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News stories covering HelpAge International's work in current and past emergencies. For further information, contact the emergency team.
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18/03/2010 Haiti: Safety and protection of older people must be top priority More attention still needs to be paid to the most vulnerable group affected by the earthquake – older people. As relief agencies and the Haitian government begin to move from immediate relief to long term recovery plans, we want to ensure that older people are safe, secure and protected.
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23/02/2010 Haiti: HelpAge to oversee running of municipal nursing home HelpAge International is to oversee the care of the 75 surviving older people left homeless after last month’s earthquake crushed the municipal nursing home.
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12/02/2010 Haiti earthquake: One month on Older survivors' needs remain an urgent priority, one month on from the day a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. HelpAge staff and local partners have been working hard to meet the most vulnerable survivors’ immediate needs.
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05/02/2010 Older people are most vulnerable group in Haiti An assessment carried out in Haiti has found that older people are the most vulnerable group affected by the earthquake. This backs up HelpAge’s experience of older people being particularly at risk as it is harder for them to access aid.
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29/01/2010 HelpAge DRC project has "impressive impact" An independent evaluation of HelpAge’s project to support older people displaced by the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo has found that “the overall impact was impressive”.
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27/01/2010 HelpAge plans to set up help points in Haiti Our emergency response team in Haiti is currently working with other organisations to reach vulnerable people. We want to set up help points to make sure those most in need get the right kind of assistance.
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21/01/2010 HelpAge working in Haiti’s nursing homes HelpAge and its local partners in Haiti have been working in nursing homes in Port-au-Prince to assess the needs of older people and to distribute medical supplies.
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21/01/2010 Haiti: HelpAge statement on grandparents caring for orphans In response to orphans in Haiti being taken out of the country for adoption, HelpAge International has issued a statement on grandparents caring for children:
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19/01/2010 HelpAge is getting aid to older people in Haiti HelpAge is concerned for the immediate welfare of the people staying at the Port-au-Prince Municipal Nursing Home. We are doing our utmost to get emergencies supplies there today.
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18/01/2010 Concern mounts for Haiti's vulnerable older people Emergency aid is beginning to get through to earthquake-ravaged Haiti, according to HelpAge staff in Port-au – Prince. However, six days after Haiti’s worst—ever earthquake, aid is still achingly slow to get to those who need it most.
