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In Ethiopia older people, especially those residing in camp settings, are the most vulnerable to the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. This is because on top of the primary and secondary impacts of COVID-19 they already severely challenged by the impact of frequent natural disasters (drought), conflict, displacement, and concurrent disease outbreaks.
Older people's right to humanitarian assistance HelpAge International's vision is of a world where older people lead active, dignified, healthy and secure lives. This applies to all older people, including those affected by humanitarian emergencies. The four principles of humanitarian action - humanity, neutrality, impartiality and operational independence - afford everyone the right to safe and dignified access to humanitarian assistance and protection without discrimination and on an equal basis with others. Commitment to international humanitarian law and these principles means everyone responding to a humanitarian crisis has a responsibility to ensure all those affected, including older people, have these rights upheld. We want older people to be able to access humanitarian aid with dignity and in safety. Older people are not inherently vulnerable to disasters. However, when disasters strike, they are at risk of having their rights denied.
La visión de HelpAge International es un mundo donde las mujeres y los hombres mayores llevan vidas activas, dignas, saludables y seguras. Esto se aplica a todas las personas mayores, incluidas las afectadas por emergencias humanitarias. Los cuatro principios de la acción humanitaria -humanidad, neutralidad,imparcialidad e independencia operativa- otorgan a todos el derecho a un acceso seguro y digno a la asistencia y protección humanitaria sin discriminación y en igualdad de condiciones con los demás. El compromiso con el derecho internacional de los derechos humanos y estos principios quieren decir que todas las personas que están inmersas en una crisis humanitaria se les debe garantizar el acceso a sus derechos, incluyendo a las personas mayores.
Population in Colombia includes more than 1.8 million people affected by the current socioeconomic crisis in Venezuela. Around 38,400 refugees and migrants are over 60 years and are at most vulnerable risk due to the discrimination they face in accessing health, medicine and employment opportunities.
The RNA was conducted in northwest Syria in Azaz and Al Bab districts, Aleppo governorate, as well as in Al Dana, Harim and Idlib districts, in Idlib governorate. To be able to adapt its programming and provide advocacy messages to humanitarian partners HelpAge International and SEMA undertook a multi-sector RNA of older people in June 2020 and results shown represent the views and experience of older people sampled.
This RNA targeted older people in Protection of Civilian sites (POC1 and POC3) and in the urban sites of Don Bosco, Mahad and Mangateen in South Sudan. The purpose was to assess and analyse the multi-sector impacts of COVID-19 on older people, including those displaced. The assessment was conducted in June-July 2020 by Humanitarian and Development Consortium (HDC) with technical support from HelpAge, to enable them both to adapt their programming and provide advocacy messages to humanitarian partners and the government.
Data on adults over 50 years of age was collected through phone surveys with refugees and host community members in Amman, Irbid, Mafraq and Zarqa governorates in Jordan. HelpAge undertook a multi-sector RNA in May 2020 and results shown represent the views and experience of older people sampled.
COVID-19 rapid needs assessment of older people in Lebanon. To inform and be able to adapt its programming and provide advocacy messages to humanitarian partners and the government, HelpAge undertook a multi-sector Rapid Needs Assessment in Lebanon in late May of 2020 and results shown represent the views and experience of older people sampled.
This rapid needs assessment explores how restrictions in Myanmar are affecting older people to inform programming and policy decisions.
The assessment aims to help authorities and all organisations operating in Colombia, including humanitarian agencies, donors and coordination mechanisms to develop and implement inclusive programs, and to support the promotion of the rights of older refugees, migrants, returnees, Wayuu indigenous peoples and host communities.
The Rapid needs assessment of older people in La Guajira, Colombia (RNA-OP) outlines the specific needs of older refugees, migrants, returnees and members of the Wayuu indigenous population living in Maicao, Uribia and Riohacha, Colombia, having fled the current socioeconomic crisis in Venezuela.
