HelpAge International and Sightsavers are launching a new three-year project in Tanzania funded by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. The Mwangaza project will support vulnerable communities in the central Morogoro region with affordable and quality eye care services.
A new HelpAge International survey of 300 older refugees fleeing from conflict in Syria, Ukraine and South Sudan found evidence of neglect, poor health provision and feelings of isolation and fear.
A new report from aid agencies Age International and HelpAge International, If not now, when? criticises the humanitarian sector for its failure to address the needs of older people in emergencies.
In Argentina, in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of the City of Buenos Aires brought in a control measure that directed people over the age of 70 to ask permission to leave their homes.
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HelpAge International’s global safeguarding policy for all staff, trustees, consultants and volunteers as of August 2023.
HelpAge International has welcomed the WHO’s new action plan on ageing and health, calling on countries to promote healthy lives for older people.
Tilahun joined our Age Demands Action (ADA) movement when it first began in 2007 and his work over the years embodied everything that activism should be. He was determined and passionate, acting on behalf of our cause, demanding change,...
Last Saturday 1 October, people around the world celebrated the UN International Day of Older Persons and the fifth year of HelpAge's Age Demands Action campaign to support older people's rights and stop age discrimination.
Older people are campaigning for the right to be free from violence and abuse under international law on this World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.
