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A Japanese training provider and employment broker has appealed to the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation to support the creation of a standardised elderly care centre and training facility. The request was made during a June 6 meeting between Yoshio Kondo, president of Procast Cambodia, and social affairs minister Vong Soth.
HelpAge Cambodia, in collaboration with representatives from several state institutions as well as members of the elderly population, will mark World Health Day on April 7, with the goal of encouraging the government to provide increased healthcare to the eldest members of society.
Minister of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation Vong Soth is scheduled to visit a nursing home in Japan to learn more about how the East Asian nation safeguards the welfare of the elderly in order to apply those insights to his duties in Cambodia.
The NGO HelpAge Cambodia said that a large number of associations for the elderly were not receiving funding from communes because of a lack of clear guidelines from the national-level authorities.