To celebrate the two years since the Employment, Immigration and Civil Status departments have joined as a ministry, a ‘Fitness Fun Day’ was organised by the social welfare committee of the ministry on Saturday October 12, 2019 at the Mont Fleuri sports field.

The aim of the activity was to promote fitness and a healthy lifestyle among the staff and to create a great team building experience.

Despite the rainy weather in the morning, the staff turned up and were looking forward to participate in the activities.

The event took off with a Fitness Fun walk, led by Minister Myriam Telemaque, accompanied by the principal secretaries, special advisors and staff which started off from the ministry’s office at Independence House at 8.30am until the Mont Fleuri playing field. 

Before the competition began, everyone present participated in a warm up session with some Zumba moves facilitated by Williana Dubois from the National Sports Council. Four inter-departmental teams were nominated to compete, and were categorised by colour Blue, Pink, Green and Yellow teams.

The day unfolded with different kinds of sporting activities such as football, volleyball, netball, tug of war, obstacles race, egg and spoon, shuttle relay and other traditional games such as domino and ‘lake mimi’.

The officers from the Ministry of Health were present on site to assist with general health queries. The staff took the opportunity to do a basic check-up such as blood pressure, body mass index (BMI) and sugar level.

The event ended with a prize giving ceremony, presented by Minister Telemaque and the human resource section.

The grand winner of the day was the Blue Team in first position, followed by the Pink team in second position, the Green team in third position and the Yellow team in fourth position.

The accompanying photos show some highlights of the ‘Fitness Fun Day’.

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