancer. 
2. Get enough sleep - Most people need sleep, it has a strong effect on your ability to concentrate.
3. Wash hands - One of the easiest and most effective ways to avoid catching whatever bugs are going around.
4. Think positive - A healthy positive attitude helps build a healthier immune system and boosts overall health. Your body believes what you think, so focus on the positive.
5. Eat vegetables - Having five servings of vegetables a day. Most vegetables are naturally low in fat and calories. Vegetables are important sources of many nutrients, including potassium, dietary fiber, folate (folic acid), vitamin A, and vitamin C.