Jun 14, 2024 | Help-for-the-Elderly
We might wonder how we will squeeze another 20 pounds of fresh hamburger into a full freezer while elderly people in Kenya, Africa, wonder if they will have food for tomorrow. James Odongo is a 65-year-old who lives in a small one-room apartment in Nakuru, Kenya. This...
Feb 27, 2024 | Help-for-the-Elderly
For 90-year-old Maria in Romania, a monthly Help for the Elderly parcel is a gift from above. Her poor health makes it difficult to walk, so she spends most of her days in bed. Maria’s caretaker is her daughter who also has health problems and is mentally handicapped....
Jun 20, 2023 | Help-for-the-Elderly
Standing in the doorway of her small home, 88-year-old Olga wears a smile that carries years of loss, loneliness, and suffering. Olga knows a widow’s grief since her husband passed away 40 years ago. She also knows the pain of watching her son become addicted to...
Apr 4, 2023 | Help-for-the-Elderly
Maria Mojica lives several miles from the Pacific coast of Nicaragua, just outside the small town of Masachapa. To find her house, we wind back a narrow dusty road that borders huge fields of towering sugarcane. Maria and her husband never had children. He passed away...
Aug 5, 2021 | Help-for-the-Elderly
Alone. Forgotten by family. Struggling to make ends meet. These words describe many aged Romanians. Loneliness weighs heavily on such folks. In numerous cases, their children move to cities or other countries to find better jobs. Living alone in poor conditions makes...
