Hy Local Guides,
I am thrilled to share the recap of today’s meetup, celebrating International Day of Older Persons with the theme : Celebrating & Promoting Age Friendliness on Google Maps!
This meetup adds a special place on the “Celebrate with Me” series as we celebrate the day as a meetup.
Our Sustainable Journey 
!
Our fellow @SarathUpendran joined me at the historic State Central Library and travelled towards LuLu Mall, Largest Mall in India 
for contributing towards Accessibility 
, Sustainability and Inclusivity on Google Maps. With the phrase : “contribute towards a better future” in mind, we travelled between locations on Uber to reduce collective CO2 emissions.
Spotting Age Friendliness & Inclusivity 
!
Our meetup was to record and contribute features that make space truly age friendly which means they are welcome, safe and accessible to everyone (regardless of their gender, age or backgrounds), especially older persons. As Age Friendliness is an Inclusive term, we documented and contributed inclusive designs at the mall :
- Priority signs -
Priority signs seen at lift 
for elders, ladies and kids.
- Prayer
and feeding rooms 
for women -
The feeding room can be seen next to the ladies bathroom 
at the mall. The prayer room for women allows only women and no photography 
was allowed in front of it.
- Wheelchair Accessible Bathrooms
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Wheelchairs are present at the entrance of the mall with staff present to help for any assistance. At the entrance, there’s a bathroom where men 
and women with wheelchair accessible bathrooms are situated in one corridor but after that wheelchair accessible bathrooms are present in each men and women section.
- Baby Stroller
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Baby Strollers are present at the entrance of the mall.
- Sustainability -
Waste bins 
for dry, wet, metal, glass, plastic or paper waste are placed at each corner of the mall.
Sarath and I had a great chai at Selfie tea, inside the mall. Even though the name suggests the word selfie, we forgot to take our selfie or group photo as we were talking about how to have better contributions on inclusivity and adding roads.
We celebrated this inclusive day with Chai Pe Charcha of @TusharSuradkar by having a cup of tea 
together.
These contributions help us to better contribute towards age friendliness and Inclusivity on Google Maps. Not just ramps but a thoughtful design that helps and supports everyone’s ability to navigate and participate in their daily lives.
Here’s my review for the mall!
Thank you Sarath for attending this meetup and @TravellerG for initiating Age Friendliness to our community.
See you all on next meetup!
