Welcome to the Elderly in Oryol project.
The project “Rendering Community-based Services for Elderly People in Oryol Region” is implemented by Yanos International (The Netherlands) and the Russian Red Cross together with the “Stichting Laurens Wonen Diensten & Zorg (Regio Noord Oost)” in Rotterdam and the “Stichting De Zevenster” in Zuidplas (both of The Netherlands). The project is financially supported by the Social Transformation Programme (Matra) of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The overall objectives of this project are 1) to empower elderly people encouraging them to be as self-sufficient as possible and 2) to improve care and support services at community level based on needs of and capacities for elderly in the Russian Federation.
The direct beneficiaries are the elderly people in the region; the target groups are health care workers, notably home visiting nurses, volunteers and relatives involved in the care and support of elderly people in the region.
The project is to be implemented over a period of 2 years. The project started on 1 May 2008.
Oryol Region is situated in the centre of the European part of the Russian Federation. The region has a population of about 861.000 inhabitants and a size of about 25.000 km2 (The Netherlands: about 41.500 km2).
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