FOLLOW AGEING NEPAL

TABLE OF CONTENTS

AGEING IN NEPALI PRESS

Social Support

Social Security

Active Ageing

Development

Emergency

Elder Abuse

Neglect

Elderly in Crime

UPCOMING EVENTS

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SOCIAL SUPPORT

Senior Citizens’ Felicitation

79 Senior Citizens were publicly felicitated on the following events.

S.N. No of elders

felicitated

Age Sex Address

(District)

By Whom Where

(District)

When

(1-31

July)

Source

1. 24 60+ Both Bhaktapur Dadhikot

Senior

Citizens

Committee

Bhaktapur 7 Nagarik Daily

2. 55 85+ Both Banke Local

government

Banke 10 Gorkhapatra

Daily

Support Provided

Following events took place in July2017 for supporting the elderly.

S.N. Supporter To Whom Reason What How

Much/Many

When

Where

(District)

Source

1. Individual Manav

Sewa

Ashram

(OAH)

On the

occasion of

son’s

marriage

ceremony

Cash Rs. 500,000 6 Makwanpur Kantipur

Daily

2. Individual Manav

Sewa

Ashram

(OAH)

Birthday

Celebration

Cash Rs. 12,000 16 Kathmandu Kantipur

Daily

3. O Businessmen OAH Service Religio

us tour

- 31 Rupandehi Gorkhapatra

Daily

AGEING IN NEPALI PRESS

(July: 1-31, 2017)

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Free Taxi Service for Elderly

Kantipur Daily

Kaski, July 10, 2017

Elderly living in old age home and over 90 in Pokhara city are enjoying free taxi

service since a month. Generous taxi driver Chit Ale is providing this service for

older people of Pokhara, Kaski district. “Many people laugh at me because they

have not tasted the satisfaction of getting blessings from older people”, said Mr.

Ale.

SOCIAL SECURITY

OAA at Home

Nagarik Daily

Khotang, July 7, 2017

Newly elected people’s representatives of Majhuwagadhi Municipality of Khotang

district have started to provide old age allowance at the door steps of elderly.

Earlier, the beneficiaries had to visit municipality office for their OAA. The

candidates also felicitated Ms. Dambar Kumari Acharya, 109, and Mr. Manisundar

Baghimaya, 104 during the visit to distribute OAA.

Elderly Excepted More OAA

Kantipur Daily

Syangja, July 12, 2017

Older people of Putalibazaar Municipality, Syangja district became gloomy even

though they received 4 months’ old age allowance. The elderly were very

confident that the amount will be doubled as per the promises made by

candidates of local election. “There is not any source for additional OAA but we

have decided to facilitate the process for elders to receive their Allowance” said

the concerned local authority of municipality. There are 15,218 OAA

beneficiariesin the municipality.

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Elderly Demanding OAA at their Own Village

Gorkhapatra Daily

Bardiya, July 15/20/21, 2017

Older persons of Bardiya, Dadeldhura and Surkhet districts complained about the

ordeal they have to go through for receiving old age allowance (OAA) through

bank. The older persons have to walk for many days to reach the headquarters

and queue for hours at Bank. So, they are demanding authorities to distribute

OAA at their local government offices, not banks.

OAA, the Only Source of Income for Elderly

Kantipur Daily

Mugu, July 19, 2017

Older persons of Mugu district expressed their happiness after getting Old Age

Allowance (OAA). They received Rs. 16 thousand as OAA of 8 months.

Chairperson of ward 7, Rara municipality, Mr. Harichandra Shahi informed that

they are distributing OAA at door step of elderly. “Government should increase

OAA as it is the only source of income of elderly” he said.

RUDRANJU FOUNDATION

Kritipur-1, Kathmandu

Contact No: 01-4331778, 01-4334378

Email: rudranjufoundation@gmail.com

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ACTIVE AGEING

The Oldest Priest Annapurna Post Daily

Lalitpur, July 3, 2017

Nuchelal Maharjan, 94, the oldest elderly of Khokana, Lalipur district is selected as

the priest of local temple. Now, he is taking all responsibilities of the temple.

DEVELOPMENT Free Medical Service at Home

Gorkhapatra Daily

Solukhumbu, July 9, 2017

Dudhkunda, the only municipality of Solukhumbu district, has decided for free

medical service at the door step of the elderly above 70 yrs. Newly elected Mayor,

Mr. Namgel Jungbo Sherpa including other people’s representatives of the

municipality have decided for this in their first official meeting after the election.

They also assured that the elderly with serious health problems will be treated

freely at hospital.

Free Bus Service for Elderly

Barakhari.com

Kathmandu, July 12, 2017

Sajha Yatayat buses have started to provide free bus service within Kathmandu

valley for older persons above 70 and people with different ability. “We are very

thankful to government for this service but there are so many things yet to be

done for betterment of older persons” said Maha Prasad Parajuli, Chairman of the

Elderly Citizens' Struggle Committee.

Free Health Insurance for Elderly

Gorkhapatra Daily

Nawalparasi, July 13, 2017

Newly elected people’s representatives of Sunawal municipality have decided to

provide free health insurance for local elderly. Newly elected mayor, Mr. Bhim

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Bahadur Thapa announced about this service in the first official meeting of the

municipality. The municipality has also built “Health Insurance Study Committee”

under the leadership of Vice chairperson for implementation of free health

insurance programme.

Need to Utilize Knowledge and Experience of Older Persons

Gorkhapatra Daily

Saptari, July 14, 2017

Activists in an interaction programme raised the issue of utilizing knowledge and

experience of older persons. Similarly, they also complained on weak

implementation of existing plans and policies targeted for older persons. The

programme was jointly organized by Ministry of Women, Children and Social

Welfare and Senior Citizens Organization of Saptari.

