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TABLE OF CONTENTS

AGEING IN NEPALI PRESS

Advocacy

Social Support

Social Security

Active Ageing

Development

Emergency

Elder Abuse

Neglect

Elderly in Crime

NEPAL CALLING

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Observance of World Health Day 2017

Ageing Nepal

Kathmandu, April 8, 2017

Ageing Nepal organized a week long elderly focused campaign activities in

partnership with HelpAge International to mark the World Health Day 2017 with

the main theme of Depression: Let’s Talk. Following campaign activities were

conducted to pressurize government and to generate mass awareness.

(a) Radio talk show

(b) Pamphlets production and

distribution

(c) Wall postering

(d) Awareness building sessions

(e) Article publication

(f) Petition handing over

ceremony

(g) Social media use

Awareness building sessions for groups of elderly and youths on depression in older persons

Link of the completion report: http://ageingnepal.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Summary-

Report-of-World-Health-Day-2017.pdf

AGEING IN NEPALI PRESS

(April: 1-30, 2017)



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Inauguration of Basic Literacy Class for Older Persons

Ageing Nepal


Ageing Nepal in collaboration with Karna Jayanti Foundation - a local NGO,

inaugurated “Basic Literacy Class for Older Persons” in Kapan, Kathmandu on

22nd April, 2017. The inauguration ceremony was organized in the premises of

Yagyamati Secondary School. Twenty five 60+ neo-learners will attend the class

regularly for 8 months, except on public holidays. The programme aims to

empower neo-learners with basic skills of reading, writing and numerical. This

programme is supported by Ageing Nepal Switzerland.

Ms. Anita Adhikari, Chief of Women and Child Development Office, Kathmandu and Mr. Krishna M. Gautam, Chairperson of Ageing Nepal

distributed book, bag, copy and other necessary stationeries to the neo-learners




SOCIAL SUPPORT

Senior Citizens’ Felicitation

At least 60 Senior Citizens were felicitated on the following events.

S.N. No of elders

felicitated

Age Sex Address

(District)

By Whom Where

(District)

When

Source

1. 35 80+ Both Tanahun Organization Tanahun 18 Gorkhapatra

Daily

2. 25 70+ F Sarlahi Government Sarlahi 27 Annapurna

Daily

3. NA NA F Saptari The Madwari

Women

Forum

Saptari 27 Rising Nepal

4. NA NA Both Kathmandu Organization Kathmandu 29 Gorkhapatra

Daily

NA: Not available, F: Female, Both: Male and Female

Support Provided

Following events took place in April 2017 for supporting the elderly.

OAH: Old age home

S.N

.

Supporter To

Whom

Reason What How

Much/Many

When

Where

(District)

Source

1. B.P. Koirala Lions

Centre for

Ophthalmic Studies

& Society of

Sunkoshi-Indrawati

Elderly Service Eye Camp 63 3 Sindupalch

owk

Kantipur

Daily

2. Senior Citizens Union OAH Service Umbrella,

stick &

torch light

35 24 Parsa Gorkhap

atra

Daily

3. Padam Bhuweshori

Elderly Service Home

Elderly Mother’

s Day

Food 22 27 Sarlahi Gorkhap

atra




SOCIAL SECURITY

Elderly in Banking System

Annapurna Post Daily

Palpa, April 2, 2017

Senior citizens of Tansen, Palpa district are economically empowered after

government decided to distribute old age allowance (OAA) through bank cheque.

This recently introduced government policy encouraged them to open bank

account for their financial security. One of many, Mr. Jit Bahadur Ale, 80, started

saving money that he gained from others sources too.

Elderly Deprived of OAA

Kantipur Daily/Gorkhapatra

Makwanpur, April 2, 18 and 25, 2017

Elderly of Makwanpur and Kalikot district are deprived of old age allowance (OAA)

due to on-going restructuring of local level government administration system.

“Elderly regularly come to ask for the OAA but delay in account update hindering

us to distribute,” said Mr. Manoj Lamichanne, Ward Secretary of Makwanpur

district.

Similarly, the news published in Kantipur Daily on April 25, 2017 revealed senior

citizens of Taplejung district have also been deprived of OAA for last 6 months.

Elderly Entirely Dependent on OAA

Nagarik Daily

Saptari, April 11, 2017

Domandevi, 90, of Saptari district is living by begging since 5 months after the

government stopped distributing old age allowance (OAA) in the district. “OAA

was my only income source but now I am compelled to beg” she lamented. She is

only an example of about 50 thousands Social Security Allowance (SSA)

beneficiaries of the district. Mr. Harihar Chaudhari, district Chief of SSA

department said, “Due to the political strike, we are confronting with so many

problems to distribute SSA.”




Manifesto for Increment of OAA

Annapurna Daily


Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) unveiled manifesto for the

upcoming local election. The manifesto has prioritized youth focused

development project and others policies including increment of old age allowance

to Rs. 5000. Now, government is distributing OAA RS. 2000 monthly to 70+ older

people.

ACTIVE AGEING

Earning Elderly

Annapurna Daily

Lalitpur, April 3, 2017

Dal Bahadur Timalsina, 62, of Lalitpur district is earning Rs. 200,000 yearly by

planting Himalayan Yew trees. Illiterate Mr. Timalsina started his business by

planting 200 saplings. Now, he has 40,000 trees and aims to plant 100,000 within

a year.

Laborious Elderly

Kantipur Daily

Gorkha, April 7, 2017

Septuagenarian Maila Gurung, a visually impaired elderly of Gorkha district earns

his living by breaking stones. “Massive earthquake of April 2015 increased

demand of sand for building house in village which led me to take up this

occupation. Now, I can easily afford to have two square meals daily” he said.

