Somos Mayfair is empowering women, their families and their community to live healthy lives through free nutrition and exercise classes, health screenings and community teatro.
Latinos are more obese than all other racial groups in Santa Clara County. Mayfair's immigrant Latino community has limited access to nutritious food and safe places to exercise. Women and their families cannot afford health care. These social and economic conditions prevent these families from living healthy lives.
20 women in this 6 month program benefit from nutrition and exercise classes, health screenings, physical examinations and family gym memberships, basic healthcare that would otherwise be too expensive for these low-income families.
Obesity leads to diabetes; a deadly illness that is ravaging this community. By providing preventative intervention and care, Somos Mayfair is saving lives.
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
