We’re very much looking forward to welcoming the following QCS bursary recipients to our Elders Forum next week.
Sarah Lamba, Tanzania
Director, Youimpact Company Ltd
The Youimpact volunteer community uses its free time to implement activities within Save-Elders. It uses social media platforms for communications and to raise awareness. As the members are all working in other jobs, or students, they meet at weekends and on public holidays to do Youimpact programs. This is why they say ‘’we are utilising our free time to community in need’’. Phase one on awareness of the Save-Elder program has been completed and they are now heading to the action-oriented phase where the team implement tangible project such as ‘choo-chamzee’, the installation of washrooms and solarforall in older people’s homes.
James Kinuthia, Kenya
Director, Forshifts Home Care Services and St James Home for the Aged
A clinical medicine and community health graduate, James is currently running Home Health in grassroot level villages.
He attended a certified ‘In-Situ’ geriatrics and gerontology training by INIA-UN Malta, and an elderly medicine introductory course in Nairobi. His objective is to reach out to communities with the much needed skilled elderly care to the standards stipulated under WHO guidelines. He is keen to partner with international organisations and build cohesive working networks to improve elderly care in Africa.
Mehedi Khan, Bangladesh
Assoc Professor, Dept of Population Sciences, University of Dhaka
Mehedi conducts different academic activities on population ageing issues, including academic courses at undergraduate and graduate levels, and research activities on broader population ageing issues. He is a resource person on ageing issues in training programmes for government and non-government officials. He has presented research findings at national and international conferences, and has had a number of research articles on ageing issues published in peer-reviewed journals at home and abroad.
To see the full list of bursary delegates, click here.
Our thanks to QCS for sponsoring the bursary.
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