The company has the following services under care and treatment: HTC services ART services Counselling services PMCT VMMC Home-based care services Support group. These services are offered for free to both employees and community members. The company also offers outpatient services which charges consultation fee, lab charges and medication for non-employees.

1. Patrick Masiemo (Mr)
Workplace coordinator

2. PRESENTATION STRUCTURE
• About Sonysugar
• Objectives
• The Sonysugar AIDS Control Unit (SACU)
• Organizational structure of SACU
• Activities and achievement
• Best workplace practices
• Lessons learnt
• Recommendation / Way forward

3.  South Nyanza Sugar Company limited is a Kenyan Parastatal which plays a key role
in Sugar production in the country.
 It is located along the Kisii-Migori road in Awendo town, Migori County.
 It has a human capital of about 2,000, out of which 1,200 are permanent
employees and a further 800 are on temporary contracts.
 The company has lost many employees due to the AIDS scourge with enormous
company resources directed to funerals; necessitating the need for a robust HIV
intervention.
 The company thus has managed to form partnerships with the Ministry of Health
(MoH) and Civil Society Organizations (CSO) undertaking similar interventions.
 The Company has put in place measures to combat the disease burden through
Prevention, Care, Treatment and Support for the already infected and affected.
ABOUT SONYSUGAR

4. i. To outline the role of Sonysugar AIDS Control Unit and peer
educators in reduction of HIV/AIDS at the workplace and its
environs.
ii. To share insights about best workplace practices in regard to
HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment context.
iii. To highlight the Company’s achievements in reducing HIV and AIDs
prevalence.
iv. To elaborate on the wellness programme as an entry in prevention
of non-communicable diseases.
OBJECTIVES

5. The SACU plays a significant Role in the reduction of HIV and AIDS in the
Sugar belt of Migori County. Some key mandates include:-
Coordination of all HIV/AIDS workplace activities at Sony Sugar
Facilitation of peers and workplace activities i.e. trainings, meetings,
seminars, permissions and provide badges.
Allocation of budget for HIV/AIDS activities at the workplace.
Outreach services based on HIV/AIDS activities to the surrounding
communities.
Sonysugar AIDS Control Unit (SACU)

6. Planning and delegation of HIV/AIDS activities to the workplace peers/
motivators for implementation.
Monitoring and evaluation for HIV/AIDS activities at the workplace.
Ensuring full participation of peer educators/ work place motivators.
Work closely with the medical officer and linking with other partners.
Ensuring a HIV/AIDS policy is in place and being implemented.
Capacity building of the SACU members and the workplace peers.
Sonysugar AIDS Control Unit…

7. MD
ACU
MO – ACU
coordinator
Coordinator APHIAplus Western
Kenya
Workplace Motivators
MoH/CACC/NACC
Organizational structure of SonySugar
AIDS Control Unit (SACU)

8. Prevention:
We have workplace peers who
conduct sessions at workplace to
employees.
We organize outreach services
integrated with VCT services and
reproductive health services (to reach
community and employees).
Best Workplace Practices in HIV /AIDS
Prevention, Care and Treatment context

9. We conduct in-house trainings targeting employees, their dependents
(youths) in and out of school.
The company has trained 50 workplace motivators (peer educators),
who reach their peers on HIV/AIDS prevention messages.
The company publishes massages on employees pay slips in quarterly
basis.
The company has 20 condom dispensers and they are refilled .
Medical Division conduct continuous health education to
clients/patients, employees and their dependents.
Best Workplace Practices in HIV /AIDS
Prevention, Care and Treatment context…

10. * As evident with data which is submitted to MOH and our partners
Workplace Condom distribution
JOOUST 1600
Wanganui Tea Factory 725
Ogembo Tea Factory 1325
Gianchore Tea Factory 1730
Maseno University 7325
Equator bottlers 3090
Kebirigo Tea Factory 1200
Tombe Tea Factory 50
Condom distribution and
Demonstration
Workplace Condom distribution
Itumbe Tea Factory 2850
Nyankoba Tea Factory 1157
Sony Sugar Factory 44801
Rianyamwamu Tea Factory 632
Kiamokama Tea Factory 527
Nyamache Tea Factory 920
Eberege Tea Factory 576
Total 68508

