Madaada speaks at the launch
The state minister for disabilities, Sulaiman Madaada, launched the programme at Virina Garden Hotel in Kasese on Tuesday. He said it would be implemented by Help Age International and the Uganda Reach the Aged Association.
Madaada said the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development was finalising a policy to protect older persons.
“It has delayed because many MPs are interested in older persons and are candidates of old age, so they want an action plan attached to the policy before it can be passed,” he said.
Madaada disclosed that more younger people were abandoning the elderly in rural areas.
He said the elderly and disabled persons were becoming more vulnerable to HIV because they too, are sexually active and increasingly taking care of children orphaned by AIDS.
He urged the elderly to form Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations to benefit from the Prosperity-for-All programme.
“When an old person goes for a loan, they call you a loan-risky person and disqualify you,” he added.
“We have agreed with the Minister of Finance that once the older persons are organised, we should give them loans,” Madaada said.
Kasese deputy RDC Wilson Isingoma asked stakeholders to establish data banks on the elderly.
The deputy chief administrative officer, Willy Bataringaya, said the district would provide an enabling environment for the programme.
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February 17, 2009
UGANDA: European Union gives elderly sh750m for livelihood
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KAMPALA, Uganda / The New Vision / February 17, 2009
By John B. Thawite
THE European Union has disbursed 300,000 Euros (about she750m) for a three-year programme to improve local government services for vulnerable older persons in Kasese and Bundibugyo districts.
Madaada speaks at the launch
The state minister for disabilities, Sulaiman Madaada, launched the programme at Virina Garden Hotel in Kasese on Tuesday. He said it would be implemented by Help Age International and the Uganda Reach the Aged Association.
Madaada said the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development was finalising a policy to protect older persons.
“It has delayed because many MPs are interested in older persons and are candidates of old age, so they want an action plan attached to the policy before it can be passed,” he said.
Madaada disclosed that more younger people were abandoning the elderly in rural areas.
He said the elderly and disabled persons were becoming more vulnerable to HIV because they too, are sexually active and increasingly taking care of children orphaned by AIDS.
He urged the elderly to form Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations to benefit from the Prosperity-for-All programme.
“When an old person goes for a loan, they call you a loan-risky person and disqualify you,” he added.
“We have agreed with the Minister of Finance that once the older persons are organised, we should give them loans,” Madaada said.
Kasese deputy RDC Wilson Isingoma asked stakeholders to establish data banks on the elderly.
The deputy chief administrative officer, Willy Bataringaya, said the district would provide an enabling environment for the programme.
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Madaada speaks at the launch
The state minister for disabilities, Sulaiman Madaada, launched the programme at Virina Garden Hotel in Kasese on Tuesday. He said it would be implemented by Help Age International and the Uganda Reach the Aged Association.
Madaada said the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development was finalising a policy to protect older persons.
“It has delayed because many MPs are interested in older persons and are candidates of old age, so they want an action plan attached to the policy before it can be passed,” he said.
Madaada disclosed that more younger people were abandoning the elderly in rural areas.
He said the elderly and disabled persons were becoming more vulnerable to HIV because they too, are sexually active and increasingly taking care of children orphaned by AIDS.
He urged the elderly to form Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations to benefit from the Prosperity-for-All programme.
“When an old person goes for a loan, they call you a loan-risky person and disqualify you,” he added.
“We have agreed with the Minister of Finance that once the older persons are organised, we should give them loans,” Madaada said.
Kasese deputy RDC Wilson Isingoma asked stakeholders to establish data banks on the elderly.
The deputy chief administrative officer, Willy Bataringaya, said the district would provide an enabling environment for the programme.
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