Healthy families, Happy lives

After our homes, our office and workplaces become the second most familiar place for many in the workforce. In fact, if we remove the amount of time we sleep at home we end up spending more active time at the office than in our homes. For this reason, many companies and organisations realise the need to have a healthy work-life balance and have begun to include families in end of year official fun day events.

This allows families to come together to meet their partner’s colleagues and hear about what the company or organisation is doing. Being inclusive of family members goes a long way in building trust and appreciation between the workforce and their families.

Bel isi PNG was privileged to be invited to two of our partners and subscribers Family Fun Days to witness the joyous events and raise awareness among staff and their families on the services Bel isi provides. The theme of the event was ‘Healthy families, healthy lives’.

On Saturday the 7th of October, BSP held its Family Fun Day at two different locations to ensure COVID-19 protocols were observed. The two venues included the Oil Search National Football Stadium and Sir John Guise Stadium. Hundreds of BSP staff turned up at both locations with their spouses, children and other family members to take part in a fun packed program of Zumba, games, the police dog show and the now famous senior management team relay led by their staunch CEO, Robin Fleming.

Robin Fleming, BSP CEO, ready with his BSP relay team.

The United Nations held their Family Fun Day in quite a different setting but with no less fun on Monday the 7th of December at the Port Moresby Nature Park. Under the United Nations Delivering as One banner, all the different UN agencies turned up with their families to celebrate the end of a challenging year tackling COVID-19 in partnership with the PNG Government.

The UN Resident Coordinator Gianluca Rampolla led his team and their families in dance and light-hearted fun after going through a year full of uncertainty to ensure the pandemic was managed appropriately.

Bel isi PNG and other services providers such as Lamana Dental and the Cancer Foundation were also present at the event to inform staff and their families on where to go if they needed help.