AAR partnered with the Uganda National Work-out and Fitness Association (UNWAFA) to organise the 'Annual Fitness And Workout Event 'on Wednesday 1st May 2013. As a sponsor, AAR provided free breast cancer screening, blood pressure check-ups, on site-stand-by ambulance, dietitian health talk sessions, and BMI measurements. Our counsellor Joy wamala also graced the occasion.Despite the fact that it was a rainy day, the event attracted over 300 participants.
Employee Wellness is something AAR Uganda does not take lightly. In November 2012, AAR Uganda started a staff Jogging club with weekly sessions. Staff members join for free. Participants are free to walk, jog ,and run. For over eight years, AAR Uganda has sponsored its staff to participate in various marathons.
'I fit in' was the catch phrase for the day which helps explains the gist of Body Mass Index (BMI) which is the relationship between height and weight. The event was a scale up initiative promoting health, nutrition, and fitness as a measure to curb the growing public health crisis of obesity and overweight in Uganda.
Fifteen percent (15%) of all proceeds from the Annual Work out and Fitness Event will go towards helping the less privileged at Smiling Faces Uganda, an NGO that looks after women and children in poor states. Most of cases are as a result of diabetes and HIV-AIDS affected families, accident victims among others. UNWAFA is a non-profit making Association that serves the health and fitness club fraternity with a mandate of growing, protecting and promoting the health and fitness industry in Uganda through regular exercises and sports. All participants at the event walked away with a free work-out DVD.
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