Generation Change: Young women volunteers provide companionship for Russia's elderly
Lifestyle
AdministratorFebruary 26, 2013
Letter writing, entertainment and friendship - no job is too small for Liza Oleskina and Marina Kochevalova when it comes to taking care of the elderly in Russia. They are members of Starost v radost, or "It's nice to be old." Founded in 2006, its young women volunteers provide much needed companionship for the older generation from the Urals to Siberia. Report: Geert Groot Koerkamp, Moscow