Community Stories

My Journey to Community Work

My Journey to Community Work

Development work knows no age. As the saying goes, once a development worker, always a development worker. I guess, as long as I can still walk to where the people are and contribute to improving their lives, you will find me there.” My name is Edna, 63, from Magarao,...

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A Life of Purpose

A Life of Purpose

Bella Roma Ranin, 86, is a mother of three professionals and a loving grandmother of 5. She dedicated 38 years to teaching in a public school and another 33 years in a private school. “When I turned 82 years old, my family requested that the administration office of...

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Volunteering for Older Persons

Volunteering for Older Persons

“I realized that despite the laws being implemented for years already, many older persons are still unaware of their rights and privileges and are not enjoying them,” said Haide V. Florenda. Haide is 68 years old, a wife, and a mother of six professionals. After 35...

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GOD KEEPS ME SAFE

GOD KEEPS ME SAFE

Nanay (Mother) Bernardita is an 81-year-old older woman who is living alone in her old home in Libjo, Dinagat Islands. She is one of the 500 beneficiaries (Older Persons, and Persons with Disabilities Head of Family) of the COSE’s Cash Assistance Program to Older...

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Impacts of COVID-19 to Older Women and Men

Impacts of COVID-19 to Older Women and Men

Older women and men bear the brunt of COVID-19! The crisis brought by the COVID-19 pandemic takes an extra toll on older women and men and their families who are already economically vulnerable prior to the crisis. Most alarmingly, older persons bear the brunt of the...

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