International Older Persons Day (October 1) was established by the United Nations (UN) and to celebrate the date, the Instituto Aço Cearense held actions on October 2nd in Fortaleza, at the Olavo Bilac Elderly Shelter Unit and on October 4th in Marabá, at the Lar São Vicente de Paulo. The objective of the visits was to provide a "meeting of generations" between the elderly and some adolescents from the social projects supported by the Instituto Aço Cearense.
In Fortaleza, a musical afternoon was held on October 2nd at the Olavo Bilac Shelter, with the Musicart group from the Associação Escola de Campeões (AEC). Ten students were also chosen to visit the elderly. The AEC students were able to tour the entire space, interact, and give souvenirs to the 75 elderly residents at the shelter.
"We took the students, who often displayed behavioral complications, so they could understand the importance of valuing older people and giving more value to life," commented Luciana Rabelo, Coordinator of the Instituto Aço Cearense.
In Marabá, on October 4th, the elderly at Lar São Vicente de Paulo were visited by 10 FUNCAD students from the project: "Music that awakens gifts and talents," who played, sang, and also interacted. At the end, cleaning products were donated to the 29 elderly people at the institution.
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