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This marks an important step in our mission to build inclusive, supportive environments where older people everywhere can thrive.

In 2023, eight organisations came together to create HelpAge Advocacy Network Uganda (HANU). Today, just two years later, HANU is already changing lives, ensuring that older people across the country live with dignity, respect, and opportunities. 

For the first time, older people are explicitly included in Vietnam’s Employment Law - a landmark recognition of their role in the workforce.

Northern Pakistan has been hit by devastating floods that have killed more than 340 people and displaced over 160,000.

This World Humanitarian Day - 19 August 2025 - we face a truth we can no longer avoid: the world is failing humanitarian workers and the people they serve.  

On World Humanitarian Day, we draw attention to the difficult but extremely important work that HelpAge social workers carry out in Ukraine every day.

For the Second World Summit for Social Development, our message is that people of all ages must be seen, respected, protected, and supported throughout their lives. 

The Food Security Phase Classification has issued its gravest warning yet: a worst-case famine scenario is unfolding across the Gaza Strip. 

Our latest report shows that older Ukrainians are being pushed further into poverty and despair as the war drags on. Their needs grow each year, yet too often they are invisible when help is given out.

A visit to Meshmesh in Lebanon highlights the power of local care that uplifts, connects, and respects older people.

New assessment reveals widespread exclusion of older people from humanitarian aid, healthcare and decision-making following 2024 cross-border escalation.