(HBO)- The province currently has 100,914 elderly members, taking part in 1,001 associations. The members of the elderly association account for nearly 12% of the whole province's population.


Members of the intergenerational club of Chieng hamlet, Lien Vu commune, Lac Son district are actively participating in cultural and artistic activities.

Currently, the Association of Elderly at all levels in the province have built a fund of "All people take care and promote the role of the elderly people". This fund is over 3.8 billion VND. Using the fund, The Association of all levels gave gifts, visited the sick elderly, maintaining the activities to support the poor and difficult elderly in the whole province. In 2018, the associations of all levels directly coordinated with departments, branches and mass organizations to visit and give more than 8 thousand gifts to the elderly members on holidays and Tet with a total value of over 2.9 billion VND. They also coordinated to celebrate the longevity wishing ceremony for more than 10 thousand elderly members with a total amount of more than 1.9 billion VND. In particular, the Association collaborates with the National Front, branches and groups to delete 15 temporary houses for the elderly. The provincial elderly care fund provide expense to help 2 elderly households in Da Bac district repair their houses.The associations at all levels have coordinated for the health examination for more than 43 thousand turns of elderly people in the province. In particular, there were screening eye diseases for more than 13 thousand elderly people, eye surgery to replace vitreous lenses for more than 2 thousand elderly people. In 2018, the whole province established 10 intergenerational clubs to help each other. Over the time, it shows that the model really brings a practical meaning to the elderly members at all levels, especially the poor and lonely members without support. Through the form of the capital support to help members develop small economies and organize charitable activities in the community, the inter-generational clubs have helped many poor members with the opportunity to stabilize their lives and health care.

 

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