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Residents and staff of the Palms geriatric home gets free pampering
…compliments of Freedom Life Ministries
October is the official “Month of the Elderly” and to show appreciation to the country’s senior
Palms resident treated to a manicure from Women on the Move member.
citizens, the Women on the Move group of Freedom Life Ministries (Georgetown), in collaboration with Milady’s Hair Salon, treated the residents of the Palms Geriatric Institute to a day of free pampering and full body makeovers.
The project was initiated a year ago by the women’s group, which saw it as a way of “giving back to the elderly” and thanking them for their contributions to society.
The Women on the Move group has been conducting a number of similar outreach programmes throughout Guyana which are directed at helping disadvantaged groups around Guyana.
To ensure that the institution’s inhabitants received the best treatment yesterday, the committee arranged for a team of 22 cosmetic and beauticians to provide haircuts, hairdressings, facial makeovers, manicure and pedicure treatment to approximately 100 residence of the geriatric home.
The Women on the Move also carried out makeovers at the bedsides for some of the elderly who are bedridden.
The benevolent volunteers told Kaieteur News that they were immensely humbled to provide their services to the elderly patients, who were very cooperative and receptive to the process.
Meanwhile, the recipients expressed gratitude to the organizers for having treated them to what one resident said felt “like a day at the spa.” Even staff members of the institution were pampered, and commented that it was a much needed break from the routine of the geriatric home.
The Women on the Move also handed out consolation bags to the residents, which included toiletries
Residence of the Palms receiving complementary toiletries from Women on the Move.
that were specified for men and women.
Freedom Life Ministries Inc. aka ‘The Place of Freedom and Truth”, is a non denominational Pentecostal church established in February 2003 with an over- reaching mandate of nurturing, educating and developing the spiritual awareness of believers and non- believers worldwide in obedience to the commission of Jesus Christ
The church has branches at No 9 Village, West Coast Berbice, Charlestown, Georgetown and Queens New York.
Part of the church’s vision and mission has been to provide tangible assistance to the less fortunate free of cost. This has resulted in numerous outreach activities throughout the length and breadth of Guyana and even regionally and internationally.
Freedom life Ministries has a school feeding programme in Regions Four, Five and Six, which collectively provide hot meals to hundreds of students weekly.
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