There is so much inequality across the world, especially in regards to health. Even though the United States is one of the wealthiest nations in the world, it has an astronomical wealth gap especially in regards to health. Aishwarya has particularly witnessed this in the college city of Pittsburgh and knew something had to be done, especially since this is in regards to health which is a right and necessity and NOT a privilege.

The idea of Healthy Heroes Pittsburgh is to use health education as a way to combat this health gap and create a stronger, healthier Pittsburgh community. The three biggest health concerns children in Pittsburgh face are childhood obesity, immunization and vaccines as well as preventive health/wellness. Healthy Heroes Pittsburgh will begin by first creating a community website for everyone in the Pittsburgh community to be able to access. Health education will be detailed in this website for community members to learn from and follow. In addition, presentations at different schools in the Pittsburgh area will be given about nutrition, sanitation, vaccines, etc in order to educate the children about common health issues. Brochures will be sent to the schools so that children have something physical to take home. Health education newsletters will also be sent to families for them to learn more about these issues. If communities are well educated about health issues, many of these problems can combat itself and people in the community won’t have to feel helpless by relying on the healthcare system. Instead, they themselves will be able to do more for themselves.

Aishwarya and the project team plan to reach at least two classrooms or Pittsburgh community centers and host three workshops in each, totaling to at least 6 sessions with the goal of having 20 attendees at each session. The team aims to positively impacy the lives of at least 100 people.