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We are committed to working with local and national governments, relief agencies, international bodies and funders to ensure that older people receive their human right to equitable treatment in natural disasters and in conflicts.
HelpAge International has four core recommendations:
- protect older people by including them as a vulnerable group in all relevant areas of humanitarian law and practice
- include older people by breaking down data by age and gender, and ensuring older people’s participation in all stages of the project cycle
- mainstream older people’s concerns into organisational policies, and train humanitarian aid staff in ageing issues
- resource practical programmes and research, in order to provide appropriate support to older people.
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HelpAge International has also produced a series of policy recommendations designed to help relief programmes better meet older people’s particular needs, and to see them as much as an asset as an under-served group.
Also see our partner Help the Aged on emergencies
