On the
occasion of 7th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) 15th June 2012,
Silver Inning Foundation a NGO working with senior citizens and their family
will be commemorating Elder Abuse Awareness Day from on May 21st to June 30th 2012
. It has taken the
initiative to create awareness among civil society and government to prevent
and eliminate elder abuse at both micro and macro level.
SILVER INNING FOUNDATION invites entries for an Essay
of maximum 2000 words on the following topics:
1)
For
all age groups:
Importance
of Family for Care of Elders
2)
For
School Students - Class 5th to class 10th:
Inspiring
Stories of My Grandparents
3)
For Students - 1st year
College to Post Graduation :
Youth & Elders are made for Each
Other
What is
Elder Abuse?
Elder
abuse is an under-recognized problem with devastating and even life-threatening
consequences. Elder abuse is
often defined as a single, or repeated
act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where
there is an ‘expectation of trust’ which causes harm or distress to an older
person.
Types of Elder Abuse:
- Physical abuse
- Sexual abuse
- Emotional or psychological abuse
- Financial or material exploitation
- Neglect
- Abandonment
- Self-neglect
All of us
know that we will become old one day and join the ever increasing percentage of
senior citizens in the global population. And yet some of us continue to show
indifference and disrespect to our elders in our own families and in the
society. Each of us might have countless reasons, logics and excuses for this
behavior but this could be due to a combination of many problems. Let us try to
put a right perspective for these various problems and what we could do to keep
our elders happy.
Remember, by
helping our elders to stay physically fit and mentally happy. If we fail to
give proper care and respect to our elders at home now we may undergo the same
treatment from our children later on in our lives.
INPEA’s
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, 15th June, program aims to increase
society's ability, through various programs to recognize and respond to the
mistreatment towards senior citizens in whatever form.
Prize:
The First (1st)
best in each category will be given Prize of Rs.500/- INR and a certificate.
The Three (3) best essays in each
category will be given Certificate each and their essay will be published on
following Blog: http://silverinnings.blogspot.com/
All
the essays will be sole property of Silver Inning Foundation as database/Talk /
Reference / Lecture / Book/ Paper presentation for its strategy to Tackle Elder
Abuse and issues of Elderly. The verdict of management of Silver Inning
Foundation & Silver Innings for selection of best essay will be final.
Silver Inning Foundation consists of a dedicated team of
professionals contributing to the cause of the elderly. Silver Inning
Foundation conducts seminars, camps, lectures, awareness modules, advocacy, networking,
Dementia management services and also has support groups for home based advice.
At Silver Innings we are working towards creating Elder Friendly World where
Ageing becomes a Positive and Rewarding Experience.
The Last
date for submission of Essay is 30th June 2012.
Email your
essay with following details
- Name
- Postal Address
- Telephone Number
- Date of Birth
Email on
or before 30th June 2012 to silverinnings@gmail.com . Only soft copy by email i.e. email entries will only be
accepted for competition.
The winners will be announced online
by email after 31st July 2012. For further information please call on 09987104233 from
Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm.
Terms
and Condition:
- Essay should not be more than 2000 words
- Essay should only be in English language
- Essay should be sent by Email (soft copy only)
- No hard copy will be accepted
- It’s open to all Indian Residence / POI / NRI
- People from other country can also participate, but they will not be part of competition and they will be given virtual participation certificate.
This
Program is supported by INPEA (International Network for Prevention of
Elder Abuse) Indian Chapter through Development, Welfare and Research
Foundation (DWARF) ; 'Little Things Matter Initiatives' (LTMI) ; SSS Global;
FESCOM (Mumbai) ; 1298 Senior Citizens Helpline, Mumbai; AISCCON ; Harmony for Silvers Foundation ; Pushpa MA
Foundation ; Anugraha India ; HelpAge India - Mumbai ; ARDSI Greater Mumbai ; iCONGO ; iVolunteer
& Alfresco FC.
Any NGO , Association , School and College can host the programme n their community / locality and send us the report with photograph, so that we can include this in International report to INPEA . This programme should be hosted around 15th June or in month of June.
Together, we all have the power to prevent elder abuse.
My World… Your World…Our World…Free of Elder Abuse
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