Category: About Hlokomela
Hlokomela seeks to contribute to the reduction of HIV prevalence and the impact of AIDS among commercial workers and their families through an integrated programme of prevention, treatment and care:
- Working with management to assist in developing a healthier work environment, and to develop and implement workplace wellness policies and programmes that include HIV and AIDS.
- Providing Primary Health Care by training and mentoring farm workers as caregivers (Nompilos).
- Sensitising, training, and mentoring male role models to address issues such as gender based violence, transactional sex, and poor health-seeking behaviour in men.
- Developing and implementing an integrated social change communication (SCC) programme. This includes peer communication (face-to-face dialogue between Nompilos and farm workers), peer education and the participatory development of local communication tools such as billboards, pamphlets, newspaper articles, murals and other materials. The aim is to build individual and collective esteem and create an supportive environment of caring that enables individuals to reduce high-risk behaviour and lead healthier lives.
- Organising and implementing recreational programmes to increase social participation and improve the quality of farm workers’ lives.
- Establishing and running wellness clinics to provide information, condoms, and health care services and referrals, including VCT and ART, to farm workers and their families
- Improving the nutrition of sick workers by providing them with food grown in a community vegetable and herb garden.
- Building partnerships with public and private entities to build capacity, attract resources, improve access to services and enhance sustainability.
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