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Galih Pakuan Center Monitors the Preparation of the 26th National Elderly Day 2022
TASIKMALAYA (May
28, 2022) - The day before
the peak event of the 26th National Elderly Day commemoration in 2022, the
Galih Pakuan Center in Bogor monitored the implementation of a series of
assistance activities in Bantarkalong District, Tasikmalaya Regency.
The Galih Pakuan
Center Team distributed nutritional and basic food assistance to elderly
beneficiaries, this time the Team carried out several activities ahead of the
peak event of the National Elderly Day commemoration which falls on Sunday, May
29, 2022, which will be held in the Bantarkalong District Office Hall,
Tasikmalaya Regency.
In addition to
preparing all the needs for spatial planning and other equipment, the Team also
ensures the preparation of the provision of disability aids. Hearing aid
settings were also carried out for several elderly.
At another
location, the Director of Community Empowerment of the Directorate General of
Social Empowerment, Arif Nahari, accompanied by the Head of the Galih Pakuan
Center, Siti Sari Rumayanti, monitored the rehabilitation of Uninhabitable
Houses (Rutilahu). This assistance is a form of collaboration between the
Directorate General of Social Rehabilitation and the Directorate General of
Social Empowerment to provide direct assistance to the elderly in need.
Cicih, an elderly
recipient of Rutilahu's assistance, said she was very happy with this
assistance. "Thank you very much for paying attention to us, with this
assistance we can get a better and more comfortable place to live," she
said.