HelpAge International - Promoting the rights of older people
The HelpAge global network is a worldwide partnership working with and for older people globally, with a special focus on low and middle-income countries. Our mission is to promote the wellbeing and inclusion of older women and men, and reduce poverty and discrimination in later life. HelpAge International is a global non-profit organisation ...
About us - HelpAge International
About us. HelpAge International is a global non-profit organisation that works to improve the lives of older people around the world. We work through the HelpAge global network, an alliance of organisations committed to the wellbeing, dignity and voice of older people. The organisation was founded in 1983, and the global network has 199 global ...
Global network - HelpAge International
Global network. With 199 members in 98 countries, the HelpAge Global Network is a unique worldwide alliance standing up for the rights of older people. We share one major goal: creating a fairer world for older people so they can live safe, healthy and dignified lives. Find out about our network members, including how and when they were ...
Publications - HelpAge International
Lebanon: Rapid Needs Assessment of Displaced People, October 2024. 21 October 2024. This assessment reveals urgent needs among over one million displaced individuals in Lebanon, particularly older adults, highlighting critical shortages …
Support healthy ageing - HelpAge International
Support healthy ageing. Promoting healthy ageing is about maximising everyone’s ability to continue to do the things that matter to us as we get older. People around the world are living longer. By 2050 nearly one in five people in developing countries will be over the age of 60. Longer life expectancy is a cause for celebration, but this new ...
COVID-19: Guidance and advice for older people
The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are fever, a dry cough and shortage of breath. Some people may have aches and pains, a runny nose, sore throat or diarrhoea. Some people become infected but don’t develop any symptoms and don’t feel unwell. Most people (about 80%) recover from COVID-19 without needing special treatment.
At the forefront of COVID-19 fight in India - HelpAge International
27 May 2021. News. At the forefront of COVID-19 fight in India. India is experiencing a catastrophic surge of the COVID-19 pandemic and older people are at greatest risk. HelpAge India field workers are at the forefront of the fight against the pandemic and are committed to helping the most marginalised.
What we do - HelpAge International
What we do. HelpAge International’s goal is to improve the lives of older women and men in low- and middle-income countries, especially those in crisis-prone and insecure areas. Our mission is to empower older people to lead dignified, active, and healthy lives. Our strategy, outlined in Strategy 2030, positions us as a global convenor ...
Digital inclusion for older people: The HelpAge India experiment!
May 18, 2016 · Combining social and tech inclusion. HelpAge India reached out to more than 100 volunteers across 15 cities to take a two-day training session. Within two months of the launch in November 2015, over 350 training sessions had taken place. The volunteers then went out across the country to train older people at senior citizen associations.
Create a society for all ages - HelpAge International
Promoting a society for all ages will ensure older people in their diversity feel connected and that they can participate in their communities as they wish. We live in an ageing world. By 2050, nearly one in five people in low- and middle-income countries will be over the age of 60. This presents significant social, economic and political ...