To create awareness through training, collaboration and sensitization on the importance of access to good and sustainable healthcare for older persons. We aimed to equip 100 youths with the necessary toolkit to facilitate change within the healthcare space.
Everyone thinks that they know what old age is like and what older people want and need. But there is only one group of people who really know what matters to them—and that is older people themselves. Older people hardly get consulted when important decisions are being made even decisions that may affect their livelihood.
A few older people, usually those who hold or have held important positions in their lives, are still able to have an impact and get their messages across. This is because they have access to information, good contacts with decision-makers and experience with formal meetings, speaking to the media, negotiating and working with big organisations. But for most older people, especially disadvantaged older people, the picture is very different. They feel very remote from people in power, they do not feel well-informed or confident to speak up when ‘important’ people are talking about them.
Advocacy with older people raises consciousness and helps to organise older people and local communities in improving access to sustainable and affordable healthcare.
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