Ashgabat marks International Day of Older Persons

AKIPRESS.COM - A charity event dedicated to the International Day of Older Persons was organized by the Yenme Public Organization in Ashgabat on Sept 29, Turkmenportal reports.
International Day of Older Persons, according to the UN General Assembly resolution of Decemer 14, 1990, is celebrated on October 1 in order to attract public attention to the problems of the elderly.
The folk artists of Turkmenistan, labor veterans, pensioners gathered in the festively decorated hall. The chairman of the Yenme public organization Gulya Chorekliyeva, addressed the guests with welcoming words.
At the end of the ceremony, all pensioners who came to the meeting were awarded valuable gifts from the Turkmen companies Jaý Hyzmat, Täze aý and Türkmen Şöhle.