Residents of Father Law Home shared a meal together and were given gifts during their celebration of Fiji's 50th year of independence yesterday.
While speaking at the celebration, Minister for Education Rosy Akbar acknowledged the residents for their contribution to our progress as a nation.
Akbar says senior citizens have played an important role in shaping our future.
She also emphasised the importance of according senior citizens the respect and the love that they deserve and that a society’s moral standards are reflected in its treatment of senior members.
Akbar also thanked the staff of the Father Law Home for the tremendous support and care that they provide to senior citizens. The Education Minister provided Fiji Flags, t-shirts, cereal hampers, clothes and dinner for the residents.
