Elderly person of the year award for Rabat woman

Rose Camilleri was recently awarded a special prize at the Elderly Person of the Year awards. Ms Camilleri, 76, is from Rabat and provides different courses in Mtarfa, Dingli and Naxxar day centres, as well as at St Paul’s Missionary College, St...

Rose Camilleri was recently awarded a special prize at the Elderly Person of the Year awards.

Ms Camilleri, 76, is from Rabat and provides different courses in Mtarfa, Dingli and Naxxar day centres, as well as at St Paul’s Missionary College, St Domenic’s Priory, St Paul’s parish church, Dar il-Kaptan, The Eden Foundation, Medina Home for the elderly and Mtarfa Home for the elderly.

She is fond of crafts such as ganutell, cross-stitching, tapestry, knitting, beading, crochet and parċmina. She also collects clothes, shoes, old mobile phones and old watches and sends them to the poor in Peru.

Furthermore, together with friends she prepares knitted items to send to less fortunate people in abroad, and organises fund-raising activities in aid of local charities.

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