“I've gained a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by older persons, especially those without family support and living alone, and that insight has changed the way I view aging and older persons,” said Rhea M. Tagros. Ate Rhea, 40, resides in Barangay...
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,...
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...
“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...
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...
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...