Helping older people live full and secure lives | Age helps

Syria conflict

Three years on

It's been three years since the war began in Syria. Around 72,000 Syrian refugees are aged over 60.

A forthcoming survey shows that 54% of older Syrian refugees living in Jordan and Lebanon have a chronic disease, such as diabetes. However, medication is often hard to access.

We're helping 1,900 older refugees in Jordan and Lebanon with cash transfers and working to ensure aid is age-friendly.

Read more about what we're doing.

At the UN: CSW58

Older women count

Despite the growing evidence on how discrimination affects older women, they are largely absent from the picture. This includes the debate at the UN in New York on how to address gender inequality in the post-2015 framework.

We'll be at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW58) over the next two weeks calling for gender equality for women across their entire lives.

Find out more about our work to make older women count.

Typhoon Haiyan

Aid reaches 50,000

HelpAge International and partners in the Philippines have helped almost 50,000 people since Typhoon Haiyan hit in November 2013.

Older volunteers have been actively involved in providing help to those affected by the disaster.

We've also been getting help to isolated indigenous mountain communities and helping older farmers restore their livelihoods.

Read the latest news and blogs from the Philippines.

Older people count

Making data fit for purpose

Older people are virtually invisible in international data sets. This means they are left out of development policy-making and its implementation.

Our Global AgeWatch Index and latest Policy Brief look at how to address this issue and include older people.

The brief also answers the call of the post-2015 process to "leave no one behind" in the next development framework. 

Download the data brief (187 kb)