YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, MATHIOYA’S MESSAGE TO THE ELDERLY.
The upbeat energy at NALSA(K) events risks being drained by the constant rant of hailstorms and unrelenting torrential rainfall. The skies are visibly angry today.
We soldier on, winding up and down the hills and valleys, assured that something better always comes after an unpleasant occurrence. We remain optimistic the sun will shine again, and Mathioya people will turn out. This event in Mathioya will yet be another NALSA(K) ProudlyKenyan experience like in the previous launches witnessed.
Hours later, the weather breaks, the gloom fades, and there is the pitter patter of children running towards the NALSA(K) event. Assorted food items and blankets will reach the elderly in Mathioya constituency. This event is a follow-up to Madam Priscilla Kimari’s projects of constructing a water catchment system at Thuita secondary school and a sanitation block for teachers at Ruru Primary School—all part of her Mathioya constituency.
The elderly
The elderly in society are often not considered during the planning and implementation of community-based projects. That is not the case today in Mathioya because they are in line to receive donations of blankets and assorted foodstuffs (Unga, rice, milking jelly, and cooking fat)
Moral duty
It is a moral duty to take care of the elderly.
Care comes in a variety of ways and forms. It Begins with personal care such as feeding, grooming and medical attention. They have spent all their lives providing for families. They raised, supported, and enabled us to live in a society. They gave us values, courage, and motivation to face hardships. So, when they age and need support, it is our moral responsibility to stand with them.
Give them respect, love, and care just as they did when we depended on them.
Post by Brian Anyanzwa
Photography by Julia Laval