Why this work
More than 1 in 4 older adults in our project areas live alone or with a single caregiver who is away most of the day. Many cannot read their own prescriptions, let alone navigate a hospital. Our programme is built around three things older adults consistently say they want: company, care, and respect.
What we do
- Aana Jaana day-care centres open six days a week, with meals, physiotherapy, music, and time to simply talk.
- Home visits by trained caregivers for elders who are housebound — twice a week, every week.
- Geriatric health camps in partnership with our healthcare programme, with vision, hearing, blood pressure and bone health screening.
- Pension and entitlement support — we help older adults access government schemes they are eligible for but often don't know about.
- Inter-generational projects where school children and elders cook, garden, or share oral histories together.
The dignity of being known
Our care workers know every elder by name, by tea preference, by the names of their grand- children. That intimacy is not a bonus — it is the programme. Loneliness, the research is clear, is as harmful as smoking; companionship is therefore care.
How you can help
₹2,500 sponsors one elder's full month at a day-care centre — meals, transport, physiotherapy, and friendship. Volunteers who can read aloud, sing, or simply listen are always needed.