SAINT BINUAJI SENIOR CITIZEN HOME
INTRODUCTION
Senior Citizen Home is a project under the scheme of National Action Plan for Senior Citizens (NAPSrC) sponsored Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India particularly Senior Citizens who exceed age of 60 yrs. This programme has covered the Senior Citizens who are unable to stay in their own houses due to family burden, family dispute, lack of food, maintenance of good health properly and deprivation of the society etc. The Santha has conducted an Old Age Home (known as Senior Citizens Home) since the year of 2001. The ministry has sanctioned an amount of Rs. 4,94,650.00 for construction of building (Assam type building) for accommodation of 25 Nos. Senior Citizens. From the establishment of the home to till date 675 Nos. of Senior Citizens have been benefited. Accordingly all the beneficiaries are getting nutritious food, health care, recreational facilities, excursion, literacy programme, reading materials etc.
OBSERVATION OF DAYS AND DIVAS
The beneficiaries avail all local and regional festivals like Bihu, Durga Puja, Shivaratri, Saraswati Puja, Holi, Independence Day and Republic day, International Senior Citizen Day, Gandhi Jayanti, Women Day, World AIDS day etc.
In this financial year total 39 Nos. of beneficiaries passed away for old age ailments. After death funeral ceremony and ritual activities have been done by the organization. The organization also organized awareness programme among the senior citizens on health and environment, sanitation, govt. plan and polices of senior citizen etc. During this year a special educational tour has been conducted by the Santha to the capital city of Assam Guwahati and they visited the entire historical and religious places. This programme is sponsored by famous social actives and business personality Sri Premeswar Choudhury. It is proud for us that some renowned citizens and organizations visited the Old Age home and interacted with the inmates and provided food materials, equipment’s and cloths for the inmates.
DONATION
Moreover some families had observed their marriage anniversary, death anniversary and celebrate birthday of children with the inmates of the Old Age Home. They also provide food, fruits, Medicines, Cloths and other equipment’s to the inmates of the Old Age Home. Some families also visited the home and take dinner and lunch with the inmates and the authority of the organization do needful for themselves. Sometimes local social workers, govt. employeesalso visited the Old Age Home and providing food materials and cash money to the inmates in the home. For the sake of welfare of the Senior Citizens the Santha had established three nos. of Senior Citizen society in different district of Assam for running the three nos. of home from organization’s own resources at Tinsukia, Borpeta and Karbi Anglong.
DETAILS OF INMATES
This financial year total 25 nos. of inmates are staying at Old Age Home among them 18 Nos. are female and 7 nos. are male. During the lockdown period of COVID-19 all the inmates are staying at the home without facing any problem and maintaining all rules and regulations announced by the Govt. using musk, hand wash, social distancing and hygiene.
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