20 October - Human Rights - Respecting Older Person’s rights

In today's edition of Sakhisizwe we spoke to Rudolf Kay – Coordinator of the Western Cape Older Person’s Forum. Their mission is to identify and articulate the concerns and needs of older persons and to ensure that these needs are addressed in legislation, services and programs. Rudolf explained more on their activities. They will be hosting their first Annual General Meeting on the 24th of November at 10:00AM at the Cape Town Ritz Hotel in Sea Point. Older Persons and their organisation are invited to nominate people to serve on its Board of Management. This is a voluntary position and no fees or stipends will be paid. Nomination forms can be downloaded from www.saopf.org.za/wcopf.html or contact (021) 461 6976 for more information. Closing date is on the 31st of October. To report cases of Elder abuse contact the Halt Elder Abuse Helpline on 0800 00 30 81.

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