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U3A membership is not related to a specific age but to a period in one's life (the

third age) after the second age of full-time employment and parental

responsibility. Anybody in their third age can join U3A and this includes people
who are working part-time. There is no lower age for membership.”

OBJECTIVES OF U3A

The broad long term objective guiding of U3A is to mobilize, organize

3 and empower elderly so as to enable them to continue learning and
working for leading healthy, active, productive and self-fulfilling life
in later years.
The main task of U3A can be, bringing elderly together in mutual

interest and respect and to impress upon them the value of later

life learning. In specific terms, the U3A can work in the
following specific objectives:

1. To offer elders learning opportunities which they could
A not avail of during early years for whatever reason.

2. To provide elders opportunities for sharing

experiences through interchange of mails and
participating in discussions with similar active ageing

groups registered all over the world under the main
concept U3A.

3.To create conditions for the elderly that help

them to continue learning and working in
later years thereby remain self-relevant

and independent.

4.To undertake & encourage
study and research into the

state of elderly in KERALA,
their needs and problems,

measures that may keep
them healthy and active.