Delighted these delegates have accepted our bursary to attend the Commonwealth Elders Forum next week.
Emily Ajiambo, Uganda
Principle Gerontologist, Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development
Emily is a graduate of Southampton University with a Master in Gerontology and Makerere University with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences and a Post Graduate Diploma in Project Planning and Management. Currently, she is spearheading the process of development of an Older Persons Bill which will provide a basis for the enactment of an Older Persons Act.
The Act will provide for the protection and realisation of older persons’ rights in Uganda.
Samantha Bowen, Australia
Founding Director, Acorn Network
Samantha is committed to supporting emerging leaders and young professionals throughout Australia’s aged care industry, helping employees to understand the opportunities before them and connecting them with established leaders who can support them to step up and shine. Over the past four years, Samantha has worked with organisations and individuals from across Australia through national events, and presented internationally on millennial engagement. She has even created an innovative e-Mentoring Program for Australia’s aged care industry.
Anne Githui, Kenya
Founder and CEO, Old is Diamond
Anne Githui is not only a mother to a 7 year old girl but to many people over 65 years old. She wakes up everyday determined to give every senior citizen in Kenya beautiful, hopeful and dignified golden years.
Her vision started over nine years ago after she lost her grandmother and discovered that her grandmother’s depression and the age related illnesses were a result of loneliness. After this discovery she started on a mission to help the elderly in her community. A year later, family and friends joined her in the cause and that is when “Old is Diamond” (www.oldisdiamond.org), an NGO registered in Kenya, was born.
To see the full list of bursary delegates, click here.
Bursary sponsored by QCS.
