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With funding from the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), HelpAge International and our partners are supporting older people and their families to rebuild their lives through a three-year rehabilitation programme in India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
Rebuilding lives and livelihoods
Older people and their families affected by the tsunami are rebuilding their lives and livelihoods. Like any other group, older people are diverse and have a range of roles and needs that are being supported in a variety of ways.
HelpAge International’s programme is focused on three thematic areas:
- Sustaining a livelihood in old age.
- Enhanced social protection.
- Advocacy for older people in disaster management and response.
Click on the map pins below to find out more about how older people in India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka are rebuilding their lives after the tsunami.
Looking forward
In 2008, HelpAge International will continue to focus on:
- empowering older people and their communities.
ensuring that older people are treated with dignity and respect
guaranteed security in old age through provision of
- adequate social protection
- a minimum income
- sustainable livelihood options, and
- protection of older people from future disasters.
Funding
Help the Aged works through, and funds, its international partner HelpAge International during international emergencies that threaten the lives and livelihoods of older people.
Help the Aged is responsible for raising funds from its own supporters and is also part of the DEC. The DEC brings together 13 of the UK's leading aid agencies, and other supporters, to launch national appeals during major international humanitarian disasters.
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