2012 was another challenging year for Haiti. The country never fully recovers from an emergency before another one strikes. More than 400,000 people are still living in temporary camps three years after the January 2010 earthquake and thousands more...
On the road to Mandalay, the HelpAge International Myanmar team and I recently took a detour to visit the older people's self-help group at Baw Gone village in Pyin Oo Lwin Township. Since moving to Myanmar in July 2012,...
South America is ageing rapidly, a fact that the Permanent Council of the Organization of the American States (OAS) can no longer ignore. For this reason and many others, they have stressed the need for greater regional cooperation on...
Earlier this month in Brussels, the official awards ceremony for the 2012 European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity Between Generations took place. Carolina Beilsma of the Granny2Granny project, which is supported by WorldGranny, HelpAge's Affiliate
Although it was weekend in Khartoum, I recently left my home very early in the morning to meet the Sudanese Society in Care of Older People (SSCOP) medical team. The team was organising a free health day in a...
Povilas Sigitas Krivickas is blogging from HelpAge's conference on older people's rights in Osnabr ck, Germany. He represents the Lithuanian Pensioners' Union "Bočiai". I'm really pleased to be at this international conference on older people's right
Thembekile Hlubi is blogging about her experiences promoting older people's rights in South Africa from HelpAge's current conference on older people's rights in Osnabr ck Germany: My name is Thembekile and I work with the Mutande Society for the...
In the first half of 2012, HelpAge International and Ifakara Health Institute embarked on a study to uncover the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD) among older Tanzanians. The study has now been completed and the analysis of results is...
At the end of October, I was busy in my office in Addis Ababa finalising my preparations for a one-week visit to older people's institutions on the other side of the world. The visit was organised by Alan Burnett...
On Sunday 25 November 2012, the Great Ethiopian Run was held in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. This 10 km fundraising race, themed "Running for a Child", brings together thousands of people from all over the world every year....
Do you remember the last time you went camping? You probably recall these typical scenarios: Rain, wearing lots of layers because of the cold, being soaked because your waterproof jacket is letting the rain in, feeling the stones and...
Saturday 1 December is World AIDS Day, a day to raise awareness, celebrate the success of responding to HIV and remember those who have died as a result of AIDS. The theme this year is "Getting to Zero", in...
