Updated on 29 April 2008
The World Federation’s Sponsor Our Seniors Program is aiming to sponsor 350 seniors across India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Today, we are urgently seeking donors to sponsor 14 out of these 350 destitute seniors in Sri Lanka. Information on these seniors is displayed in the table below. Many of our elders in the developing world are living in very desperate conditions where they have no or very little source of income to meet their basic needs. The Sponsor Our Seniors Program aims to give dignity and peace of mind to these seniors by providing them with monthly financial aid so that they can afford essential goods and services such as medical care, healthy meals and decent clothes.
Imam Ali (as) said: “The Holy Prophet (saw) narrated from Allah, the Exalted, on the night of ascend Who said: ‘O Ahmad, My love is the loving of the poor. Bring the poor near to yourself and situate them close to yourself in order that I approach you’.” Please make your donation today. For these seniors, time passes with agonizing slowness when you’re hungry, sick or scared. For only £10 GBP / $20 USD/CAD per month (or £120 GBP / $240 USD/CAD per year) you can make life better for one senior. All of these seniors here are non-sadat; therefore Sadaka monies will be accepted towards this Program. As a donor, we will provide you with a report on your senior(s) at least once a year.
Photo: Seniors in Sri Lanka who need your help
|
ID |
Age |
Gender |
Work
Status |
Family
Background |
Monthly
Income |
Medical
Conditions |
Comments
|
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1 |
83 years
(01/03/1924) |
F |
Housewife |
Widowed
Has three children aged 66, 62 & 50 |
No income |
Heart Disease Suffers from Parkinson’s disease. |
Old, in dire need of medical attention.
Currently cared for by her unmarried daughter who earns a small salary as a domestic cleaner. |
|
2 |
61 years (14/11/1946) |
F |
Housewife |
Widowed
Has three children aged 38, 34 and 30
|
No income |
Heart Disease. Open heart surgery is necessary due to multiple blockages. However, this cannot be done at present due to lack of funds.
|
Old and in need of medical attention. Living with her daughter. Very little income and needs constant medication due to ongoing heart problems. |
|
3 |
74 years (15/03/1933) |
F |
Housewife |
Widowed
Lives with her only unmarried son, aged 40 |
Source of income from her son |
Many ailments associated with old age. |
Old and weak. Currently cared for by her unmarried son who is a labourer. Her income depends on his small income. Struggling with medical conditions and day to day provisions. |
|
4 |
58 years (07/12/1950) |
F |
Housewife |
Widowed
No Children |
No income |
Frail and very weak body. Malnourished. |
Living alone with a husband and without any family members. Her only source of income is begging for a living. She falls ill frequently due to the lack of food and water. |
|
5 |
59 years (11/11/1949) |
F |
Maid |
No Children |
Very little. working on odd jobs.
Lacks stable and sufficient income. |
Frail |
Lives in a one-bedroom flat, owned by the mosque. She is a convert formerly Buddist.
She does odd jobs in homes. When there is no work she practically starves. |
|
6 |
83 years (05/04/1924) |
M |
Retired Clerk |
Widower
Has two children aged 59 and 55 |
None. Occasion-ally from children |
Heart Disease. |
Very old and frail. Currently cared for by his son who is married with two children. Struggles for daily provisions. |
|
7 |
70 years
(06/06/1937) |
F |
Housewife |
Widowed
No children |
No income |
Malnourished, prone to being ill. Uses multiple medications. |
Very old and frail. Currently cared for by relatives. Her illnesses are exacerbated due to lack of proper food. |
|
8 |
67 years (12/07/1941) |
F |
Housewife |
Widowed
No Children |
No Income |
Malnourished, prone to being ill. |
Currently cared for by her relatives, she depends upon them for everything & fears for future provisions. Undernourished and suffers from chronic malnutrition. |
|
9 |
56 years (15/01/1951) |
F |
Housewife |
Widowed
Has two children aged 28 and 20 |
No income |
Cancer patient – one breast has been removed.
On daily medication |
Both children are earning small salaries and are caring for their mother to the best of their ability. Her relatives try and help her out with her medicines. Struggles for daily provisions and to afford the medicines necessary. |
|
10 |
60 years (20/03/1947) |
F |
Housewife |
Widowed
Has one son aged 27 |
Very little through working on odd jobs.
Lacks stable and sufficient income. |
Frail |
Son is a mental health patient. She does odd jobs to provide for both herself and her son. She is currently unable to do this and to pay for his medicines. |
|
11 |
58 years
(20/02/1940) |
M |
Retired Clerk |
Married
Has two children ages 14 and 13.
|
No income |
Chronic paralytic Polio. Right leg almost totally paralysed.
|
Wife is also a chronic paralytic polio patient with great difficulty using her right hand. She does her daily work with her left hand.
Cannot find normal work but does attempt to find odd jobs. Very difficult to provide for himself, his wife and his teenage children. |
|
12 |
55 years (12/07/1952) |
F |
Retired Teacher |
Married
No Children |
Very little |
Parkinson’s disease
Low blood pressure |
Currently she cares for her invalid mother and her husband who has suffered from stroke a few years ago. Her right hand & right leg are partially paralysed.
|
|
13 |
67 years (23/08/1940) |
F |
Retired Nurse |
Married
Three children |
Very little. working on odd jobs.
Lacks stable and sufficient income. |
High Blood pressure |
Cannot gain regular income although she and her husband work hard to do odd jobs. These are inconsistent and they cannot afford basic provisions. Cannot depend on children. |
|
14 |
75 years (10/12/1933) |
M |
Retired Manual Labourer |
No children |
No income |
Parkinson’s Disease
Frail |
Both husband and wife are very old, suffer from various diseases and are cared for by relatives. |
To request a status report on your sponsored senior (applied only to Annual or Monthly donors only), please click here.
For more information on the SOS Programe, click here
To read the Sponsor Our Seniors Poem click here
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For further information, please email relief@world-federation.org