----------------------------------------------------------------------- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help other CONSUMERS to be better informed. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN to launch a Senior Citizens Rights Awareness Campaign from 1st October ------------------------------------------------------
On the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons 1st October, GOACAN will launch a Senior Citizens Rights Awareness Campaign. The year long campaign which will cover all 12 Talukas of Goa will focus on the full implementation of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act - 2007 & Goa Rules 2009. GOACAN volunteers will reach out with information to senior citizens encouraging them to make identity cards with the Department of Social Welfare, use reserved seats in public transport, seek consumer education and assert their rights to safety. Special emphasis will be put on the avenues available for redressal of grievances at the Village & Taluka level. GOACAN volunteers will raise issues faced by Senior Citizens at the Gram Sabha meetings of the Village Panchayats and with candidates during the forthcoming Municipal Elections. Adequate representation in all Planning & Development Committees, comprehensive health & recreation facilities, availability of adequate toilets in all markets & bus stands and the establishment of Day Care Centers in all Village Panchayats & Municipal Councils under the UMMID Scheme of the Department of Social Welfare are some of the issues that will be raised during the Campaign. GOACAN will submit suggestions for action by the District Committees of Senior Citizens chaired by the respective District Magistrates so that the United Nations theme for 2015 "Sustainability and Age Inclusiveness in the Urban Environment" will be appropriately addressed. GOACAN will also promote the use of the Senior Citizens Helpline 1090 and highlight the salient points of the Action Plan for the Protection of Life and Property of Senior Citizens by Goa Police for its effective implementation in both Districts of the State. ---------------------------------------------------------- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK ---------------------------------------------------------- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa ---------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mailto: goa...@bsnl.in ----------------------------------------------------------