Mobile Mural
Mobile Mural is a 30 ft x 9 ft mural that will travel to rural communities in the country placed on a truck. It is a collaboration between a Nicaraguan muralist group, the Nicaraguan Health Department and ICAS/Juntos Adelante. Their mission is “to be committed to the rescue of our values, identity, culture and committed to social awareness through murals”.
In rural Nicaragua, murals are an effective way to spread messages of public health including HIV prevention, the importance of a clean environment, promotion of health and well-being through exercise, and the encouragement to get health exams such as pap smears. Nicaragua’s Ministry of Health and provides free health services to the community with up to 75% of the local population relying on the public health system for their health care.