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18/08/2010 Celebrating older aid workers on World Humanitarian Day Thursday 19 August is World Humanitarian Day. HelpAge International is marking this event by celebrating the contributions of older aid workers.
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07/07/2010 HelpAge trains older South Africans to tackle HIV and AIDS The World Cup culminates this week and thousands of football fans will leave South Africa. But as the memory of their trip fades, the country’s problems will remain as sharp as ever.
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14/06/2010 World Awareness Day: Shining a light on global elder abuse World Elder Abuse Awareness Day takes place on 15 June 2010. Across the world hundreds of international, national, regional and community organisations and governmental bodies are drawing attention to elder abuse and its significance as a public health and human rights issue.
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26/05/2010 World Bank report endorses universal pensions HelpAge International welcomes a new report by the World Bank that endorses universal minimum pensions as an effective and simple way to substantially reduce older people’s poverty.
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20/05/2010 Older people's knowledge averts crisis in Ethiopian floods In Ethiopia, droughts and then floods are commonplace. Older people are taking the lead by using their knowledge to build latrines and wells in the appropriate places and averting an impending emergency.
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07/05/2010 Grandmothers in Africa march for action on AIDS This week, grandmothers from across Africa will come together in Swaziland for the first international Grandmothers' Gathering on the continent.
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29/04/2010 International Workers' Day: Older people work longer for less On 1 May, International Workers' Day, a HelpAge report reveals how much work older people in poorer countries do, and the difficulties they face.
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19/03/2010 HelpAge International joins landmark humanitarian venture This week HelpAge International became part of the newly established Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies (CBHA) alongside 14 other leading UK based NGOs – ActionAid, Action Against Hunger, CARE International UK, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Concern Worldwide UK, IRC UK, Islamic Relief Worldwide, Merlin, Oxfam GB, Plan International UK, Save the Children UK, Tearfund and World Vision UK.
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05/03/2010 Beijing: 15 years older but any wiser? On International Women’s Day, HelpAge asks: Did the Beijing Platform for Action make a difference for older women around the world?
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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”.
