KHUTALA COLLIERY WELLNESS COMMITTEE PRESENTATION 2018 • 06 DECEMBER 2018
KHUTALA COLLIERY WELLNESS COMMITTEE The COMMITTEE meets every first Wednesday of each month There is an annual plan / calendar for significant events / celebration days There is an annual budget to cater for events Committee focus’s on: Personal wellness of mine employees and contractors Good nutrition Fatigue management Planning for campaigns / celebration days Training of Committee members
• WELLNESS COMMITTEE YEAR PLAN 2018 JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH Sunsmart Skin Cancer Awareness Month 4 World Cancer Day TB Awareness Month = Red with White ribbon Wellness big containers 4 x containers 10-16 STI / Condom Week = Light green ribbon Wellness condom caring 22 x bags for team Wellness water containers with tap 4 x APRIL MAY JUNE Health Awareness Month Anti-Tobacco Campaign Month = Brown ribbon Men’s Health Month / National Blood Donor Month / 7 World Health Day – Alcohol awareness 5 World Hand Hygiene Day National Youth Month = Light blue ribbon 24-30 Global / African Vaccination Week 2 International Cancer Survivor’s Day Health and safety at work campaign Hearing disorders = Gold& Silver ribbon 6-12 Burns Awareness Week – IMBAWULA - Hearing loss 12 World Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction 14 World Blood Donor Day - Eye protection Syndrome = Navy blue ribbon Visiting orphanage homes with scarfs & bantams' - Finger loss 17 World Hypertension Day 24-28 SANCA Drug Awareness Week - Eating well and sleep enough JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER Awareness Month / Eye Care Awareness Month (spans 19 Mental Illness Awareness Month = Green ribbon National Women’s Month – women celebration September to 16 October) / Organ Donor Month / Child Health Month = Green 2-6 Heritage month – culture diversity sharing celebration 18 International Mandela Day ribbons Prostate cancer = Light blue ribbon All tumors & lestors = Turquoise ribbon Toiletries for boys and girls at school & orphanage homes 29 World Heart Day OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER Breast Cancer Awareness Month / Mental Health Awareness Month = Pinky ribbon 3 Disability Rights Awareness Month 9-15 National Nutrition Week Family day 3 World AIDS Day = Red ribbons 10 World Mental Health Day = Grey ribbon 14 World Diabetes Day = Grey ribbon 12 National Bandana Day 25-10 Dec 16 Days of Activism on No Violence Against 15 Global Hand Washing Day Women & Children – White ribbon 15-19 National Obesity Week 10 November 2018 family day 31 October blood donation
• WELLNESS COMMITTEE TRAINING The Committee attended a 2-week Wellness Course, presented by an accredited consultant The training covered HIV, TB, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, NUTRITIONAL PROGRAMMES TO IMPROVE HEALTH, and symptoms of those diseases The course was attended by 18 Wellness Committee members We have experience in terms of the importance of knowing your status and getting treatment as soon as possible. The importance of nutrition for our bodies was also highlighted, as well as the advantages of growing your own vegetables The importance of knowing how to plant vegetables, knowing where are you going to plant them, the types of soils etc., seasonal preference of different vegetables and fertiliser requirements were all covered by the course We are now empowered Wellness Champions, and we are able to deal with wellness challenges in the chronic disease space, and we are able to educate our employees, families, communities etc. that a healthy lifestyle requires good nutrition, hygiene, exercise, stress management ,early treatment on infection as well as fatigue management The way forward is to implement what we have learned at the course for the benefit of the employees and the company
• WELLNESS COMMITTEE TRAINING
QUARTERLY BLOOD DRIVES WITH SANBS
• CANCER SHAVATHON
• MANDELA DAY
• FAMILY DAY
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
• BREAST CANCER AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
• IN CLOSING Lets take our health very seriously Be your brother’s keeper Together we stand but divided we fall We are all players of this game, don’t play a person but play the ball for the benefit of all A sick workforce leads to poor production, whilst a healthy workforce leads to safe, good production Management are supporting the Wellness Committee, it is not a job for the Committee alone, and everyone is a game changer on this journey of health and safety for our employees and contractors Let us be champions of our health and be responsible for our own health!
THANK YOU SIYABONGA
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