Adopt a Granny
While looking through the donation pages of many different NGOs I came across
HelpAge International's
Adopt a Granny scheme and thought I would give it a special mention, as the
neglect + suffering of old people in poor countries is so often overlooked or considered less important than comparable suffering by the young...
The
Adopt a Granny scheme was first launched as an individual sponsorship scheme by
Help the Aged in 1973, and now reaches 25,000 disadvantaged older people, through 380 projects in 29 countries.
It funds
community programmes,
day centres,
home visiting programmes
income generating projects,
pension schemes +
residential homes.
It has significant programmes in India, Kenya, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, and in recent years has developed activities in Bolivia, the Caribbean, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Peru, Tanzania + Thailand.
Please
contact HelpAge International if you would like to support this work.