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Thousands of older people are struggling to survive the unprecedented floods in Pakistan, but they are not receiving the help they need HelpAge International warns today.

Pili, a 61-year-old Burundian refugee is one of many living in the Nduta refugee camp in Tanzania who has experienced trauma.

HelpAge International's Ukraine Humanitarian Response Manager, Orla Murphy, reflects on the past six months of full-scale war in Ukraine and the plans ahead to respond to the longer-term needs of those embroiled in a protracted war.

People have flocked to the city of Dnipro from all over eastern Ukraine, fleeing the war with Russia. Many are older people, who find themselves displaced in a strange city yet still responsible for the care of their loved ones. Here are their stories.

As public anger about Sri Lanka's economic collapse leads to the downfall of the government, HelpAge reflects on what needs to be done to empower the country's older people and protect them during the current crisis.

It's taken a while to process my visit to Moldova where I saw the humanitarian response to support Ukrainian refugees, some of whom I had the privilege to meet.

Older pastoralists in the East of Africa are calling for urgent action to save them from a drought that is leaving them and their entire way of living passed down the generations, at breaking point.

Everyone living in Ukraine has felt the impact of this war, but in a country where one in four people is over 60, the impact on older persons, including those with disabilities, has been dramatic.

Millions of older people caught up in the war in Ukraine are being overlooked in the humanitarian response, despite making up a quarter of the country's population.

Witnessing the impact of a humanitarian disaster is always profoundly challenging. But seeing so many older people affected in what is the world's 'oldest' crisis is particularly confronting.

June 4 marks 100 days since the start of full-scale war in Ukraine. For those in eastern Ukraine, February 24 was an escalation of a conflict they have endured for eight years. But, since then, we have seen the lives of everyone across the country changed beyond recognition.

Throughout our lives there are people we respect and admire. Those are the ones we call 'our heroes'. Dr Das is one of them.