This week Penny Jorgensen, our CEO, held two education
seminars at the Shanti Niwas Charitable Trust community support group in
Onehunga.
Shanti Niwas Charitable Trust, which was founded in 1994, is
a non-profit organisation with a proud history of working with socially
isolated senior citizens of Indian and South Asian origin living in the
Auckland region.
Included in the charity’s many services is the promotion of
health and safety which has initiated visits from various organisations from
the community.
Allergy New Zealand was invited to talk on March 26 and 27,
with around 100 people attending the two sessions.
Project Manager, Nilima Venkant said these programmes are
important as it allows people to make their own informed decisions about their
health and take the information back to their extended families.
She said there was a lot of interest in the topic and that
the partnership with Allergy New Zealand would be ongoing.
“We already have names down of people who would like further
contact with Allergy New Zealand so there may be more programmes to come.”
Penny Jorgensen also said there was a positive feedback from
the talk.
“These types of seminars help educate and inform a wider
community about the severity of allergies. Many people came forward who either
themselves had food or medicine allergies, or had grandchildren with allergies.
Shanti Niwas Charitable Trust also has an elder abuse and
neglect prevention service where they provide those who have been abused or
neglected with support, counselling and advocacy.
