Justice and Human Rights United States Project #34807

Build a senior center for 500 South Asian seniors

by India Home Inc.

Build a senior center for 500 South Asian seniors

Project Report | Feb 14, 2023
Let's share the love!

By Shaaranya Pillai | Deputy Director

Happy Valentine's Day!

Our senior center programs have gotten so much love over the past few months.

SACH has been a hub for our community, with many purposes and functions:

members have attended our senior center programs every Friday, receiving nutrition education, yoga and other programs and eat warm Indian vegetarian lunches
clients have received assistance with Access-A-Ride, SNAP benefits, cash assistance and more
seniors receive one-on-one mental health counseling in this safe space
partner organizations have hosted their events at our space
community outreach team members organize and strategize their far-reaching health education and resource programs for the Queens community at large
seniors have come together here for celebrations and holidays

Most recently, we celebrated Valentine's Day at our SACH location on Friday, which was thoroughly enjoyed by our members. See snapshots below!

Thank you, for the love and support you have given us, in making SACH the safe space our community deserves!

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Oct 18, 2022
New stages of growth

By Shaaranya Pillai | Deputy Director

Elmhurst Inauguration

We've expanded to a new location since the last time we checked in! After much demand for our services in the Central Queens area, we have established a new center at the Satya Narayan Mandir in Elmhurst. We had over 100 attendees at our inauguration ceremony, and were supported by several of our community leaders and elected officials.

This is a testament to the growth we've experienced in expanding our culturally competent senior services. Through our expansion to various locations across Queens, we've expanded our reach in benefits to clients across the borough as well. Clients visit our South Asian Community Home location to meet with our Case Worker and get the help they need with a variety of resources, including food assistance, housing applications, and accessible transportation.

Our Community Health Worker team also expands benefits and resource provision to the larger Jamaica, Queens community through follow-up and remote case work at our SACH location. India Home's coalition of CHW's have together given over 11,000 referrals to Jamaica community members, to help improve health equity in the disproportionately hit area.

In addition to our senior center services, the SACH location has been instrumental in helping our community become more civically engaged, through participatory budgeting idea generation sessions, educated on better wellness, through informative nutrition/health education sessions, and been a host for partner stakeholders such as NYU CSAAH in community engagement/education sessions.

Our SACH location continues to be an important hub for life-affirming and life-changing work for Queens. We appreciate your constant support and look forward building an even better future for our communities together!

Bollywood Day at our SACH Location

Jamaica Community Health Worker Coalition

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Jun 21, 2022
Back & better

By Shaaranya Pillai | Deputy Director

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