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Discontent of elderly people
Elderly people represent the most suffering and unprotected social category which experiences physical, as well as inner suffering and worry; they gave much for the others, for their own country, but now they are compelled to beg a piece of bread and charity.
They are often called “veterans”, and they are men and women who devoted themselves to their country, they created the history of Moldova and paved the way to the people.
Nowadays aged people feel themselves abandoned. They live on miserable income, they do not have a necessary minimum for food, even family refuses them. The sight of elderly people queuing in different canteens, a lot of which are arranged by Catholic Church, must give rise to deep thinking and understanding of their difficult social position.
We are speaking about patient men and women, who are deserving, humble, almost submitted. On their faces, where years of suffering left their traces, the history of Moldova is written. But we must be able to read the plea for help and support on those faces, the last embrace of hope, which is addressed, with sadness and respect to those who give them hot meal, footwear, clothes, medicine and everything they need.
Naturally, the conditions of an elderly person living in the capital or its suburb differ from the conditions of an elderly living in outlying regions. The latter live in villages, where, in spite of the equally poor conditions, a big support comes from social solidarity.
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