Win-win: Programme to offer support to elderly citizens
The initial phase of the programme will involve 475 grandparents, school officials and children.
KARACHI:
The Taraqui Association for Human Development, a voluntary organisation working for the welfare of the elderly, recently started a programme that will encourage healthy intergenerational relationships among children and the elderly.
While providing details about the programme at a meeting at a community school in Gulshan-e-Maymar, Jugnoo Salahuddin said that Pakistan, as a signatory to the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, needs to address the challenges facing its 11.2 million elderly citizens.
She said that the programme will provide support to senior citizen groups and provide schoolchildren with volunteering opportunities in their community. She seemed confident that nearly 90,000 members of the community will benefit from this mechanism.
The initial phase of the programme will involve 475 grandparents, school officials and children taking part in activities like storytelling and experience sharing.
The next step will be the launch of the Geriatric Information Club (GIC), which will disseminate information about various ageing disorders and conditions to these elderly groups. The information will also be educational for care givers of elderly family members.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 24th, 2012.
The Taraqui Association for Human Development, a voluntary organisation working for the welfare of the elderly, recently started a programme that will encourage healthy intergenerational relationships among children and the elderly.
While providing details about the programme at a meeting at a community school in Gulshan-e-Maymar, Jugnoo Salahuddin said that Pakistan, as a signatory to the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, needs to address the challenges facing its 11.2 million elderly citizens.
She said that the programme will provide support to senior citizen groups and provide schoolchildren with volunteering opportunities in their community. She seemed confident that nearly 90,000 members of the community will benefit from this mechanism.
The initial phase of the programme will involve 475 grandparents, school officials and children taking part in activities like storytelling and experience sharing.
The next step will be the launch of the Geriatric Information Club (GIC), which will disseminate information about various ageing disorders and conditions to these elderly groups. The information will also be educational for care givers of elderly family members.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 24th, 2012.