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Changing lives in Gaza
By Sarah Marzouk, Posted 07 March 2012 See more by this blogger
I spent the last part of my trip to Palestine in Gaza. Crossing from Israel to the Gaza strip is a bizarre experience - like travelling between two different worlds connected at Erez by a long tunnel through no... Keep reading
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Supporting older people's rights in Hebron
By Sarah Marzouk, Posted 27 February 2012 See more by this blogger
Last week, I met with our partner PCCDS, the Palestinian Centre for Communications and Development Strategies, based in Hebron in the West Bank. PCCDS work on various issues, but their work overlaps with ours when it comes to supporting... Keep reading (2 Comments)
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Reality bites: Obstacles for older Palestinians in need of healthcare
By Sarah Marzouk, Posted 23 February 2012 See more by this blogger
Ensuring older people enjoy their right to appropriate and accessible healthcare is a fundamental part of our work. The idea can be summarised quite simply in a sentence, but the reality of achieving this is far more complex. This... Keep reading
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2012: The year for ageing
By Sarah Marzouk, Posted 06 January 2012 See more by this blogger
We are all living in an era of unprecedented ageing, yet the voices of older people in developing countries and the issues they face remain mostly unheard. In fact, many of us living in Europe are completely detached from... Keep reading (5 Comments)
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World Food Day and Blog Action Day: Global food crisis and older people
By Sarah Marzouk, Posted 14 October 2011 See more by this blogger
16 October is both World Food Day and Blog Action Day. As a result, the theme for Blog Action is food, but more specifically, the focus of World Food Day is "Food prices - from crisis to stability". Our... Keep reading (1 Comment)
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