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Thankfully, after receiving a tremendous support from the community, the Nation Builders Prophetic Apostolic Movement (NBPAM), a service centre for the elderly in Humansdorp in conjunction with the Kouga Municipality, managed to host a successful event aimed at educating young people about the importance of supporting the elderly.
As previously reported by Kouga Express the founder of NBPAM, pastor Ashwell Goliath, said they have noticed that the relationship between children, their parents, and grandparents has been ruined by crime, violence, drugs, alcohol abuse, and gangsterism in the community.
In addition to this, he said they have seen many forms of negligence and abuse towards the elderly, where their health and nutrition were not taken care of.
Goliath further said the elderly often miss their clinic appointments, and do not use their medication as prescribed.
In a bid to help young people understand the importance of supporting and taking care of the elderly, NBPAM together with the municipality hosted a breakfast event at the Kate van der Merwe Crèche in Humansdorp on November 4, which was a great success.
“The event was used as a platform to make young people aware of the importance of becoming more involved with organisations that work with the elderly and vulnerable in the community,” said Goliath.
He said at the event they had local artist John Nelson, who has a passion for the elderly, perform a few songs.
In addition, they also had guest speaker Marietjie Boonzaaier, retired social worker and facilitator for Alzheimer’s support group, speak about Alzheimer’s and dementia.
“She did an excellent job speaking about two very important topics, Alzheimer’s and dementia. She also gave powerful tools to those who have elderly family members suffering with these diseases,” said Goliath.
He said that the event was meant to be educational and change the mindsets of young people, to encourage them to take better care of their elderly parents and grandparents.
The sponsors of the event included Kouga Municipality and Kekkel en Kraai in Humansdorp.
“It was a fruitful and successful event, and we will have more in the future. We thank God for allowing us to host this event,” said Goliath.
