Mangaluru: Helpage- as the word itself indicates, it helps the aged, since its inception. Helpage tries to ease the life of the aged people. Thus it works for the elderly in various ways. It intervenes in the difficult conditions, where the elderly are facing, be it individual or societal. Thus it takes keen interest in providing a little comfort in the evening of the life of people. So the Helpage in for and wide works in vulnerable situations.
Today due to Corona Virus- Covid 19 hit people are facing the problem of livelihood and are unable to feed themselves, as there is a lack of jobs, due to lock down and suffering. The elderly are the people who are the most neglected sector in society. So the Helpage has come forward to ease the life of the elderly by providing them food kits, by which they will get a little bit of comfort and also they would feel that there is someone who thinks about these people.
The Helpage all over India works to provide food for the elderly in the old-age homes and in the elderly in their own homes. The Helpage Bangalore has been always kind enough to provide some help or the other to the residents of St. Joseph Prashanth Nivas, Jeppu and also the Spandana Trust, Jeppu, wherever and whenever possible. During this pandemic time, where the people face lots of problems and specially the elderly are the victims of this. At this situation Procter & Gamble (P&G) and Helpage Bangalore has come forward to provide food kits to the people of St. Joseph Prashanth Nivas and the elderly of the locality of Jeppu.
We are extremely grateful to Prakashan programme officer, Helpage Bangalore, making this possible.
