Newsletter Vol II Issue 1 2007 - Government of Botswana

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EMPLOYEES WELLNESS VITAL Most of the time, in the pursuit to do what is best, we forget to fulfill the mandatory needs of our children. All they need is our unconditional love and support at every step in their lives, but, we spend the time by accumulating as much wealth as we can, at the cost of our own health. Our problems erupt from a bad life style, long working hours, unhealthy food habits and bottling up of unwanted stress. Surprisingly we are all aware of these facts, but keep on ignoring them, till things go out of hand and make us just too weak to work. That’s the time when we rush to doctors. Doctors cannot cure completely; they can only treat the problem. Health is wealth, it needs attention all the time and it must be our top most priority. The worst part is that wealth may or may not be hereditary, but health is. So, if we are not healthy, how do we pass on the wealth of our health to our children for them to enjoy? Yesterday life was difficult and living was easy but today life is easy and living is difficult. We, as Batswana, have a rich cultural lineage that enables us to live a healthy and subsequently a wealthy life under all conditions, lest we believe in exporting our culture to western countries, to be approved by them, and only then we put it into use. Let’s preserve it for our future generations or else it will be destroyed. This can be only done if we inculcate them, in our own daily lives, and pass them on to our children by leading a self disciplined routine life, with a positive outlook, strong moral ethics and values. Controlling and channeling the negative into positive, works wonders for our mind, body and soul. Like food, exercise of any kind, be it yoga aerobics or even simple walking is compulsory. Taking care of one’s own self is not being selfish or self-centered. Pamper yourself by taking good care of your body. It’s said a healthy body inhabits a healthy mind. When one is in good health, only then can one take care of his loved ones and enjoy the pleasures of life in all ways possible. The legacy of health has no substitute for our future generations to come. That’s why we in the Botswana Local Police we plan to have it every year, a wellness day for a well Police Service today celebration is Serowe, who knows tomorrow might be in Tshokotshaa, YES YOU ARE INVITED”””” By Tshenolo W. Gabonthone
RESPONDING TO THE HIV/AIDS CHALLENGES The Botswana Local Police service has rolledout the male and female condom to all districts through the training of staff members. Speaking from his office Superintendent Mmolawa Phuthego said the focus was on strengthening the information, education and communication strategies. He said these include capacity building for individual officers and demonstration sessions at various talks’ shows and radio jingles. “There is an ongoing campaign on wellness days aimed at increasing awareness and proper use of condom both for male and female. All these were meant to improve the position of our personnel in so far as HIV prevention was concerned”. Phuthego said eighty percent of condom dispensers’ has been mounted strategically in their offices country wide for the distribution of male condom. He said the up-scaling was ongoing and there was hope to reach the remaining offices by the end of this financial year. He further said he was aware that female condoms were not readily available at distribution points but they were considering to increase them. Mr. Phuthego also said there are some culture perceptions influence male dominance on sexual issues over their partners which need to be addressed since they fuel the spread of HIV/AIDS. The Setswana saying “monna selepe wa adimanwa” gives men false power over their partners and this put them at a higher risk of being infected. “Having said all this, it is very clear that to win the fight against HIV/AIDS pandemic what is needed is behavioral change. Each individual is now facing a mammoth task of changing his/her behavior, which put him or her at the risk of catching the virus, into the one that will leave him at a lesser risk of getting infected. Behavioral change is a process with some slip-ups but is attainable. The process “In the absence of behavioral change new infections will continue and the treatment programs will be overwhelmed and unsustainable” he said. He also said they encourage their personnel to take action to test themselves for various diseases, as some were silent killers. Phuthego said their programme is made in such a way that officers should not depend on their partners to knowing their health status. He said if a partner is tested, it did not mean that they have a similar status. He said those knowing their status should not be excited and start engaging in undesirable actions. By Motsemme and Maetso continued from page 5 She noted that the government could not cope on its own; therefore it needed the support and initiatives such as the Masisi Organ Foundation to realise the ideal of a Healthy Nation by 2016. Ms. Nasha applauded Shell Oil Botswana for the support it extended organisers of the fund-raising event. She described the gesture as an indication that business ethics recognise the significance of ensuring that business needs were balanced with those of the society in which it operated. Giving the objectives of the event the Commandant of the Botswana Local Police College, S/Supt. Dimpho Mathumo, said the theme of the concert was Organ Donation - A Gift of Life. S/Supt. Mathumo said the Local police were touched by the everincreasing number of people in Botswana who suffered from organ failures and in need of help. She said the Botswana Local Police wanted people to learn how ailments such as kidney failure could affect them, and how to prevent such diseases. By Leungo & Phuthego
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