Features
In-depth articles on the issues affecting older people in developing countries.
Displaced and invisible
Older people uprooted by the internal conflict in Colombia are among the most vulnerable.
We help older people to access their rights so they can avoid a life of hunger, despair and disorientation.
Generation vexed
In South Asia, low literacy levels, geographical remoteness, lack of information and confusing bureaucracy makes accessing pensions hard.
We work with older people to realise their rights to pensions.
No country for old women
In some areas of Tanzania, older women are still persecuted and accused of witchcraft.
We are working with communities in Africa to change attitudes towards older people.
Healing Haiti
Older people are still affected by the trauma of the Haiti earthquake.
Through our psychosocial work, we are teaching older men and women to cope with disaster and help each other.