This week, we are taking part in the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals (OWG) in New York. The OWG is the group of UN member states leading the post-2015 process.
We are there to call for a new development framework which includes social protection mechanisms, such as pensions and universal healthcare for all people throughout their lives.
In 30 countries worldwide, older campaigners took part in the Age Demands Action for Rights campaign to encourage their governments to attend the UN Open-ended Working Group on Ageing where a new UN convention on the rights of older people is being discussed.
Health in Tanzania
Reducing impact of non-communicable diseases
HelpAge and Pfizer Inc
are launching a programme to reduce the impact of
non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes and heart disease, among older people in Tanzania.
The project will promote healthy lifestyles and work with local and national health providers to improve prevention, early diagnosis, follow-up and treatment.
They tried to stay in Syria as long as they could, but after the health system collapsed thousands of older people and their families were forced to flee.
Now Syrian refugees in urban areas of Jordan are coping with a new and growing problem; that of debt. The rate of families in debt has doubled since October, as many have used the savings and assets they had to survive.
To mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on 15 June, older
campaigners took part in our Age Demands Action for Rights campaign, which calls for a convention on the rights of older people.
Watch our Age Demands Action leader Kenneth explain why we need a convention.
Working with older people: Practical guidelines
Do you work with older people in the developing world? Need practical information on how to tailor programmes to older people's needs?
We have new practical guidelines for programme managers and people working with older people, drawing on experience in the HelpAge network.
Please use the guidelines for your own work, training or as a basis for producing more detailed, locally relevant materials.
Post-2015 process
ADA for Rights
Health in Tanzania
Syria crisis
Do you work with older people in the developing world? Need practical information on how to tailor programmes to older people's needs?
