Elderproject

The #elderproject — what I learned

For the past 10 years I’ve always spent the first few quiet days of the year thinking about the…

The #elderproject #11 — Graham Perolls

I first met Graham earlier this year, when he invited me to become a Honorary Patron on the Copaceni fundraising committee for Hospices of Hope.

I’m in awe of Graham’s dedication to helping people in South Eastern Europe with services…

The #elderproject #9 — Andrew

Smart, modest and wise are the first attributes that spring to mind when I think of Andrew, my 9th interviewee for the #elderproject.

A Romanian 71 year old that fled to the US during the communist regime, he lived in the US for 20 years and is now…

The #elderproject #7: Franco the tailor

Yes, I know it’s been a while and no, I haven’t given up on the #elderproject. I’ve just been busy and as it turns out it’s not that easy finding, interviewing and writing about people. That being said, I believe the wait will be worth it.

The #elderproject #5: Jeff Hutchinson

This week’s elder is the oldest one I’ve interviewed so far, and yet one of the happiest. Jeff is 83, British and has more charisma than Obama & Clooney put together. He had a wonderful, wonderful story about love which was perfectly timed as I interviewed him on…

The #elderproject #4: George Betianu [RO]

Apologies for not posting an #elderproject interview in a while. I’ve been doing them at a rate of one per week but converting to mp3, uploading to soundcloud and writing the summary takes longer than I thought and work has been very busy. I’ll try posting…

The #elderproject #3: Ewan

Today’s elder is a 61 year old British national living in Surrey, named Ewan. There was a bit of nostalgia in his voice while he was talking about the past, as you’ll notice in the interview. He’s had a tough time over the years, Ewan, but despite that he was as joyful and happy as…

The #elderproject #2: Jagdish Patel

I’ve realised over the past week that I don’t have time to post the elder project interviews every day, but I will try to the best of my ability to actually do one every day and post them at a later time.