AgSafe Supports Mental Wellness with Mantengo

AgSafe Launches “Mantengo” to Support BC’s SpanishSpeaking Farm Workers

The farm safety organization

AgSafe has developed a collection of wellness resources and materials in support of British Columbia’s Spanish-speaking agricultural workers called “Mantengo”.

These resources are part of AgSafe’s larger Mental Wellness in Agriculture initiative.

Supported by the Canadian

Agricultural Partnership, a federal-provincial-territorial initiative, Mantengo is a collection of inter-related videos and resources in Spanish and English to help improve the mental and physical wellbeing of agricultural workers in BC, as well as those guest workers who have traveled from outside of Canada and are working in various agricultural sectors throughout the province.

“BC’s guest workers face many emotional challenges while working here,” says AgSafe Executive Director Wendy Bennett. “Loneliness, anxiety and depression often occur as a result of being so far away from their families and community.

“We developed Mantengo to make supportive mental and