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Our case studies show how we are helping older people support themselves by helping sustain and provide livelihoods. A livelihood is a means of living, or of supporting life, and meeting individual and community needs.
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Phini, 72, Mozambique 72-year-old ex-carpenter Phini Supinho used a cash grant from HelpAge International and UNICEF to re-train as a blacksmith.
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Simon Checa, 73, Esquencachi, Bolivia Simon Copacuro Checa, 73, lives in the village of Esquencachi, high up the Andes. He received a grant from HelpAge International's partner, the Centre for Educational Investigation and Promotion (CIPE), to build a greenhouse.
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Bernadetta, Karagwe, Tanzania Bernadetta is a widow who looks after her four orphaned grandchildren. She is part of an older people's cooperative that grows pineapples to help support their community.
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Active ageing in Colombia The Enrique Gross Fraternal Association of Grandparents, based in Bogota, Colombia, runs a food bank. The kitchen distributes food to vulnerable members of the community, including older people.
