No One Should Grow Old Alone
When children grow up and leave, some parents are left with nothing. Nizi Bhandari and the Iva and Shiv Foundation stepped in for an abandoned old-age home in the Philippines — with the supplies its residents need to live with dignity.
The story
The parents time forgot
In a quiet corner of the Philippines is a home for the elderly — men and women in the last chapter of their lives, many of them left there by the very children they once raised. Abandoned in old age, with little food and fewer visitors, their days had become a struggle simply to survive.
Nizi Bhandari believes care has no age limit. The Iva and Shiv Foundation arrived with the essentials these elders needed — food and daily supplies for their survival — and, just as importantly, the message that they had not been forgotten.
For a man whose own work is built around family and a father's love, standing with parents who had lost theirs was deeply personal.
"A society is measured by how it treats those who can no longer give back. These elders gave their whole lives — the least we can do is make sure they are fed, cared for, and remembered."— Nizi Bhandari
A wider mission
Supporting the elderly in India too — Jodhpur
This care for elders isn't limited to the Philippines. Nizi also supported Jodhana Vradhashram, an old-age home in Jodhpur, India — providing supplies to the residents there as part of the same belief: that dignity in old age is a right, not a privilege.
