Agewell Foundation, India In Special Consultative

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Agewell Foundation, India In Special Consultative Status with the ECOSOC at UN since 2011 Associate NGO Status with UN-DPI Confidential and Proprietary Information This document is classified as confidential & proprietary in nature. This document or portions of it, should not be copied, produced or misused by any method, electronic or manual for personal or business use. The distribution of this document is controlled and intended only for select parties. About Agewell Foundation An NGO established in the year 1999 Dedicated towards the welfare of senior citizens across the country Assists senior citizens to move surely but steadily from helplessness and self pity towards confidence, respect and mutual caring Agewell volunteer teams include professionals, senior bureaucrats, university professors, artists, writers, judges & all those people who sincerely feel and work for the cause Vision & Goals Vision Agewell Foundation is committed to make a coordinated effort with compassion and understanding to transform social attitudes towards senior citizens. The effort is to create the infrastructure to empower every older person. Goals Agewell has been set up to initiate better interaction between the generations. It endeavors to: Bring about a change in perceptions about Old Age Initiate steps towards senior citizens friendly environment Evolve a sense of moral and social responsibility towards senior citizens Advocate for the needs and rights of senior citizens Extend a helping hand to senior citizens wherever required Recognition International Special Consultative Status with Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC), United Nations (first NGO from South-Asian countries in Ageing sector with ECOSOC) Associated with UN DPI (United Nations- Department of Public Information) Accredited to the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWGA) in 2011 Presented papers on Poverty Eradication at 2012 Annual Ministerial Review of UN ECOSOC High level Segment Panelist at Second Working Session of Open Ended Working Group on Ageing at United Nations in August 2011 & Participated in all nine sessions of OEWGA at United Nations since 2011 at United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA Participated as an Expert in “Asia-Pacific Regional Expert Meeting on Long-Term care for Older Persons” at Shanghai, China in December 2013 Participated in 58th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women at United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA, March, 2014 Regional Expert Forum on Integrated Care for Elderly, Nanjing, China, March 2017. Preparatory Regional Expert Meeting: Third Regional Review of the Madrid International Plan of Action on