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Our
Aims and Objectives
U3A aims to
build the interest and motivation of, and fruitfully engage older adults
55 years and over in order for them to see themselves as blocks for empowerment
(personal, community and national); to mobilize them to be part of innovative
and coordinated networks of building inclusive worlds of empowerment,
age with rights and respect for differences.
As an umbrella organization,
U3A coordinates activities of its affiliates including planning and offering
technical support. Our values are ‘a heightened spirit ofconnectedness,
botho and prudent use of resources.
OUR VISION
Each one teaches
the other - Be empowered by empowering others
Lifelong learning
as an adaptive strategy - To promote elderliness as engrained in lifelong
learning processes, personal and national development
Each one matters
- Respecting and recognizing each one’s potential to contribute to own,
community and national development needs
Innovative,
Coordinated and Favorable Services and Resources
To work in partnership with relevant national and international partners
like governments, organizations for the elderly, NGOs, CBOs and others
to promote open and fair access to education/learning and other relevant
services for third agers.
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