2017 CommonAge Bursary
To attend the inaugural Commonwealth Elders’ Forum 2018
For professionals who can clearly demonstrate their work benefits older people living in a Commonwealth country.
In 2017 we launched a bursary scheme to provide some financial support to delegates from developing countries to attend inaugural Elders Forum. Held in Reading in April 2018, the event was part of the Ageing In Common: an international perspective conference, which also incorporated the National Care Forum annual conference.
We are exceedingly grateful for the generous support by Quality Compliance Systems for this bursary.
Nineteen applicants from developing Commonwealth countries have been awarded a bursary, which has enabled industry leaders in Bangladesh, Cameroon, India, South Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Australia, Tanzania and Uganda a unique opportunity work towards the WHO Decade of Healthy Ageing 2020-2030 at this exciting conference.
Bursary recipients are:
(Click on the recipient’s first name to read their biography)
| First name | Last name | Country | Position | Organisation |
| Emily | Ajiambo | Uganda | Principle Gerontologist | Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development |
| Samantha | Bowen | Australia | Founding Director | Acorn Network |
| Kiki | Edwards | Nigeria | CEO | Dementia Care Society of Nigeria, Rossetti Care |
| Anne | Githui | Kenya | Founder & CEO | Old is Diamond |
| Joyce | Kairu | Kenya | Founder & CEO | Purity Elderly Care Foundation |
| Nirupa | Kasserchun | South Africa | Fundraising Manager | The Association for the Aged |
| Andrew | Kavala | Malawi | Country Director | Malawi Network of Older Persons’ Organisations (MANEPO) |
| Mehedi | Khan | Bangladesh | Assoc Professor | Dept of Population Sciences, Uni of Dhaka |
| James | Kinuthia | Kenya | Director | Fourshifts Home Care Services & St James Home for the Aged |
| Sarah | Lamba | Tanzania | Director | Youimpact Company Limited |
| David | Mark | NIgeria | Coordinator | Family Ark Mission |
| Sailesh | Mishra | India | Founder President | Silver Innings |
| Agatha | Naamala | Uganda | Community Development Officer | Geriatric Respite Care Foundation |
| Arthur | Namara | Uganda | Director | HENU-Health Nest Uganda/Medical Research Council Unit |
| Francis | Njuakom | Cameroon | Director | (CDVTA) Community Development Volunteers for Technical Assistance |
| Blessing | Ojembe | Nigeria | Unit Head | Hands-on Preferred Medicare Services Limited |
| Gurudutt (Meda) | Prasad (Meda) | India | Disaster Manager | Coastal Area Disaster Mitigation Efforts (CADME) |
| Kuate Edgard | Tamwo | Cameroon | President/General Director | Commonwealth Ageing-Retired People’s Association |
| Nancy Nyokabi | Wagacha | Kenya | Executive Director | Wells of Hope Centre |
Click here to download a brochure of all recipients’ biographies.