{"id":16377,"date":"2020-06-16T07:06:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T07:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=16377"},"modified":"2020-06-16T07:06:23","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T07:06:23","slug":"burundi-elders-to-be-fully-supported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/burundi-elders-to-be-fully-supported\/","title":{"rendered":"Burundi elders to be fully supported"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the occasion of the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day celebrated on 15 June, old people sheltered by \u201cSainte Elisabeth\u201d Hospice in Bujumbura city call for support as they are victims of discrimination and rejection by their family members. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Old people sheltered in Sainte Elisabeth Hospice<\/p><\/div>\n

Sainte Elisabeth Hospice shelters at least 50 old people including men and women in Rohero neighborhood in Bujumbura city. \u201cThey are from different provinces of the country,\u201d says Nun Colette Murimbane, Managing Director of the center. She also says they look for the center\u2019s shelter for different motives. \u201cSome are discriminated while others are rejected by the family members,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Mathias Ndirazeragiza, 110, from Isare commune in Bujumbura province says the center helps them to fulfill their needs. \u201cNot only was it difficult for us to have access to food and clothes, but also it was not easy to have access to health care,\u201d says Ndirazeragiza.
\nAs for Marthe Nindorera, 82, from Ndava commune in Mwaro province, the government should establish different health centers to facilitate their movement. \u201cIf we don\u2019t have support from other people, we cannot move easily,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

L\u00e9ocadie Ndikumana, 67, says she was rejected by her family members due to her illness. \u201cAny family member didn\u2019t want to support me,\u201d she deplores. Thanks to Sainte Elisabeth Hospice, Ms Ndikumana receives all essential needs including health care.<\/p>\n

Nun Colette Murimbane exhorts the government to increase centers that shelter old people. \u201cIt would be better if they are sheltered in their local areas. They feel that they are near their homes,\u201d she says adding that it should also provide materials and medicines to the center. \u201cOld people finally become disabled people who need wheelchairs, special food and medicines,\u201d she concludes.<\/p>\n

According to a study conducted by the National Social Protection Commission in February 2017, Burundi had more than 449,000 old people i.e. 4.28% of the population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the occasion of the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day celebrated on 15 June, old people sheltered by \u201cSainte Elisabeth\u201d Hospice in Bujumbura city call for support as they are victims of discrimination and rejection by their family members. Sainte Elisabeth Hospice shelters at least 50 old people including men and women in Rohero neighborhood […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16377"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16384,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16377\/revisions\/16384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}