Intergenerational Skills Transfer

Gorkhapatra Daily

Okhaldhunga, July 15, 2011

Senior citizens organization Okhaldhunga, in partnership with Women and Child

Office, organized a programme to transfer intergenerational skills between

elderly and students. Older persons shared their knowledge, experience and the

traditional norms and values with students in the event. “The programme

supports to transfer our tradition, culture and religion to our young generation

and this is the only way for preservation of our tradition” said one of the

participants, Mr. Khadga Bahadur Khatri, 78.

AROGIN CARE HOME For Hope & Comfort

Narayanthan, Budhanilakantha, kathamandu

01-4376315/4379418 http://www.aroginhealthcare.com/page/21/care_home

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Porter Service for Elderly

SamacharPatra Daily

Makwanpur, July 16, 2017

Raksirang rural municipality of Makwanpur district has decided to initiate a

campaign “Save Older Parents” from the next fiscal year. The municipality is

spread over large rural areas with road network and difficult to reach. Hiring

porters to carry loads on their back is a common practice. Therefore, it decided to

give Rs. 3,000 to the person who carries sick persons above 70 to hospital.

Raksirang is one of the backward municipalities of the district where majority of

residents are Chepang- a marginalized indigenous group. “Elderly are dying

untimely due to delay in reaching hospital as the municipality has no

transportation facility. So, we have decided for this campaign” said Mr. Raj Kumar

Malla, Chairperson of the municipality.

EMERGENCY

Increasing Negligence of Young Generation

Gorkhapatra Daily

Bhaktapur, July 30, 2017

Women, Children and Social Welfare Minister, Ms. Asha Koirala said that the

government cannot meet increasing demand of older persons. She said so in an

event organized to felicitate reporters and newly elected people’s

representatives. She also shared the trend of increasing dependency upon

government which is making young generation irresponsible towards their older

family members.

Mentally Ill Elderly left Helpless

My Republica

Dhanusa,July 30, 2017

Mati Waiba, 70, of Bateshwor Rural Municipality-1, Dhanusha, has been in iron

chain since four months. Mr. Waiba loses his control and runs away if left free.

Waiba’s wife Afali Maya, 68, is taking care of him. Poor family cannot afford his

treatment. So, they do not have any other options besides chaining him.

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Poor Flood Victims

Nagarik Daily

Rupandehi, July 10, 2017

Parbati Thapa, 102, of Butwal-11, Rupandehi district is living miserable life in a

makeshift shelter after flood swept away her house a year ago. She is only an

example. There are many others in similar situation in the area. Now, they are

calling on candidates of local election to provide them safer shelters.

ELDER ABUSE

A total of 2 elderly faced elder abuse in July 2017.

S.N. Name Age Sex Address

(District)

Reason

Culprit Form

of

abuse

Status

Date

Source

1. Amrita

Sharma

65 F Kathmandu Robbery Unknown Financial ND 5 Police

Report

2. NA 62 F Banke Rape Villager Sexual ND 7 Police

Report

An earthquake victim elderly family inside their temporary hut in Swara village of Sulkot Rural Municipality, Gorkha

Photo: Narahari Sapkota/Republica

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NEGLECT

Unattended Death

9 unattended dead bodies of senior citizens were found in July 2017.

ELDERLY IN CRIME

The following table presents senior citizens found involved in unlawful activities

in July 2017.

S.N. Name Age Sex Address Place of death Date

Source

1. Unknown 60 M Unknown Nuwakot 6 Police Report

2. Maili Shrestha 70 F Makwanpur Makwanpur 10 Police Report

3. Purna Kumari

Rokka

60 F Baglung Baglung 15 Police Report

4. Chabi Maya

Rai

77 F Khotang Khotang 17 Police Report

5. Jarmala

Budamagar

75 F Kaski Kaski 20 Police Report

6. Raghunath

Phuyal

73 M Rautahat Rautahat 22 Police Report

7. Unknown 60 M Unknown Chitwan 23 Police Report

8. Uma Maya

Khadka

73 F Sindhuli Sindhuli 26 Police Report

9. Unknown 60 M Unknown Parsa 26 Police Report

S.N. Name Age Sex Address Crime involved Date Source

1. Hira Bahadur

Budamagar

60 M Dang Murder 8 Police

Report

2. Raghunath

Subedi

84 M Dolkha Rape (Minor) 17 Republica

Daily

3. Nara Bahadur

Jimi

68 M Sankhuwasabha Illegal possession

of weapons

24 Police

Report

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UPCOMING EVENTS

S.N. EVENTS DETAILS

1.

IAHSA in partnership with Curaviva is hosting

Global Ageing Conference in Montreux,

Switzerland on 18-21 September 2017.

http://globalageing.org/event/2017-global

ageing-conference/

2.

Aging & Society: Seventh Interdisciplinary

Conference will be held on 3–4 November 2017

in USA. The conference will specially focus on

Social Inequalities, Exclusion and Age-

Discrimination.

http://agingandsociety.com/2017-conference

3.

Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) is organizing

Global Conference on Integrated Care in

Singapore on 1 to 3 Feb. 2018.

https://gcic2018.sg/

4.

The IFA 14th Global Conference on Ageing is

taking place in Toronto, Ontario,

from August 8-10, 2018. The conference,

"Toward a Decade of Healthy Ageing," is

structured around four key themes aligned

with the World Health Organization's 2016

Global Strategy and Action Plan.

https://www.ifa2018.com/

Aging & Society:

Seventh Interdisciplinary

Conference

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