THE AGED HAVE A REASON TO LIVE LONGER

Look around your immediate environment, there are aged people and conversations with some of them often tilts towards a certain subject matter, which is not far fetch. It is their ascension unto glory.

While we often try to rebuke them from saying or thinking of such, they insist this is a reality that awaits them anytime soon. This reality they speak of is often reinforced by their incessant feelings of illness, some of which are unavoidable as they come with old age.

It is emotional to see your parents go through this process during their last years, days or weeks on earth, there are much more you could do to give them a reason to not only live longer on earth but enjoy every bit of it.

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What to Do With 2023 Trends Driving Humanitarian Crises

Many of these trends cut across geographic boundaries.Some intersect, ready to deal a double or triple or worse blow in 2023 to people who were likely already vulnerable. They live in places where drought has sucked dry  livelihoods; conflict has ravaged homes, schools, and hospitals; and faraway wars or stumbling governments closer to home have stymied their ability to feed their families.

A few bright spots do shine through in efforts, or at least ideas, to address the impacts or root causes of these issues.

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Emerald Foundation set to partner with National Senior Citizens Centre

The Emerald Elderly Care Development Foundation has expressed its willingness to partner with the National Senior Citizens Center (NSCC) in order to promote the well-being of Nigeria’s aging population. This was disclosed when a delegation from the Foundation paid a courtesy visit to the Director General of the NSCC, Dr. Emem Omokaro at the NSCC’s headquarters in Abuja.

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PROBLEM OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY AND COUNTRY

Ageing is a global phenomenon and the population of the elderly, people aged 60 years and over, is growing rapidly. Evidently, the world’s aged increased from 130 million in 1950 to 419 million in 2000, a proportional share increase from 4 per cent to 7 per cent respectively (Waite, 2004). Nearly 10 per cent of the world’s population or over 600 million persons are over the age of 60, and this is expected to double by 2050. About two-thirds of these 600 million persons live in developing countries (Schwarz, 2003).

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FEMTECH WORKSHOP 2022

EMERALD FEMTECH WORKSHOP 2022
TECHNICAL SKILL ACQUISITION PROGRAMME
Young Female Technical (18 – 30 years)

Background
The Emerald FEMTECH Workshop 2022 is a program aimed at ensuring support to the socially and financially indigent youths in the society. EMECADEF is running this workshop and training so as to contribute its quota towards the efforts of the Federal Government in their social intervention programs which is aimed at alleviating poverty.

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