11. Company
H As
reporting
H As
trained % reporting Males Females Totals
Sony 19 50 38 118 65 183
Ogembo 5 10 50 37 18 55
Gianchore 4 10 40 19 3 22
Kiamokama 3 7 42.857143 16 13 29
Rianyamwamu 3 10 30 13 5 18
Nyamache 1 10 10 9 8 17
Tombe 3 11 27.272727 8 13 21
Sanganyi 1 10 10 46 54 100
Nyansiongo 1 10 10 29 78 107
SonySugar health activism
performance under prevention

12. The company has the following services under care and treatment:
 HTC services
 ART services
 Counselling services
 PMCT
 VMMC
 Home-based care services
 Support group
These services are offered for free to both employees and community
members. The company also offers outpatient services which charges
consultation fee, lab charges and medication for non-employees.
Care and Treatment

13. SonySugar ACU members, partners,
APHIA plus and NOPE

14. • The Company won the Level 2, Gold Award certificate during the
Grading & Awarding ceremony where 46 workplace company C.E.Os
and Coordinators attended in Kisumu City, July 2013.
• This award is one of the best workplace Health programme based on
prevention care support and treatment.
Company workplace programme
Level 2, Gold Award certificate

15. • Grading & Awarding ceremony 46 company C.E.Os and
coordinators participated (30m;16f)
• Grading system;
• Level 1 of CWPP comprehensiveness; Platinum Award
Certification (62% to 76%)
• CWPP Level 2; Gold Award certification54% -to 61% (Sony
Sugar Company Ltd)
• CWPP Level 3: Silver Award certificate43% to 53% (7
companies)
• CWPP Level 4; APHIAplus partnership award 20 % to 42%
(12 workplaces)
Achievements

16. Achievements

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Company Bench Marking
Score Average Best Practice
14. Commemorate World AIDS
1. Senior Management
5.Awareness and education
2. HIV/AIDS Focal
3. AIDS steering
4. HIV/AIDS Policy
6. Prevention through
7. Voluntary Counseling and
8. Treatment
Implementation
13. Community Outreach
Program
12. Partnerships
11.Occupational Health and
Safety (OH&S)
10.Prevention through peer
education
9. Care and support
Areas that needed immediate
address as identified by the ACU
include:
Awareness creation/sensitization
World AIDS day
Prevention through peer
educators working
Proactive ACU
Monthly ACU meetings
Joint ACU and workplace health
motivators/ Peer educators/
health activists.
The company was awarded following the elements of the
comprehensive workplace programme

18. • The company has a gym in place which plays a vital role in physical
fitness and help reducing non communicable deceases.
• The company trained two TOTs on wellness programme they are to
transfer skills to the rest of the employees and this helps to prevent
non communicable deceases.
• Every year the company involves all the employees in organizing
departmental sports day for social change and promote teamwork
hence reduce non communicable deceases.
The role of wellness programme as an entry in
prevention of Non communicable diseases

19. Workplace peers attending monthly feedback meeting as
part of capacity building

20. • Workplace Motivators and Peer educators reach out the rest of the
Company Workforce and beyond with the ACU and the Management team
supporting their activities.
• The Company had already in place HIV/AIDS policy and it was noted that it
ensure support and sustainability of workplace HIV and AIDS prevention,
care and treatment initiatives.
• Partnership and capacity building through behavior change training
conducted by the company quarterly targeting employees, workplace
peers and youth is critical in multiplying the impact of AIDS Control Unit
(ACU) involvement in HIV prevention.
Lessons learnt

21. • There is a great need for involving top management in supporting the
workplace HIV and AIDs Prevention, care, and treatment programme.
These will double the efforts for the company has to provide more
vigorous support the programs.
• There is a great need of capacity building through continues workshops
to workplace peers, ACU committee members on the new interventions
focused to reduce new HIV infections.
• As at now the company has worked on the weaknesses and look
forward to win the platinum
Recommendations & way forward

22. pmarucha@sonysugar.co.ke
OR
administrator@sonysugar.co.ke
url: www.sonysugar.co.ke
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