Coalition of Services Of The Elderly
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Mission Statement
To attain its vision, COSE works with older persons, especially the poor and marginalized, in upholding their rights while respecting cultural diversity, promoting gender equality, nurturing their potentials, recognizing them as a significant sector, and ensuring their participation in matters affecting their lives.
About This Cause
The Coalition of Services of the Elderly, Inc. (COSE) is a non-government organization in the Philippines working with older persons since 1989. We focus on the formation and strengthening of older persons’ organizations; advocacy; and partnership building. We promote community-based programs of older persons such as health care, residential care facility, age-friendly and diversified livelihood, and inclusive disaster risk reduction and management. COSE recognizes the significant contributions of older persons in society through its annual Sampung Ulirang Nakatatanda (SUN) / Ten Outstanding Older Persons Awards. COSE is a licensed and registered Social Welfare and Development Agency, and a member of various humanitarian and development networks at the international and national level. COSE Vison, Mission, Goal (VMG) COSE envisions an age-friendly society where all older persons live in dignity; remain healthy, self-reliant, and secure; and free to commit themselves to others and society. To attain its vision, COSE works with older persons, especially the poor and marginalized, in upholding their rights while respecting cultural diversity, promoting gender equality, nurturing their potentials, recognizing them as a significant sector, and ensuring their participation in matters affecting their lives. COSE has the following Goals; 1. To strengthen older persons’ organizations (OPOs) through capacity development. 2. To advance the well-being of older persons through networking and partnership building with various stakeholders at the local, national, regional, and international levels. 3. To organize a national movement of older persons that will take the lead in promoting intergenerational solidarity and gender equality. KEY STRATEGIES: 1. Community Organizing. We facilitate the formation and strengthening of Older Persons’ Organizations (OPOs) and the establishment of community-based programs of older persons. 2. Capacity Development. We strengthen capacities and enhance the knowledge and skills of Older Persons’ Organization leaders and members in organizational and program development. 3. Advocacy and Lobbying. We push for the enactment of legislation that promotes the rights and well-being of older persons and calls for the better implementation of existing programs and services. Older Persons Policy and Legislative Agenda (OPPLA) a. Universal Social Pension b. Anti-Elder Abuse c. Long Term Care d. Age Equality (Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination, Age-friendly cities and municipalities, etc.) 4. Networking and Partnership Building. We partner with various stakeholders at the local, national, and international levels to advance the well-being of older persons. STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS: a. Protection and Inclusion • Ensures that the older persons, national and local government unit, and other stakeholders work together in developing and implementing policies and programs for the aging sector. • Promotes the rights and welfare of older persons through policy advocacy and awareness-raising of issues and existing laws/policies related to older persons. b. Income Security • COSE, together with older persons, works to ensure their rights for an age-friendly, diversified and secure livelihood, adequate social protection, and equal opportunities in employment and work. • Introduce and establish an age-friendly and diversified livelihood within an older person’s organizations (OPOs) such as small-scale businesses and micro-lending, communal garden that uses crop diversification and typhoon-resilient farming, etc. c. Active and Healthy Aging • Promotes healthy and active aging through community-based health programs, advocacy for better health policies and institutionalization of healthy practices in our internal policies. • Formation and development of community health volunteers to provide geriatric care to sick, frail, and bedridden older persons. d. Community Resilience and Inclusive Humanitarian Response • Promotes community resilience by ensuring the active participation of older persons to improve access to social protection programs on health, income security like social pension, inclusive humanitarian response, etc. • Ensures the active participation and inclusion of older persons in all phases of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management and Climate Change Adaptation. • Promotes inclusive community-based disaster risk reduction and management activities led by older persons themselves. SPECIAL PROGRAMS a. Group Home for older women. A community-based residential care facility for older women located in San Jose, Del Monte, Bulacan. COSE provides the basic needs of the residents, such as food, clothing, medicines, etc. b. Sampung Ulirang Nakatatanda Awards - The Sampung Ulirang Nakatatanda Awards is an annual search and awarding of ten (10) most inspiring and outstanding older persons in the Philippines COSE Shared values a. Older Persons-Centered. We ensure older persons as the center of our undertakings. We work for the best interest of older persons. b. Commitment. We are committed to facilitating interventions for and with older persons with dignity, respect, quality, and professionalism. c. Compassion. Our interventions and engagement with communities are based on compassion and solidarity with older persons, especially those who are most vulnerable and marginalized. d. Gender Equality. We recognize that gender equality is a human right. We promote equal rights, responsibilities, and opportunities regardless of gender, whether among our employees or community partners. e. Inclusiveness. We promote equal access to opportunities and resources for people who might otherwise be excluded or marginalized, such as but not limited to older persons, persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples, and people of all genders. f. Participatory. We engage relevant stakeholders, especially older persons, in all our programs and projects. We foster consensus building and collective action. g. Accountability. We are responsible for our words and our actions. We practice due diligence, judicious use of resources, and transparency towards our partners, donors, and other stakeholders.