TITLE : This project shall be titled as Village of Old Aged. A project for the rehabilitation of the old aged.

NEED :

* A large number of old aged in Assam are in a very pity condition with no shelters and engagement and caring. They are left out without any specific actions for rehabilitation and social acceptance. Gradually they become mentally tortured by negative attitude towards their old age and some time poverty.

* The old aged can achieve a degree of independence in self care, learn to relate with other members of their community easily and with no hesitation, in socially acceptable ways and can earn a living in supported employment. For example, they can be employed in various household tasks, or in diary firm, piggery, poultry, horticulture or repetitive non- farm jobs, which normal people may have little patience for. Through this way can contribute their hidden potency for tremendous development of rural as well as urban India.

* The old aged are frequently neglected by their sons/ daughters and are not properly looked after & even sometimes they are forced to come out from their own house. Thus they become very upset, tired and helpiess and feel very insecurity.

* Most of them come out from their own house and become shelter less and even some of them commit suicide. They become very frustrate by the behaviors of the their nears and dears.

* Though about 80% of people of the total population live in rural areas yet the problem of old aged have become a burning in urban areas also. It is estimated that only 5 to 10% of old aged fortunately get shelter. Rehabilitation should be realized as not an end in itself but a means of enabling the old aged to reach an optimum level of functioning, which allows them to contribute as active members of their community. For their humanity, aspirations and potentials and as citizens, they have same entitlements as a general citizen, should be duly recognized.

BASELINE INFORMATION'S:

* The project area consists of two parts of Kamrup district n Assam state having Metro and Rural part, with a population of about 0 lakhs.

* The populaces are generally cultivators, service holders, factory workers, businessmen and small- scale farmers.

* No such voluntary/ non- governmental organization function in the project area as a total development of old aged.

* The members of society conducted three surveys in the area & had visited many places both developed & remote, and have came to the conclusion that the prime task ahead is to commence a project, which would help to develop and generate them to make their life physically, mentally & financially stable.

OBJECTIVES:

* The objective is to formulize a village of old aged to make them enable to reach an optimum level of functioning, which will help to develop the Indian economy.

* To create an environment that would respect the right and dignity of old aged as citizens and as members of their community.

* To bring out the potentials, abilities and achievements of old aged to give meaning to their own and others lives.

* To fight effectively with the apathy, lack of confidence, and low self esteem of old aged, which are the outcome of their internationalization of negative social attitudes.

* To organize training programmers for Diary, Piggery, Horticulture, Fishery, S.S.I. Units ect. from time to time for welfare of the old aged.

* To organize training programmers, seminars, awareness programmers ect. for the old aged upon different topics of importance to develop their skills by inviting resource persons from local or outside places of the project area.

ACTIVITY PLAN