Brightening up everyday life and helping with everyday life: How Moscow NGOs support senior citizens

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Source: Moscow Government – Moscow Government –

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Comprehensive assistance to senior citizens is a key focus for Moscow's non-profit organizations (NPOs). Charitable programs have been developed for Muscovites of "silver" age, making it easier for grandparents to manage everyday issues, take care of their health, engage in creative pursuits, and gain new knowledge.

NGOs also help lonely pensioners, support hospice patients, and visit residents of regional nursing homes and Moscow gerontological centers. All caring Muscovites can support the beneficiaries of charitable programs and care for the elderly.

With special attention to elders

The cultural development center offers to delight the elderly by giving them paintings. "Soul speaks to soul"Using donations from city residents, it purchases paintings and collaborates with artists willing to donate their works. The artworks adorn the walls of regional nursing homes and gerontological centers in the capital, where senior citizens permanently reside. The paintings help create a cozy atmosphere and maintain a positive mood, adding vibrant colors to the daily lives of the city's elderly residents. Muscovites can also support the center's residents by attending the charity exhibitions, meetings, lectures, and master classes it organizes. Announcements of all events are published on the NGO's official social media page. VKontakteThe upcoming event, taking place on October 3, will be dedicated to Eastern painting. Guests will also have the opportunity to speak with the founder and leader of the "Soul Speaks to Soul" project. Alena Savyuk and listen to a lecture organized by the Leukemia Foundation about bone marrow donation.

The foundation's charitable programs help care for patients in hospices and palliative care units. "Faith"It provides comprehensive support to terminally ill people and their loved ones. They purchase care products and medical equipment, organize birthday parties and concerts, send specially trained volunteers to hospices, support the work of a mobile home care service, and pay for the work of psychologists. Elderly patients receive regular visits."cart of joy", from which you can pick out a small gift for comfort or leisure: wool socks, a mirror, or crossword puzzles. Special dishes are also often prepared for them, such as Olivier salad or herring under a fur coat. Food reminds them of childhood and festive feasts, and for some, it becomes the only treat when they're hungry.

Take care of people with disabilities

You can also help older people with the help of charitable service mos.ru. It features verified NGOs that provide assistance to grandparents. The foundation "Old age is a joy" They receive psychological, financial, medical, social, and everyday support. For example, there is a "Medicine" program for elderly people with disabilities. Donations are used to purchase therapeutic nutrition and medications for them, and to pay for the work of rehabilitation specialists who visit patients in specialized nursing homes and at home.

You can also participate in the foundation's programs through the mos.ru portal's charitable service. Give food, which helps lonely pensioners with food. Or donate money to the fund. Good NeighborsHe, in turn, will purchase essential items and organize useful leisure activities for grandparents.

Using the service is easy and convenient: to do this, you need to select a charity program inspecial section, enter a comfortable donation amount, and click the "Help" button. You can also set up automatic payments and donate regularly or open your own charitable collection for the organizations supported by the service. To do this, you'll need to log in to the mos.ru portal. You can also make a donation to good causes when paying your bills. My Payments, as well as in the mobile application My Moscow.

As noted in the capital Department of Information Technology, a charitable service, has made helping those in need simple, convenient, and safe. The platform features only verified NGOs registered in the capital's charitable organizations registry, conducting socially significant activities, and reporting on the use of their funds. They also regularly share stories of those they have already helped.

The charity service launched on mos.ru in October 2020. It was created by the capital Department of Information Technology together withCommittee for Public Relations and Youth Policy of Moscow with the support of the City Public Chamber.

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