Caring for elders and aging is perhaps the greatest responsibility we have. Those who have walked before us have given so much and made possible the life we all enjoy.

Service to elder beneficiaries is indeed a service to humanity at its helm! They are the stories of perseverance, resilience and ingenuity. They remind us the virtue of simple living.

We serve about 70-80 elder beneficiaries through this sponsorship program. To our knowledge, they are the pearl of the program. Most of the sponsored aging people are widow/ widowed and have nobody to take care of them. Being weak and feeble, they often fall sick. Added to its misery there are hardly any medical facilities available in villages. CFCA is the only HOPE to their survival.

The love and affection they bring to this program has immense value. Everyone has a bank savings account in their name. A regular monthly contribution of Rs.1400/- to their bank account through CFCA ekes them out with basic necessities like food, medicine, cloth, and shelter. Although they are at the sunset of life the zeal and vigor they bring to program participation is a treat to watch. They have a lot to say and share. They realize the goodwill and generosity of the sponsors. They know CFCA has brought radiance to their face slowly but surely wiping out the gloom.

We tried to gather them at a common platform for a program activity like festival celebrations but couldn't succeed as 80 aging beneficiaries are spread out at 50 subprojects of two states. The physical ailment does not encourage them to travel elsewhere. But come home they are the angels giving solution to various program issues.