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Elderly News
Issue 1- May 2008
A word of begining!
We are extremely happy toshare our experiences andknowldge so far in themovement of promoting theconcept of ‘Elders for Elders’.
Here we are publishiing ‘ElderlyNews’ - a monthly electronicnews bulletin. we hope thiswould enrich your knowledgebase in connection with various
elder care programs. Weencourage your valuablesuggestions to improve thequality of the bulletin.
Expecting all of your kindcooperation in future.
Project TeamKollam
Activities of the month
§Medical Camp atThangassery§Medical Camp up at
Port Kollam§Quarterly advocacy
workshop§District federation
meetings§Village level federation
meetings§Self help group meetings§Business plan
preparation§Cluster meetings
Issue 01 May
Project Team
Fr.Joseph Detto FernandezMr.Deepak.OJ
Mr.Vinoth Kumar Mr.Joy Daniel
Ms.Vimala SipriyanMs.Lenora Roy
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Medical Camp
@ Thangassery A medical camp was organis
on 7th May 08 by the VillaLevel Federation of Elde
Thangassery. 123 older peopwere screened and t
possible solutions offereKerala Social Workers’ Club
voluntary organisation basedKollam was supported t
camp. Fr.Joseph De
Fernandez, Director of QuilSocial Service Socie
inaugurated the camp. Mr.BaLal Corporation Coulsel
Kollam was also present the At the end of the camp tvillagers selected a Villahelath Care Committee
taking care of the health caneeds of the older people in t
villag
Village Heath Care Committee-Than
“We must look after them because theyare our foundation. They must know thatthey are not abandoned and there is asafety net to provide for them. Our eldersare full of generosity and have the abilityto forgive all our mistakes”.
-Smt.Renukha Chowdhury, Hon.Minister of State for Women and
child development
Highlights of the district
level meeting
Decided to introduce loan
application forms at central level
to monitor the loan
disbursement at Villages
Opinion of forming a
contingency fund for elders at
district level was raised
Instruction was given to the
VLFs for preparing their annual
financial status report
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Quarterly Workshop for the elderly on 30th May 08 @ QSSS Hall-Kollam
Quilon Social Service Soc