Socio Legal Aid Research & Training
Centre supports 85 senior citizens. Elderly people in our country are not
provided with Social Security and sending them to
old-people's homes only serves to isolate them from
mainstream life and family. The economic conditions of these
senior citizens are so dismal that they are unable to maintain
their basic necessities. Many of their sons and daughters, despite being
able to scrounge up a minimal living for themselves and their
children, are not able to support or provide maintenance for
their aged parents. Through the
Adopt-a-Granny Programme, SLARTC is able to provide senior
citizens with the following food nutrition and personal
hygiene items:
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