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Huge Help for Helpage
posted (February 8, 2019)

Helpage Belize yesterday received a fifty thousand dollar donation from Food For The Poor in Florida, their partner for the past two years.  Their Executive Director was elated and said 200 persons will benefit:…

Ivorine Bulwer - Exec. Dir, HELPAGE Belize
"You know I'm very excited. Why am I excited? Because we have received quite a number of donations for our older persons and they include assistive devices. These assistive devices is for comfort. Why comfort? You know we have older persons with arthritis, older persons who have limitation with movement and so these devices, commodes, walkers, wheelchairs, bath chairs, grab-bars, all these are protective devices that can help the comfort level for older persons and we are excited and happy to have these and to let our older persons know that we are here for them and we are doing to provide them with these assistive devices. Additionally we have pampers, pampers are extremely expensive. We have quite a number of blankets; we will share those with our most needy clients. Additionally we have some hospital supplies like for example we have syringes, we have masks, we have specimen containers and those we will send to share with the hospital and with the public health clinic. I just want to share with the public that there are older persons out there, just let us know. We are here to assist all who are in need. Those who are shut in, we prove home care services, so let us know. We do meals on wheels, let us know."

Bulwer urges urges all those in need of elderly assistance to call 224-5282.

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