Time Bank :

OPEN YOUR HEART TO ANOTHER’S TROUBLES,
AND YOUR OWN WILL BE EASIER TO BEAR……..
> TIME BANK :
> AMAZING CONCEPT!!!
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> A student studying in Switzerland writes:
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> While studying in Switzerland, he rented a house near his College. The landlady was a 67-year-old single lady who had worked as a teacher in a secondary school before she retired.
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> Switzerland's pension is very good, enough not to worry about food and shelter in her later years. However, she actually found work to take care of an 87-year-old single man. He asked her whether she was working for money.
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> She said, not works for money, but put her time in the "TIME BANK" and when she cannot move in her old age, she can withdraw it.
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> He got curious and asked her for more details on this Concept.
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> She said original Time Bank was an old-age pension program developed by the Swiss Federal Ministry of Social Security. People save the 'time' taking care of the elderly when they are younger, and when they become old, ill or need care can withdraw it.
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> Applicants must be healthy, good at communicating and full of love. Everyday they have to look after the elderly who need help. Their service hours will be deposited into the personal 'TIME' accounts of the social security system. She goes to work twice a week, spending two hours each time helping the elderly, shopping, cleaning their rooms, taking them out to sunbath, chatting with them.
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> According to the agreement, after one year of her service, Time Bank will calculate her
> aggregate period she has worked and will issue her a "TIME BANK CARD". And, when she needs someone to take care of her, she can use her time bank card to withdraw “time and time interest”. After proper verification, Time Bank will assign other volunteers to take care of her at the hospital or at her home.
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> One day, the landlady called and told him that she fell off the chair while wiping the window. He quickly sent her to the hospital for treatment. She had fracture in her ankle and needed to stay in bed for a few days. He was about to apply for leave to take care of her, She told him not to worry about her. Also said, she had already submitted a withdrawal request to the TIME BANK.
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> In less than two hours, Time Bank sent a nursing worker to come and take care of that lady.
> The nursing worker took care of HER everyday, chatted with her and made delicious meals for her. Under the meticulous care of the nursing worker, the
> landlady soon recovered her health.
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> After recovering, the landlady went back to "work". She said that she intends to save more time in the time bank while she is still healthy.
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> Today, in Switzerland, the use of time bank to support old age has become a common practice.
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> The Swiss government also passed legislation to support the Time Bank scheme.
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> What a Beautiful concept!
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> Hope it gets adopted or gets a thought amongst us .
Everyone was once a helpless baby,
Every Oak once a acorn,
Every mighty ocean swell once a ripple,
And every great structure once a blueprint,
It is not where we are TODAY, BUT WHERE WE
ARE GOING THAT COUNTS…..
Jayasala 42