The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ellembelle Constituency in the Western region, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has gifted over 500 elderly men and women in his Constituency with assorted food items and cash as part of the Christmas festivities.

The occasion also coincided with the tenth anniversary celebration of the AYA Elderly Care Center established by the Ellembelle MP to strengthen social care and support services to the aged in the Constituency.

Speaking at the colorful event, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, said his office began a journey ten years ago with the establishment of the AYA Elderly Care Center to ensure that people who had worked so hard in their lives into old age, be given proper attention and taken care of.

He said the elderly needed physical, psychological, material and the health care needs to live meaningfully.

"The elderly are not actually sick but what they need is companionship to talk about old times and share laughter which is a healing in itself", he stated.

He said in the last ten years, the AYA Elderly Care Center has brought about 20,000 elderly persons to the Center for support, care and love.

Armah-Kofi Buah who is also the Ghana's Lands and Natural Resources Minister, noted that loneliness alone was not good and a sickness in itself and asked society to show love and care to the elderly.

He prayed for good health, longevity and fruitfulness for the elderly in a bid to smile happily at life in the ensuing year.

A number of the elderly persons who interacted with Daniel Kaku, commended the MP for the noble gesture in the last decade to cater for the health care needs, food supply and financial support as part of the government's livelihood empowerment project for the elderly.

Joined by the MP, the elderly persons also sang traditional songs and different forms of dances to showcase indigenous Nzema culture and tradition.