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International Day of the Older Person
Save the Elderly Trust
September 30, 2011

This is our organisation's standing and position regarding the international day of the older person which is being commemorated on the 1st of October 2011. Our desire as Save the Elderly Trust was to celebrate the day together with the international community but because of lack of funding and resources we hope to mark the event however as belated one.

We are working closely with the community and we wanted this international day to be an eye-opener for everyone in this community and other organisations. Our elderly are appreciating our presence and the time we are spending with them sharing their emotional needs. This age is facing a lot of problem as we are noticing a big number of little children who are under the care of the elderly and resources are limited to cater for these children. It is a burden to the older person as they are not regarded as vulnerable.

We have found out from them but not all of them as some elderly people are too old to do any kind of work because of continuous illnesses. Those who are still able said that they can do some projects to help themselves rather that depending on donations. Among the projects they proposed are poultry keeping and vegetable selling. We hold on the growing of vegetable nurseries because the community is facing serious water problem although it was again a good project for the elderly. We are approaching individuals and organizations so that they can help us with the funding of these projects.

We have also lined up some activities like dramas, singing and dancing, and some are even saying they want to play football and netball. We have no resources for all these activities but we hope that as we will continue with them, individuals and organisations will love to help us.

We will continue realize the welfare of our elderly and together with you we will make a difference.

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