AgrAbility for Africa

When faced with disabilities, the level of active participation in rehabilitation care and support plays a significant role in results achieved. With continued easing of movement restrictions, the AgrAbility for Africa staff have increased community outreach initiatives to boost farmer and farmworker knowledge and engagement in their own care. This enhances their control of their bodies' physiologies from one of threat to safety, recovery, and health management. Efforts are geared towards improving understanding of hoe ergonomics to avert musculoskeletal disorders/injuries, promoting early screening to ensure better health, and productive farming.

It is fact that when stress overwhelms the nervous system, the body goes into threat physiology, a state of sustained fight or flight that makes one seriously ill. With the curtailed social connection, digital divide in rural Africa, and technology being unable to bridge the gap for a big percentage of the rural population, mental health has deteriorated for many farmers and their children in Africa. To help address the root causes (increasing access, reducing disparities, and ensuring substantial gainful activity), AgrAbility for Africa has amplified mental health interventions, works at giving farmers, farmworkers, and their children an ear and a voice in their own rehabilitation treatment, and keeps agricultural workers informed about available treatments, services, and preventative solutions.

Submitted by Mutumba Faisal