The World Alliance of Parsi Irani Zarthoshtis (WAPIZ) appeals to community members to help identify seniors who are unable to ask for help for themselves.
WAPIZ started the Helping Hands for Seniors Project about two years back to help seniors with daily chores or accompanying them to doctors, banks, etc. While rendering such services we were shocked to see the condition some of our community members are living in.
Many live alone, neglected and helpless. Most survive on the bare minimum, in unkempt, unhygienic homes unfit for human habitation, with personal hygiene neglected and ignored for years!
Most exhibited some degree and form......