Living Water Foundation Worldwide Inc. Projects Abuja Conference

THE PLIGHT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AND THE OLDER PERSONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES LIVING WATER FOUNDATION INTERVENTIONS. Recommendation No. 50 of the Vienna International Plan of Action on Ageing stresses the need for government, older persons themselves and non-governmental organizations such as LWF make efforts to overcome negative stereotype images of older persons as suffering from physical and psychological disabilities, incapable of functioning independently and having neither role nor status in society. Recommendation No. 50 gave Living Water Foundation the authority to arrest high mortality rate amongst the ageing, (especially those in their 50s and 60s) in Sub-Saharan Africa. LWF is particularly concerned with the older persons who are abandoned by their family (lack of family care) or are childless and/or very poor to take care of themselves. This includes older persons who have been pushed beyond poverty border line/impoverished by the life-threatening and life-destroying policies of the dictators in government in Sub-Saharan Africa. Please note that the same way and reason why governments in developing countries failed to provide for the physically challenged persons applies ipso facto to the older persons. The intervention of Living Water Foundation is to arrest the dwindling life expectancy among this group which is now put at 52 years for developing countries like Nigeria and satisfy the five key areas of independence, care, self-fulfillment (provision of recreational facilities etc.), Dignity and participation for all the inmates who would be rehabilitated in the Home/Centre. LWF therefore calls on men and women of goodwill, organizations, funders, donor agencies, NGOs and members of the Int'l community to support the efforts of the Foundation. APPEAL: The enormous task facing this Foundation cannot be funded by one man but requires the solidarity of kind-hearted persons such as you and I who are minded serving humanity. We appreciate your presence here today and appeal to you to support the Foundation materially, financially and even in your prayers in its efforts to meet the needs of the disabled, old persons and less privileged in the World. Rev Damian Etonyeaku-Nduka President Living Water Foundation Ministries (LWFM) Inc. USA Living Water Foundation Worldwide (LWFW) Inc. P. O. Box 6134 Norfolk, VA. 23508 USA Tel +1-757-391-4756 or +49-206-567-90542 Cell: +1-757-217-7652 or +49-152-141-57999 E-Mail: info@lwfm.us Website: www.livingwaterfoundationministries.org