Khanyisa Wellness Programme

It is for these reasons that Agri-IQ have introduced a health and wellness programme as part of their training portfolio in the poverty-bound rural areas of developing countries.

The Khanyisa Wellness Project concentrates on the following areas: Wellness Workplace Policy development Social Change Communication Peer Education training interventions Improving life skills Gender Promotion and access to Counselling and Testing (CT) Care and Support Promotion and access to HIV treatment and related services

AGRI-IQ advocates the approach that looks at the contextual cause of wellness related issues, rather than just individual behaviour as a focus of intervention. Individuals live within a context, in which there are things they can control, and others they cannot. All of these have an impact on their behaviour and practices. This requires a multi-level approach that reduces the individuals’ risks and addresses environmental and structural issues that increase vulnerability especially within the HIV/Aids pandemic framework.

AGRI-IQ has developed a prevention and care project, The Khanyisa Wellness Programme. This addresses the different drivers of health related issues, relevant for farm workers and their communities.