Hi my beautiful people,
I haven't updated my blog for quite some time, work is keeping me busy: My apologies!!! this has been a good year so far, half of the year has passed so quick and it has given me so many good things!! For starters, I got a new job:yayyy!! currently I'm working at CWIN-Nepal which focuses on the issues of street children. New projects, new opportunities have definitely kept me real busy and there's more of that busy-ness to come!!
Today i'd like to write about the current scenario of the aging people in Nepal. How many of you have ever visited an old-age home? seen the people living there..in the condition they are in? to tell you honestly, its sad, it pathetic and everytime i visit an old age home, I cry coz I feel what the elderly people go through. Why is it that after all that they have done for their children, they have ended up without any support,love or care from their children? This is something I just can't understand...I hope you feel that too...
In this context, one of my friend Binod Magar and his friend have established an organization Reaping Hope that extensively works for the issues of elderly people. All they need is love and care, we as youths have nothing to lose in that matter, all they ask a little bit of our time, to sit down and make a conversation with them, compassion towards them and unconditional love. I hope I make sense here!!
Well Reaping Hope is a youth-led organization committed to ensure that ageing becomes a positive rewarding experience for all. Ageing gracefully is the way of life we promote. RH helps elderly people claim their rights, challenge discrimination and overcome poverty to make themselves able to lead a dignified, secure, active and healthy life. RH is a team of Youths determined to work to achieve the well being of Elderly People in Nepal and all over the world. Reaping Hope works with the mission to promote and facilitate a process that can assist to protect the rights of the elderly people in general, and specifically take actions to abolish all forms of exploitation and abuse by supporting the disadvantaged elderly. It also works to establish a better social and natural elderly-friendly living environment.With this in mind, Reaping Hope aims to spread the information and raise awareness about the speed of population ageing, elder abuse, neglect and violence against older persons, and more generally, about the experience of being old in our changing world and particularly in Nepal. The following documentary was filmed with the sole purpose of spreading the voice of the elderly here in Nepal. It tries to show the general situation of the elderly and how they are living in oldage homes, what their thoughts are, and what should be done by us individuals to have them treated as equally important part of our society.
Please go through this 10mins of video and also please share it in your blog, facebook pages or any other social media you use. We want the voice of the elderly to be heard by as much people as possible and hope that you will be a part of this as well.
I hope everyone enjoys this video and shares it as well!!! Together we can make a better future and life for the elderly people!! We should not forget that we are where we are because of our older generations!!
xoxo
swassi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P93f9_k7LNM
I haven't updated my blog for quite some time, work is keeping me busy: My apologies!!! this has been a good year so far, half of the year has passed so quick and it has given me so many good things!! For starters, I got a new job:yayyy!! currently I'm working at CWIN-Nepal which focuses on the issues of street children. New projects, new opportunities have definitely kept me real busy and there's more of that busy-ness to come!!
Today i'd like to write about the current scenario of the aging people in Nepal. How many of you have ever visited an old-age home? seen the people living there..in the condition they are in? to tell you honestly, its sad, it pathetic and everytime i visit an old age home, I cry coz I feel what the elderly people go through. Why is it that after all that they have done for their children, they have ended up without any support,love or care from their children? This is something I just can't understand...I hope you feel that too...
In this context, one of my friend Binod Magar and his friend have established an organization Reaping Hope that extensively works for the issues of elderly people. All they need is love and care, we as youths have nothing to lose in that matter, all they ask a little bit of our time, to sit down and make a conversation with them, compassion towards them and unconditional love. I hope I make sense here!!
Well Reaping Hope is a youth-led organization committed to ensure that ageing becomes a positive rewarding experience for all. Ageing gracefully is the way of life we promote. RH helps elderly people claim their rights, challenge discrimination and overcome poverty to make themselves able to lead a dignified, secure, active and healthy life. RH is a team of Youths determined to work to achieve the well being of Elderly People in Nepal and all over the world. Reaping Hope works with the mission to promote and facilitate a process that can assist to protect the rights of the elderly people in general, and specifically take actions to abolish all forms of exploitation and abuse by supporting the disadvantaged elderly. It also works to establish a better social and natural elderly-friendly living environment.With this in mind, Reaping Hope aims to spread the information and raise awareness about the speed of population ageing, elder abuse, neglect and violence against older persons, and more generally, about the experience of being old in our changing world and particularly in Nepal. The following documentary was filmed with the sole purpose of spreading the voice of the elderly here in Nepal. It tries to show the general situation of the elderly and how they are living in oldage homes, what their thoughts are, and what should be done by us individuals to have them treated as equally important part of our society.
Please go through this 10mins of video and also please share it in your blog, facebook pages or any other social media you use. We want the voice of the elderly to be heard by as much people as possible and hope that you will be a part of this as well.
I hope everyone enjoys this video and shares it as well!!! Together we can make a better future and life for the elderly people!! We should not forget that we are where we are because of our older generations!!
xoxo
swassi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P93f9_k7LNM
