What an exciting and vibrant week it has been for HelpAge International in the build up to the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD3) in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. Partnering up for maximum impact In order to ensu
Our human rights do not change as we get older and just because someone is of a certain age shouldn’t mean they are ignored. That is why HelpAge will be attending the 6th session of the Open-ended Working Group...
In a stilted wooden house in East Dagon township, an hour from Yangon, twenty older people are meeting together to discuss the issues that matter most to them. This is just one of more than 100 Older People's Self Help...
According to UNHCR, Tanzania is host to over 70,000 Burundian refugees since May 2015. This is in addition to over 61,000 Congolese refugees that have been living in the country for decades. The humanitarian needs of older men and women...
Over 22 million people took action throughout May as part of the global action/2015 coalition campaign. HelpAge organised Action All Ages day on 22 May as part of this worldwide mobilisation. And what a day it was! Archbishop Desmond Tutu...
On 23 June, we lost one of our dearest friends, Fransis Kupang, the Executive Director of COSE in the Philippines. He was an inspirational leader and a tireless, passionate, expert and hugely effective advocate for the rights of older...
Our Age Demands Action campaign is bearing fruit if the result of the 2015/16 budgets released recently by the countries of the East African Community is anything to go by. 11 finance ministers of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi...
At the beginning of April, I had a second opportunity to visit HelpAge's project to support South Sudanese refugees in Gambella. Last time, I saw how we had helped over 2,200 older refugees in Tierkidi camp with UNHCR funds....
Youth engagement was the flavour of this year's European Development Days (EDDs) conference, echoing the theme of the European Year of Development. But despite the clear importance of involving young people, our rapidly ageing global population means tha
I'm Tilahun Abebe from Ethiopia. I'm 79; going on 80 and have been the Age Demands Action coordinator in Ethiopia since it began in 2007. Since then, we have come a very long way. World Elder Abuse Awareness Day...
I am writing this on the flight back from Nepal to London, after a quick three day visit. It is now just over a month since the terrible earthquake that struck on 25 April. I travelled there with Sola...
This week I'm in New York at the follow up and review session of the intergovernmental meetings for the Sustainable Development Goals. Older women and men across the globe are calling for a follow up, implementation, review and appraisal process...
