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Author: Joanna Kowalewska | Publish date: 20 May 2022

Celebration of the Day of invalids

20 May 2022, Author: Joanna Kowalewska

Today (20 May) a ceremony was held on the occasion of the International Day of the Invalids. The organizer was the District Branch of the Polish Association of Pensioners, Pensioners and Invalids in Ełk. The meeting was also attended by the President of Ełk, who wished members of the Association, their families, caregivers and friends and thanked them for their commitment and actions taken for the benefit of people with disabilities in our city.

Polish Association of Pensioners Pensioners and Invalids conduct charity activities and provide assistance members of the Association in social and living matters. It also organizes and leads libraries, reading rooms, common rooms, senior clubs and artistic groups. Moreover publishes its own press and conducts information activities in the field of problems pensioners, pensioners and invalids. It also organizes holiday stays and Rehabilitation.

According to the results of the National Population and Housing Census of 2011 number of people at the end of March 2011 it was about 4.7 million disabled.

President of Ełk Tomasz Andrukiewicz, met today with members of the PZERiI District Branch in Ełk and with their families, caregivers and friends. The mayor of the city wished m.in perseverance and strength in overcoming adversity and overcoming life's difficulties, and thanked for the great commitment and actions taken for the benefit of people with disabilities in our city.