Aashwast Initiatives
Aashwast Dignity club
Aashwast started in 2021 with a vision to provide support to seniors for temporary short-term jobs, in non-medical, non-patient care. The work includes services ranging from reading a book, watching a cricket match together, going for snacks at favorite restaurant to shopping, banking, doctor visit and many more. Since its inception Aashwast has provided more than 8000 hrs. of service to seniors across Pune.
In 2022, Aashwast Senior clients came forward and encouraged the team to start Aashwast Dignity Club. The purpose of the Club will be organizing fun engagement programs for seniors from time to time. The program will have activities listed below, the list is suggestive and not exhaustive, as per the need/suggestion/idea from seniors and other well-wishers this will be an ongoing creative process.
- List of Activities
Aashwast will collaborate with organizations in similar space for conducting these programs more regularly and on on-going basis.
- Stand-up comedy
- Story Sharing/Telling
- Birthday/Anniversary Celebrations
- Day Picnic
- Watching Movies Together
- Fun games
- Dance Movement Therapy
- Light Yoga Exercise
- Singing
- Skits and Drama
Aashwast Voice of Seniors
Vision:
- Be a platform to bring the voice of seniors to the fore and bridge age- technology gap
- Voice of seniors is heart of Aashwast, and Aashwast is the head and hand for Voice of seniors
Mission:
- To create a social media campaign for seniors
- Everyone (public at large) is invited to click a 1 to 3 minute video of the senior based on different themes
- To support the seniors to speak for themselves
- To bridge the gap of age old wisdom and new technology
- To support youth to learn from seniors through the platform
- To open avenues for knowledge sharing
Voice of Seniors week
| Days | Themes |
|---|---|
| Monday | Memories of 'When I was young..' |
| Tuesday | Travel Tales - most memorable trip to ___ |
| Wednesday | Wisdom Wednesday (from your life/learning how will you approach a particular problem) |
| Thursday | Motivational events/experience of their life |
| Friday | We complain (grievances) - Fayaad |
| Saturday | Story telling - Moral building stories they would tell grandkids |
| Sunday | Skill school - Hobby showcase |