Six months on from the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti, the UK Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) has released a series of videos showing the work that has been done with the money raised by the public.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup comes to an end this week, with either Spain or Holland lifting the coveted trophy for the first time in their footballing history.
The first World Cup to have been held in Africa, the 2010 tournament has meant so much to its host nation, South Africa. As the focus of the world’s media, South Africans have brought people from around the world together for the biggest sporting celebration on the planet. And it hasn’t disappointed.
Vuvuzelas (the most annoying noise ever?), outrageous managerial attire (Maradona’s mullet and Joachim Loewe’s lucky jumper, right), even more outrageous refereeing decisions (don’t worry Lampard, everyone knows it was goal), a seemingly unstoppable German team (until Paul the psychic octupus decided otherwise) and tens of tens of sublime performances and goals (Wayne Rooney, you are excused from this category).
But what happens after the last vuvuzela has been blown, the last goal scored and the remaining fans fly home?
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HelpAge East Asia/Pacific has signed a contract with Fre
dskorpset (FK) of Norway to enhance the Network through a 10-month learning exchange programme. This pilot year will have an exchange between network organisations in Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. The skills to be exchanged are media development, finance, programming for development and resource development.
From 1–3 May 2010, the HelpAge Network held its biennial Asia/Pacific Regional Conference in Melbourne. The event had 70 participants from 23 countries, who represented 40 organisations and agreed on the following messages were shared at a plenary session, and also widely disseminated among participants of the International Federation on Ageing 10th Global Conference on Ageing during 4-6 May, 2010.
70 participants from 40 organisations working on ageing and development in 23 countries joined the 16th Asia/Pacific Regional Conference in Melbourne, Australia on 1-3 May, 2010. The event was hosted by the Council on the Ageing (COTA) Victoria and HelpAge International, with support by International Federation on Ageing (IFA), UNFPA, AgeUK, NZAid and Lander & Rogers Lawyers.
Our partner in Slovenia, Slovene Philanthropy has been touring festivals and gaining public support for Age Demands Action.
To see more photos, visit our gallery.
Some of the HelpAge team in London went down to the Houses of Parliament to show our support for Age Demands Action, older people’s rights and Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
At 1 o’clock exactly we took photos, videos and almost got passers-by involved too…
Here are the results!
Roxas Distirct, Quezon City
Nanay Elena said she was cooking when she noticed water coming into her house. She heard commotion outside her house… she saw people panicking, shouting how to escape the flood.
She said I was shocked how the water was rising very fast. When I went out of my house, the water was already up to my waist and when I tried to save my dog, it went up to my neck. That was the time that I began to panic. I just heard my nephew and my son shouting. My son came to rescue me, and I saw many people trying to climb up to the roof and my son and my neighbours helped me to climb.
Older people in Korea have taken a photo of themselves at 1pm with their index fingers raised to join others around the world and say ALL people, including older people, have human rights.
On 29 September, HelpAge Korea held an event at the International Development Cooperation Expo in Ewha Campus Complex in honour of Age Demands Action.
The idea was to get people to form the ADA logo using stickers. In total, they got 89 people - 89 stickers - involved.
Only 1 day to go until the International Day of Older People!
To find out more about HelpAge Korea, click here