Nonagenarian Teacher

Annapurna Daily

Kaski, April 18, 2017

Agnihotri Kedarnath Upadhyaya, 95, of Pokhara, Kaski district proved that there is

no age bar for living active and healthy life. He gets up at 4 a.m. and visits nearby

school to teach Veda – a Hindu scripture. He has been following this routine for




more than 74 years. Founder of the school, Mr. Upadhayaya teaches 60 students

for 7 hours a day regularly.

Sexagenarian Building Contractor

Annapurna Daily

Dolkha, April, 2017

Balkumari Kafle, 63, of Dolkha district succeeded to be known as the only woman

building-contractor of the district. She started working as a labour before 30

years. Now, she is well known woman contractor of the district. She shared that

early marriage and poverty pushed her in this field.

DEVELOPMENT

Free Bus Service for Elderly

Gorkhapatra Daily,

Kaski, April 13, 2017

Lekhnath, sub-metropolitan of Kaski district has decided to provide free bus

service for older people above 70 years and people with disability. Mr. Dirgha

Narayan Poudel, Secretary of the Metropolitan said, “We are trying to collaborate

with travel agency to initiate this programme soon.”

Generous Elderly Couple

Annapurna Daily


An elderly couple, Chine Bahadur Shrestha, 89, and his wife Shantidevi Shrestha

supported 40 million for addition of 2 stories to Bhaktapur Cancer hospital

building. Mr. Shrestha handed over the key of the floors to Hon’ble Health

Minister, Mr. Gagan Thapa at a programme organized to mark the building

inauguration.




Pashupati OAH at New Location

Gorkhapatra Daily


Cultural Ministry is planning to transfer old and earthquake damaged Pashupati

old age home (OAH) to Gothatar in Bhaktapur District. The Ministry revealed that

map has been prepared and legally approved for construction of the new

structure in the land provided by Pashupati Area Development Trust. The

Pashupati OAH is the only OAH run by the government of Nepal.

Health Service Center for Elderly

Kantipur Daily


Art of Living, a multi-faceted organization inaugurated health service center for

senior citizens in Kathmandu. Ms. Rita Shrestha Vaidya, one of the followers of

Art of Living, contributed more than 20 million for building construction in the

memory of her late mother and brother.

EMERGENCY

Helpless Nonagenarian

Annapurna Post Daily

Saptari, April 27, 2017

Surya Narayan Mandal, 90, of Saptari district is compelled to live behind bar even

though he has already completed jail sentence for him. “I have a wish to live my

rest of life with my family but I couldn’t afford bail,” he lamented with tearful

eyes. He was arrested in forgery case and sentenced for 2 years with a fine of RS.

366,187 bail.

ELDER ABUSE

A total of 5 elderly faced elder abuse in April 2017.

S.N. Name Age Sex Address

(District)

Reason

Culprit Form of

abuse

Status

Date

Source

1. Laxman 70 M Rautahat NA Villagers Physical D 13 Police




Majhi Report

2. Husenu

Pascheme

Tharu

70 M Nawalpar

asi

Land

dispute

Son Physical D 17 Police

Report

3. Jhikku Loniya 65 F Rupendeh

i

Burgled Stranger Financial ND 17 Police

Report

4. Kusuma

Devi Yadav

65 F Siraha Witchcraft Villagers Physical ND 18 Annapurn

a Daily

5. Aseswor

Yadav

75 M Siraha Witchcraft Villagers Physical ND 18 Annapurn

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NEGLECT

Unattended Death

12 unattended dead bodies of senior citizens were found in April 2017.

NA: Not Available

ELDERLY IN CRIME

The following table presents senior citizens found involved in unlawful activities in

April 2017.

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

Source

1. Bir Bahadur Gurung 72 M Makwanpur Makwanpur 2 Police Report

2. NA 60 M NA Lalitpur 2 Police Report

3. Min Bahadur Shahi 60 M Dailekh Dailekh 5 Police Report

4. Dil Bahadur Shrestha 62 M Kathmandu Kathmandu 11 Police Report

5. ol Durga Bahadur Wagle 75 M Kavrepalanchok Kavrepalancho

k

12 Police Report

6. NA 75 M NA Kathmandu 14 Police Report

7. NA 65 M NA Sunsari 16 Police Report

8. Suman Damai 60 M Achham Achham 22 Police Report

9. Dhana Bahadur Karki 85 M Bhaktapur Bhaktapur 26 Police Report

10. NA 70 M Sinduli 26 Police Report

11. Nur Bahadur Giri 84 M Kathmandu Kathmandu 28 Police Report

12. Man Bahadur Sharu 60 M Palpa Palpa 28 Police Report

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

1. Jaya Mohan Giri 65 M Parsa Possession of drug 19 Kantipur Daily

2. Than BahadurMalla 61 M Tanahun Rape 16 Police Report

3. Narayan Urau 60 M Sunsari Possession of drug 19 Police Report




NEPAL CALLING

Poverty of older people

“In my country, there are many older people begging in the streets.

When I see them, it makes me think about how they ended up there.

What is their story? For whatever reason they are poor, all of them

should get love and care from their children.

See more at: https://nepalcalling.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/poverty-

of-older-people/



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UPCOMING EVENTS

S.N. EVENTS DETAILS

1.

The Eighth Open Ended Working Group on

Ageing will be held from 5 to 7 July 2017 in

Conference Room 4 at the United Nations

Headquarters in New York.


2. The 2nd Congress of Cardiovascular

Prevention in Pre-Elderly and Elderly

Individuals (CPPEI) will be held from 7th to 9th

July, 2017 at Vienna, Austria. The conference

focus on New Achievements in Research

Diagnosis and Treatment.

http://www.cardioelderly.org/

3.

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/

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/




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