{"id":3007,"date":"2021-09-06T06:36:21","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T06:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/social-security-ministry-welcomes-new-centenarian-club-member"},"modified":"2021-09-06T06:36:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T06:36:21","slug":"social-security-ministry-welcomes-new-centenarian-club-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/social-security-ministry-welcomes-new-centenarian-club-member","title":{"rendered":"Social Security Ministry welcomes new centenarian club member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\">Mauritius<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Welfare and Elderly Persons\u2019 Protection Unit of the Ministry of Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity welcomed a new centenarian club member, Mrs Marie Yolande Coret, with a birthday celebration held at her residence in Albion today.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity, Mrs Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo; the Parliamentary Private Secretary, Mrs Marie Christiane Dorine Chukowry; the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Xavier-Luc Duval; and relatives of Mrs Coret were present at the celebration.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity also honoured Mrs Coret with a cheque of Rs 21,836; a cooker, a mobile phone with 50 free calls, and a bouquet of flower.<\/p>\n<p>She was awarded a centenarian medal and a certificate for her service, too. In addition, a cheque of Rs 10,000 was presented to Mrs Coret by the National Solidarity Fund of the Ministry and gifts were offered by the representative of the Senior Citizen Council.<\/p>\n<p>She will from now on receive a monthly pension of Rs 21,710. Congratulating the centenarian and her family, Mrs Jeewa-Daureeawoo highlighted the 100 years of life, experiences and knowledge of Mrs Coret.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has witnessed and been part of the evolutions of the 20th Century, and passed on history, beliefs and values,\u201d said the Minister.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Mrs Jeewa-Daureeawoo stated that the elders are the foundation of society adding that their efforts in the development of the country should be duly acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>She recalled Government\u2019s commitment to support the seniors so that they live with dignity and the respect they deserve while preserving their autonomy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe welfare and security of our elders remain our priority\u201d, she stressed. Mrs Marie Yolande Coret, the sixth child in a family of seven children, was born on 02 September 1921 in Beau S\u00e9jour, Belle Rose.<\/p>\n<p>When her husband, Mr Georges Coret, passed away in 1967, the responsibility to raise her three children laid on her shoulders. She was a seamstress and sewed her last wedding gown in 2009. She now has six grandchildren and six great grandchildren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. The Welfare and Elderly Persons\u2019 Protection Unit of the Ministry of Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity welcomed a new centenarian club member, Mrs Marie Yolande Coret, with a birthday celebration held at her residence in Albion today. The Minister of Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity, Mrs Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":3006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,7,8,16],"tags":[233,245,434,241,435],"class_list":["post-3007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mauritius","tag-centenarian","tag-mauritius","tag-security"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Social Security Ministry welcomes new centenarian club member - Mauritius<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/social-security-ministry-welcomes-new-centenarian-club-member\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Social Security Ministry welcomes new centenarian club member\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. 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