Methodist Relief and Development Fund
MRDF supports more than 60 community-based organisations in 20 of the poorest countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, helping individuals and communities to transform their lives and become more self-sufficient.
Helping hand for Cameroon's lonely elderly
Author: Methodist Relief and Development Fund
Sitting in a tiny, mud-brick hut in a remote part of Cameroon, I feel slightly disorientated. My eyes are still adjusting to the darkness and my legs are cramped. This is Maya Anyinji's home. Totally blind and almost deaf, she spends most of her time lying on her bed. But today, she is excited because she has a visitor.
High rates of HIV/AIDS and rural-to-urban migration mean many elderly in Cameroon no longer have children to look after them in their old age. They often lead very isolated lives. Like 79-year-old Maya, many live in hard-to-reach places, but are too frail to travel.
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Author: Methodist Relief and Development Fund
Sitting in a tiny, mud-brick hut in a remote part of Cameroon, I feel slightly disorientated. My eyes are still adjusting to the darkness and my legs are cramped. This is Maya Anyinji's home. Totally blind and almost deaf, she spends most of her time lying on her bed. But today, she is excited because she has a visitor.
High rates of HIV/AIDS and rural-to-urban migration mean many elderly in Cameroon no longer have children to look after them in their old age. They often lead very isolated lives. Like 79-year-old Maya, many live in hard-to-reach places, but are too frail to travel.
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